Indonesia is a country that is ranked first in Southeast Asia regarding the number of cases of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19). As of July 22, 2020, there were 91,751 cases of Covid-19 in Indonesia . Meanwhile, at the world level, Indonesia is ranked 24th out of 215 countries with the highest number of cases due to Covid-19. In addition, based on data released by Amnesty International, it was found that there were 3,323 health workers who died in 79 countries. The number of health workers who died in Indonesia was 61 people.

Corruption is still main problem in Indonesia. Corruption causes poverty, inequality, injustice, poor public services, delaying investments and other impacts.

The police is a State organ that has been separated from ABRI as the armed forces since the post-reformation era. The separation of the Police and ABRI is marked by the signing of the President Instruction Number 2 of 1999, concerning Policy Measures in the Context of Separation of The Indonesian National Police from the Indonesian Armed Forces. As a result of this separation, Number 2 Constitution of 2002 was issued concerning the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia. Since then, the Bhayangkara institution started independently both in terms of regulation, human resources, and budget.

The coal industry has had a lot of negative impacts. Upstream, children die as a result of neglected mining pits and damaged green lands turned into mining areas. In the downstream, coal-fired power plants, namely PLTU (Electric Steam Power Plant), threaten the health and lives of residents.

Other than interviewing and writing skills, a journalist also needs to be shrewd, including in picking the right time to contact a source. Bhekti was part of a collaborative investigative effort that involved civil society organizations and other journalists. She was the only female but felt it didn’t impact her work. She’s used to working with male colleagues and was able to quickly bond with her teammates. Ririn Wedia in Bojonegoro was also the only female journalist who survived the project. Ririn, other journalists, and civil society organizations were investigating Dander Water Park project in regency. Like Bhekti, Ririn said she wasn’t treated any differently by her male counterparts.

How Yogyakarta’s journalists and civil society organizations worked side by side and revealed possible fraud in a public construction project. The team found that the tender had used a quick procurement method that was only supposed to be used in small projects. They also found that contractors of two out of three construction work packages were controlled by one person, which hinted monopoly.

Pelibatan influencer untuk mempromosikan sebuah produk, bukanlah sesuatu yang sepenuhnya baru. Seiring dengan perkembangan penggunaan internet oleh masyarakat, fenomena beriklan melalui sosial media semakin marak dilakukan, termasuk oleh pemerintah melalui belanja APBN ataupun APBD.

The process of handling corruption cases carried out by law enforcers is not yet transparent and accountable.

2019 was an extremely difficult year for corruption eradication. Although many believed Indonesia had a good person as President and the community was much more hopeful that corruption eradication would be far more thorough under Jokowi, the reality fell short of expectations.

A training on anti-corruption held by ICW and LKPP on June 19, 2019, at Aston Bojonegoro City Hotel, saw a room filled by Bojonegoro-based journalists. As the participants, they discussed various government projects that might be prone to corrupt practices. They also learned about the opentender.net platform that ICW had developed – one of the website’s features allows public users, including journalists, to see the risk level of fraud of a government project.