New program format for DW's Indonesian service
New program format for DW's Indonesian service
Deutsche Welle is Germany's international broadcast service with DW-TV, DW-RADIO and DW-WORLD.DE.
Deutsche Welle offers news and cultural highlights from all over the world from a European and German perspective. Indonesian is one of thirty languages and the Indonesian department goes on air twice a day for 100 minutes.
The digital revolution is part of modern life and most media in this world, including Deutsche Welle, have applied to this technology.
Modern technology affords modern journalism, i.e. the editors of Deutsche Welle - from all language departments - have to deal with it. Time and speed is the order of the day.
Events make it necessary to speed up the process of putting news on the air as soon as possible and the new technology enables journalists from anywhere in the world to send information and programs in top audio quality to any part of the world.
The Indonesian journalists at DW make use of this in accelerating dialog programs covering the intercultural dialog as well as North-South issues. The recent developments in Indonesia, especially the freedom of the press, are a challenge for DW journalists to properly cover important events and developments in the target area.
For some six years now, Deutsche Welle's Indonesian service has been adjusting its radio programs to the needs and expectations of its listeners.
A lot of changes have taken place in Indonesia and Deutsche Welle will apply a new format in November 2005. A 30 minute current affairs program covering Indonesian, German, European and world news is followed by political background and analysis.
Last but not least, DW will focus on cultural and social events that are of relevance to Indonesia and Germany. The dialog between different cultures as well as the latest trends in the development of civil society will feature prominently in this new program.
Deutsche Welle's Indonesian service with its new audio design reaches out for the generation of modern Indonesia with applied education, lifestyle and music programs from the heart of Europe.
Deutsche Welle cooperates with 141 partner stations in Indonesia and those who'd like to access their information on the Internet can find it on the Indonesian homepage at: www.dw- world.de.