Fixers in Jakarta

Hello everybody,

I am doing an assignment in Jakarta, Indonesia from about mid-December to mid-January, working on a story about urban poverty there. Never been before – so I wanted to cast my net out to see if anyone had any good leads for a good fixer/translator in the area.

Best wishes,

Jonas

by Jonas Bendiksen at Sun Nov 12 13:16:48 UTC 2006 (ed. Mar 12 2008) nyc, United States | Bookmark this | Digg this |

Try Jihan Labetubun, jihantv@hotmail.com, or jihan01@yahoo.com. She’s experienced and well connected.

If you’re doing a story on urban poverty, once on the ground I’d suggest contacting Wardah Hafidz, who is the head of the Urban Poor Consortium in Jakarta. She’d be a good source on the topic, and is a fluent English speaker.

Good luck, and have fun. (Cinnabar, next to the Deutsche Bank building, might be a good hangout place. It’s popular with the foreign press crew)

by Robert Go | 13 Nov 2006 05:11 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |

Hello Jonas,

i can recommend you Ahmad “Deny” Salman. He is also a good photographer working for an agency based in Jakarta called jiwafoto. Very pro and helped a lot. His mobile phone is : +628129165692 and his email adress is : reachme@telkom.net

All the best

Olivier

by Olivier Vogelsang | 13 Nov 2006 12:11 | Geneva, Switzerland |

Hi Jonas,

I think I can help you since I know some photographers in Jakarta, and I had made about urban poverty story. I covered the life of people who live in the side of railway in Jakarta. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.

Best Regards,
Tony Hartawan

by Tony Hartawan | 11 Dec 2007 00:12 | Jakarta, Indonesia |