Travel & Arts
For DestinAsian Magazine
Indonesia’s Manado region is best known for its underwater attractions, but the Minahasa highlands are still the place to go for a taste of the island’s traditional culture
A Fine Balance
In the lush central foothills of Bali, a new wellness retreat taps the island’s ancient traditions while putting a progressive spin on everything from eco-sensitive design to raw cuisine. Massaged kale, anyone? Click here for pdf; temporarily unavailable online
Site Seeing
A look at six of Asia-Pacific’s newly listed UNESCO World Heritage Sites (hosted on Yahoo! Travel)
For The Jakarta Post
Traditional puppets enter the modern mall
Wayang kulit, the mainstay of traditional Javanese culture, comes to the shopping mall, bastion of modern life in Jakarta.
Digging into Indonesia’s `black hole of silence’
In his deeply emotional documentary 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy, American anthropologist and clinical psychologist Robert Lemelson examines the effects of the 1965 mass killings, and the ensuing suppression of memory, on individual survivors and on Indonesian society as a whole.
That’s why they’re called Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls arrive in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, not stinting on fringed corsets, sequined hot pants, knee-high stiletto boots, and dance routines relying heavily on the bump and the grind.
Reportage
For The Jakarta Post
Legal Eagles
Young people in one low-income Jakarta neighborhood were once all too familiar with uncomfortable brushes with the law. Now they are brushing up on their legal knowledge and finding careers.
People of the fort stand firm
The riverbanks of Tangerang were a refuge for Chinese-Indonesians from bloody scapegoating during the colonial era. But amid plans to relocate them from the area, it may be their last stand.
For the Online News Association
Good enough: Producing Web videos with iMovie and a Flip
Tiffany Campbell, a seattletimes.com producer, says simple tools like the Flip camera and iMovie allows reporters to shoot, edit, and post a story in as little as an hour. That sounded like a challenge to me, so I thought I’d give it a try.
Global Perspectives
Editors from Spain, Germany, Mexico and Brazil converged to discuss how they are keeping their publications fresh and relevant. “Unique conditions in each of these countries produce unique responses,” said moderator James Brinier, director of Universidad de Guadalajara’s center for digital journalism.
Breaking News For Oakland North
Red flag warning lifted, but hills still in danger
The red flag fire warning for the Oakland hills was lifted this morning, but officials urge residents to remain vigilant. The area is no longer being whipped by the 35 mph gusts that raised concerns over the weekend, but conditions in the drought-stricken hills are reminiscent of the weeks before the devastating 1991 Oakland firestorm.
Bay Area child sex trafficking stings lead nationwide effort
Thirteen juveniles have been taken into custody in the Bay Area and 123 adults have been arrested as part of Operation Cross Country II, a nationwide effort to combat the sex trafficking of children, law enforcement officials announced this morning.
Door-kicking burglary suspects nabbed after hills pursuit
A police chase through the Oakland hills ended yesterday with the arrest of two men police say may be connected to burglaries throughout the Bay Area–including a rash of recent Montclair break-ins in which homes’ front doors were kicked hard enough to force them open.