About

Jan Lepeltak (1980) is a journalist in Jakarta. In 2003 he started as an intern at Tempo Magazine in Jakarta. He used his experience during his internship to write a thesis on press freedom in Indonesia for his Master’s degree in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. The Dutch media magazine ‘De Journalist’ awarded him with the award of Best Thesis in 2004 for  his dissertation  ‘Tempo after 5 years of Reformasi’.

 

Ever since he has worked as a correspondent for Dutch media outlets such as De Telegraaf, Elsevier Geassocieerde Pers Diensten (GPD), Onze Wereld and Dutch press agency ANP. Furthermore, he worked as a freelance-journalist in East-Timor for Deutsche Press Agentur. Since May 2008 he is correspondent for Elsevier, Reformatorisch Dagblad, het Nederlands Dagblad and Australian radio SBS.

Political developments, mystic events in the Archipelago and daily experiences in the cooking Metropolitan of Jakarta provide Jan with good stories for his weblog.