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.

The revitalization of Dander Water Park in Bojonegoro Regency, East Java, last 2015 and 2016 attracted public interest. The project had hefty price tags of IDR 6.5 billion (around USD 485 thousand) for its 2015 construction and IDR 4.6 billion (around USD 342 thousand) in 2016 and was envisioned to be a local revenue generator for the regency. Instead, Dander Park development was rife with questions of possible budget fraud according to the analysis of opentender.net platform developed by ICW.

It had never occurred to Ririn Wedia that her life could be akin to a roller coaster ride as it did during the three months prior to November 2019. In that crucial period, Ririn, a journalist of Suara Banyu Urip, was abandoned by her teammates in the middle of their investigation into Dander Park development project. But more than the betrayal, she also received threats from the people who were upset with her reporting. Under the mounting pressure, Ririn’s months of hard work culminated with the eventual publication of her story on November 8, 2019. Moved, Ririn said, “I’ve been a journalist for ten years, and I’ve never written anything like this.” Her eyes glistened with tears.

Corruption crime has been categorized as extraordinary crime. This means that the state's treatment of corruptors can no longer rely solely on conventional methods. One of them is related to the verdict handed down by the Court. Simply put, it can be understood that if the court's decision still punishes the perpetrators of corruption lightly, then surely the deterrent effect will never be realized properly.