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Following the devastating Asian tsunami in December 2004, most of the media outlets in the Indonesian province of Aceh were destroyed. Internews responded to the crisis immediately, providing equipment to a new emergency radio station that began broadcasting emergency health and relief aid information just days after the disaster. Today, Internews continues to provide support to the local media and to the citizens of Aceh, including distributing hundreds of radio sets, providing training to journalists and producing the daily Peuneugah Aceh (News from Aceh) program.

Internews is also implementing a nationwide program that aims to build professional, information-based local media that are responsive to the development, reform, and growth of districts across Indonesia. The project addresses the continuing decentralization of political and economic governance in Indonesia. It supports new growth in local media markets, including print media and commercial and community radio, and ensures emerging media outlets are capable of producing accurate, quality programming that is locally relevant. In 2006, Internews began a program training journalists in effective coverage of avian flu and launched a nation-wide program that provides support to the community radio sector.

Previously, Internews implemented a two-year elections program aimed at strengthening the ability of Indonesian media to cover the pre-election political campaign period and the 2004 General and Presidential elections. Internews has also conducted specialized trainings on conflict reporting for Indonesian journalists and has managed programs focused on environmental radio and health radio. To help increase Internet use and stimulate e-commerce, Internews assisted in the drafting of cyber-crime and e-transactions legislation and has provided training to improve cyber-security and reduce the incidence of economic crimes through the Internet.

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