Study details

Predeparture readings

To help orientate and acculturate participants, prior to departure ACICIS sends students a weekly digest of news stories from Indonesia. There are 5 recommended predeparture readings for JPP 2010:

Media in Indonesia: Forum for Political Change and Critical Assessment
By Toeti Kakiailatu, Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol 48, No 1, April 2007

Dancing in the Dark
By Andreas Harsono, in Losing Control: Freedom of the Press in Asia, Louise Williams and Roland Rich (Eds), Asia Pacific Press, ANU, Canberra 2000

Knowledge Broking and Foreign Correspondents in Indonesia
By Angela Romano, in Foreign Devils and Other Journalists by Damien Kingsbury, Eric Loo, and Patricia Payne, Monash Asia Institute 2000

Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia
By Krishna Sen and David Hill, Equinox Publishing, Jakarta 2007

Indonesia: An Eyewitness Account
By Michael Maher, Viking, Ringwood 2000

In addition, students may wish to read an interview that JPP 2009 student Simon Johnson did with Bambang Harymurti (Editor in chief of Tempo magazine and member of the Indonesian Press Council) on the new Freedom of Information law in Indonesia.

Atma Jaya University

For the first 2 weeks of the program students attend classes at Atma Jaya University in Jakarta. In the morning there are language classes and in the afternoon a series of lectures and field trips.

Language classes

There are language classes for 4 hours every morning, designed to give students the ability to operate at a functional level in Indonesia. Students will study Indonesian language for four hours each morning. Classes are designed to cater for both beginners and students with existing Indonesian language skills. Special emphasis is placed on providing students with language skills that may help them operate more effectively in their media industry placements.

Afternoon lectures

In the afternoon there will be a series of field trips, workshops and presentations by industry representatives to help enhance students' journalistic skills and give them a greater appreciation of Indonesia.

In JPP 2009 this series of lectures was:

Clothing for lectures

Students are reminded that the dress code at Indonesian Universities is quite strict.

• Men - Collared shirts (polo shirt); long pants; sandals with strap at back; closed shoes or sneakers.
• Women - Long pants or jeans; three quarter pants; shirts/blouses (non see-through); collared shirts; closed shoes or sneakers; sandals with strap at the back; Skirts are okay but below the knees will attract less attention. Avoid showing mid-riff, bare shoulders or too much neckline.
  

In addition, it is the reponsibility of the student to get to lectures on time. Any student arriving late for lectures will not be allowed to enter the class for that session.

Industry placement

There are 4 weeks of industry placement in a 'real' work environment in print, online or broadcast media organisations or journalists' professional association. Placements are tailored as much as possible to the career interests of each participant. The placement will give participants the chance to function as a part of the Indonesian media community and put textbook theory and scholarly analysis into practice. It may involve a combination of:

There are many placement opportunites available.

Debriefing session

Finally, there is a de-briefing and feedback session held with ACICIS Practicum organisers in Jakarta at the conclusion of the placements.