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1. David Says:
   November 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pm

   Thanks for that foreign correspondent, a good read, shame you didn’t use your real name as some of the folks here might like to know it, you might even know some of them in real life, but I’m sure not going to blow your cover…

   the foreign correspondent who does his own original stories and my experience is as follows

   That’s freelance? Dumb question I know but, it pays?

   Do you really want us jumping off a plane and writing dispatches of doom & gloom about terrorism or corruption or separatism?

   Yes please plenty of that thanks. Joke.

   Incidentally, going back to the NYT, they appear to be in some serious financial trouble.

2. foreign correspondent Says:
   November 9th, 2008 at 9:56 am

   Freelance, yes, But on contract with two publications that I won’t name but you have likely read. So it does pay, luckily.

3. Achmad Sudarsono Says:
   November 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am

   Foreign Correspondent,

   On struggling for interest in Indonesia, beg to differ.

   New coverage philosophy could be summed up in a phrase: think globally, write locally. “Glocalize” the stories.

   Indonesia’s a rich treasure-trove for all sorts of fascinating feature stories.

   Yes, people aren’t interested in the dress SBY’s wife wore on election night. Or in the election of the Bupati of Fak Fak.

   But what about global warming, rising sea levels, the culture wars within Islam, and the emergence of democracy.

   Depends who you’re writing for obviously. Biggest problem for journalists is that they refuse to update their software (mental habits) as the hardware (newspapers, magazines), is changing faster than you can say “editorial layoffs.”

4. fullmoonflower Says:
   November 9th, 2008 at 11:35 am

   Yes, people aren’t interested in the dress SBY’s wife wore on election night. Or in the election of the Bupati of Fak Fak.

   but they will be interrested and it will be a big news if there is no dress….. (you know what I mean)

   oops…. sorry, mam….. (just kidding)….. peace…

5. Patrick Says:
   November 9th, 2008 at 11:59 am

   @ Achmad you just inspired me again!

   News blues!

   Hey mister! Won’t you please look this way
   Hey mister! I have got something important to say
   But you keep ignoring my story
   You keep overlooking my glory
   We got plenty of news
   All you can want and plenty to choose
   Please don’t continue to ignore me
   I am jumping up and down
   Trying to get your readers attention
   See the sea rising
   See radical Islam’s uprising
   See the Bali bombers execution
   See the spinning of our constitution
   There lots more where this came from
   We got all the news under the sun
   Hey mister we got a story to tell
   Hey mister you got something to sell

6. Ronald Coleman Says:
   June 19th, 2009 at 9:08 am

   I think anything that relates to Indonesia needs to be considered – and I believe this is the precise moment – in this quick unreasonable, rediculous little flare of prejudiced nationalism – through the tangled pattern of the islands – for them the far adventure was over…

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