KabarIndonesia is an
online newspaper
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical.
Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...
in
Indonesia
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.
It has been published by
Yayasan Peduli Indonesia Yayasan may refer to:
*Kolej Yayasan Saad (KYS), a private, fully residential school at Ayer Keroh, Melaka, Malaysia
*Kolej Yayasan UEM, residential college situated in Lembah Beringin, Selangor, Malaysia
*Yayasan Al-Bukhari Mosque, in Kuala Lumpur ...
(Care about Indonesia Foundation) based in
The Netherlands
)
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, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
since November 11, 2006. It adopts
citizen journalism system through which every reader (
citizen
Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection".
Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...
) can be a reporter as well as writer that is commonly called as "
citizen reporter
Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is based upon public citizens "playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, a ...
". There are thousands Citizen Reporter in KabarIndonesia from around the world, but most of them are living in Indonesia. KabarIndonesia is written in
Indonesian
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* Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia
** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago
** Indonesian ...
.
History
The citizen journalism online newspaper, KabarIndonesia was first suggested by Elisabeth Widiyati together with her friends in The Netherlands. This simple idea was finally actualized by publishing an online newspaper with its official homepage on www.kabarindonesia.com started on November 11, 2006. As an independent citizen journalism media, the number of its reporters is growing very fast reaching to over 2.500 people by October 2007. It means that KabarIndonesia is an online newspaper with the biggest number of citizen reporters in Indonesia.
Currently Elisabeth Widiyati is as the President Director and Chief Editor of KabarIndonesia, cooperating closely with Fida Abbott as the Managing Editor.
Notes
External links
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Article of "Wiki, Media “Online” Masa Depan" available on sinarharapan.co.id*
Article of "''Indonesia Citizen Journalism on the Rise''" in OhmyNews.com* {{in lang, en}
Article of "''Indonesian Cit-J Site Celebrates First Anniversary''" in OhmyNews.com
Indonesian press
Internet in Indonesia