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Why this work exists
A short account of where Zerovix came from and what it still tries to do.
Zerovix began as a side habit — reading reporters' transcripts on the weekend, mostly out of curiosity about which lines they'd chosen to build a piece around. Over time the habit turned into something reporters started asking for on purpose, before a piece was even drafted.
Jakarta has no shortage of complicated, slow-moving stories that aren't about crime at all — regulatory shifts, industry disputes, institutions quietly changing shape. Those subjects rarely fit a news cycle, and they punish reporters who commit too early or too broadly.
What we do now is narrower than journalism itself: we help decide what's worth pursuing, read the material closely, and think through how a piece treats the people named in it. The byline, and the judgment calls that go with it, stay with the reporter.
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What guides the work
01
Say the honest size of a story
A subject that's too large to finish isn't a failure to admit — it's information a reporter needs early, not six months in.
02
Read slowly, on purpose
The quote that matters is often buried on the fourth listen, not the first. Careful reading is the whole service.
03
Fairness isn't softness
Giving a named party a real chance to respond makes a piece harder to dismiss, not weaker.
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Who you'll work with
Wening Handayani
Scoping & Editorial Strategy
Bagas Wirawan
Transcript & Interview Review
Larasati Nugroho
Fairness & Correspondence
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