Journalism

“Orgaan boeat bangsa jang terperentah di H.O. Tempat akan memboeka swaranya Anak-Hindia.”

“Always go to the scene.”

“Orgaan boeat bangsa jang terperintah di Hindia Belanda. Tempat akan memboeka swaranya anak Hindia.”

““You must always ask the next question. And then the next. And the next.””

“What matters is not a position. What matters is the journey to get there.”

“We were following the early blogs — trying not to talk down to readers but to talk with readers.”

“Our job is to be a witness and to tell the world so that no one can ever say, "No one told us; we didn't know."”

“Because of my love for this profession first, my deep conviction and belief of the importance and impact of this profession, and it's a profession which is worth sacrificing for.”

“Have I ever misbehaved with you or any other journalist?”

“Pers jang sehat hanja akan dapat subur tumbuhnja dan terjamin perkembangannja menurut sewajarnja dalam suasana jang bebas dan tidak terbatas.”

“I chose journalism to be close to the people.”

“Our reporting should speak for itself.”

“Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.”

“I do think that we have to show some kind of objectivity and I'm not sure that it's happening.”

“The truth is not neutral.”

“I always thought my business as a reporter was to take a dispute and resolve it.”

“A human brain is not designed to be exposed to this much misery and bloodshed every single day.”

“The right of being a historian. A journalist writes history in the best of ways.”

“As a journalist you have got to be neutral and unbiased on the side of those who suffer.”

“What I learned is that they were dreadful broadcasters.”