Goenawan Mohamad [Indonesia, Editor of Tempo]

Interviewee

Goenawan Mohamad

Publication Type

Transcript

Date of Interview

17-11-2014

Interviewer

Nancy Chng

Keywords

societal leadership, Indonesia, publisher, Tempo magazine, journalist, democracy

Description

Goenawan Mohamad is the founder of Indonesia's Tempo magazine and a leading voice of democracy in the country. As founding editor, Mr Goenawan had to make the tough call of whether to continue Tempo's critical reporting of the government and face a ban, or toe the line to ensure survival. DNA talks to him about how he came to his decision and stuck to his principles, as well as his take on the many Indonesian leaders he has observed.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Journalism Studies | Political Science

Page Numbers

1-17

Terms of Use

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Alternative URL

https://isl.smu.edu.sg/DNA

Streaming Inteview

Citation

Mohamad, Goenawan. Goenawan Mohamad [Indonesia, Editor of Tempo]. (2014). 1-17.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/isl_dna/1