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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Korupsi masih menjadi"Raja"

09 Tuesday Mar 2010

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Asia, Hong Kong, indonesia, korupsi, Republic of China, Vietnam

Inilah salah satu konsekuensi jika reformasi lebih dari 10 tahun tidak dibarengi dengan perbaikan sumber daya manusia khususnya di kalangan pemerintah. Para pejabat menengah setingkat dirjen, sekjen atau irjen masihlah “orang lama” dengan wajah baru. Mereka seperti nafas reformasi tetapi jiwanya masih “orde korupsi”Artinya mentalitas mereka masih menganggap bahwa uang dan fasilitas negara merupakan keniscayaan karena mereka memiliki jabatan itu. Jabatan yang kadang dicapai dengan susah payah, dengan berkeringat dan tidak jarang dengan tabrakan dengan kepentingan teman sejawat. Mentalitas mereka mungkin akan hilang setelah setengah abad dimana secara alamiah sudah pensiun.Mengapa korupsi itu selalu terkait dengan pejabat? Karena kebanyakan anggaran pembangunan di negara berkembang seperti Indonesia berasal dari pemerintah. Anggaran inilah yang dialokasikan untuk membeli dan memperluas jasa sebuah institusi. Sudah sering terdengar bahkan di departemen sosial untuk pembelian mesjin jahit untuk keperluan bantuan pun dikutip. Di Departemen Agama yang sudah seharusnya lebih religius terbukti pejabatnya dari tingkat menteri terjerat kasus korupsi karena ketidaktahuan atau pura-pura tidak tahu. Semuanya melempar tanggungjawab. Bagaimana ini bisa terjadi setelah satu dekade reformasi dan keterbukaan.Sungguh menyedihkan dan sekaligus lecutan ketika “Political & Economic Risk Consultancy” (PERC) yang berbasis di Hong Kong mengumumkan bahwa Indonesia mencetak nilai 9,07 dari angka 10 sebagai negara paling korup yang disurvei pada 2010. Nilai tersebut naik dari tahun lalu yang poinnya 7,69.Sedangkan, posisi kedua ditempati oleh Kamboja sebagai negara paling korup. Kemudian diikuti oleh Vietnam, Filipina, Thailand, India, China, Taiwan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Jepang, Amerika Serikat, Hong Kong, dan Australia. Mereka semua termasuk negara paling korup dalam survei, selain Singapura.Responden survei berjumlah 2,174 dari berbagai kalangan eksekutif kelas menengah dan atas di Asia, Australia, dan Amerika Serikat.Tampaknya ini membuktikan bahwa upaya pemerintah reformis tidak menghasilkan pegawai dan pejabat bebas korupsi. Semua masih berlomba menggali lubang di anggaran masing-masing untuk keuntungan jangka pendek.Ancaman hukum dengan adanya Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi belum membuat jera para koruptor. Mereka masih terang-terangan bertindak di tengah masyarakat. Dengan gaji yang sudah ditentukan negara mereka bisa hidup bergelimang kemewahan. Oleh sebab itu para pejabat dan pegawai negeri yang benar-benar bersih sering menjadi korban mereka. Para pejabat yang berdedikasi ini harus mengurut dada karena rekan sejawatnya menghancurkan negeri ini dengan korupsi.Jika hukuman dunia bisa membuat jera koruptor, agaknya itulah yang harus ditempuh. Hukuman mati memang mengenaskan dan mengerikan namun jika negeri ini begini saja akan hancur tanpa jejak digerus oleh kemajuan peradaban.Selain hukuman fisik, hukuman sosial mungkin lebih kuat sehingga mereka yang terindikasi dan terbukti korupsi bisa dikucilkan oleh masyarakat. Memang menyakitkan tetapi jika tidak demikian akan hancurlah negeri ini dalam beberapa dasa warsa lagi.Sebenarnya dengan keberadaan nilai religius yang mengakar di Indonesia, agama-agama besar seharusnya berperan besar. Hidup bersih, hidup shaleh, jauh dari pada barang haram merupakan moto yang seharunya menjadi bagian hidup, bukan kemewahan dan menunjukkan harta. Sumber inspirasi dari agama inilah yang akan menjadi lembaga-lembaga penting Indonesia ini bersih.Dalam Islam terdapat istilah Ihsan. Istilah ini merujuk kepada pengawasan Allah yang terus menerus sehingga kalaupun kita tidak melihatNya sesungguhnya Allah memperhatikan kita setiap saat.Kesadaran Ihsan inilah yang akan menjadi penjaga sehingga calon koruptor akan malu di hadapan Tuhan jika dia mengambil barang yang bukan haknya. Wallahu’alambishawab.

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What Is a Journalist?

07 Sunday Mar 2010

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A journalist is:

· someone who is curious about new things and who has a wide range of interests.

· someone who can view various sides of a situation and present the facts fairly.

· someone who understands other people, and knows what they care about.

· someone who can take complicated ideas and facts and write about them clearly.

· someone who can sift through many facts and present only the important ones.

· someone who wants to explain a new fact, a new issue, or a new idea to other people.

From : The Young Journalist’s Book: How to Write and Produce Your Own Newspaper by Nancy Bentley

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How to Become a Journalist

07 Sunday Mar 2010

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What a Journalist Does

Journalism is, in most respects, the backbone of the media industry. Therefore many media jobs require some aspect of journalism. The type of writing a journalist does depends largely on the subject they cover. Another thing which affects a journalist’s job is the outlet they produce news for: TV, the Internet, a newspaper, etc.

That being said, a “traditional” journalist reports the news. What does that mean? Well it can mean various things. The standard image of a journalist, and one often portrayed in movies, is of someone working a beat for a newspaper and finding stories. Which begs the question: What is a beat?

Working a Beat

A beat is a media term for the area, or topic, a journalist covers. So a beat could be anything from local crime, to national news to Hollywood movies. Beats can be very specific, or broader, depending on the kind of publication you’re working for. A mid-size daily newspaper, for example, will have reporters covering everything from local police goings-on to local sports.

Why You Need a Beat

A journalist’s job is to report the news. To find the news, you need to understand the subject matter and the people you’re writing about. Let’s say you’re working a crime beat for a newspaper in Chicago. One morning the police report that there’s been a murder in a posh neighborhood of the city. Now, in order to write about that murder, you need to know what’s been going on in the city. Is this an isolated incident? Was there a similar crime two weeks ago? Two years ago?

People always discuss the five pillars of journalism or the Five Ws — who, what, where, when and why — and, the “why,” section can only be filled out by someone with a background and knowledge of their beat. If, for example, you were asked to write about the aforementioned murder in Chicago, and didn’t know anything about the city or the recent criminal activity there, you wouldn’t be able to cover the story in the best way. Because, let’s face it, the story is very different if it’s a random act instead of a potential sign of a crime spree or, let’s say, a serial murderer.

Developing Sources

The other big reason journalists work beats, aside from developing a deep knowledge of the subject they’re covering, is to develop sources. Sources are people you talk to report a story. Now some sources are obvious. If we continue with the example of working as a crime reporter in Chicago, you would have regular sources in the police department. Now some would be obvious — you would likely speak to a spokesperson for the department whose job it is to handle reporters (a kind of publicist) — but other contacts might be developed from relations you foster over years of covering a beat.

A journalist often refers to their sources — everyone knows the saying, ‘I can’t reveal my sources’ — because these are people they turn to get inside information, or perspective, on a story. Now that bit about “revealing” sources points to an instance when a journalist gets an important piece of information from a person who does not want their identity revealed. If, for example, you’re working on that story about the murder in Chicago and you get information from someone in the police department that the murder looks like it might be the work of a serial killer, that officer might not want his name given out. After all, he’s giving you information that might get him in trouble. So, when you write the story about the murder, you wouldn’t name your source or reveal his identity to anyone. (If you did reveal his identity, no one would ever want to give you secret information, or information that people in business refer to as stuff that’s “off the record.”)

When a journalist works a beat over time they develop a multitude of sources. This means that they know who to call when something happens and they know the people who will talk to them. A good journalist establishes solid relationships with his sources so he can turn to them to get information. Although people don’t always like talking to reporters — especially when the story is about a scandal or something negative — a good journalist will have sources who recognize that there is a positive in getting a story out, and getting it out correctly. In other words, a good journalist will develop a respectful relationship with his sources.
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