Abdus Somad is a journalist based in Jakarta.

He began his journalism career as a contributor for various media outlets such as Suara.com, Gatra, and Tempo.co in 2017. He started working for Jaring. id—a non-profit media outlet based in Jakarta focuses on investigative reporting—in 2019.

Somad has received numerous national and regional journalism fellowships and awards on the topics of corruption, environment, human rights, wildlife trafficking, and science.

Abdus Somad

Basic information

Name
Abdus Somad
Title
Journalist
Expertise
Environment, Corruption, Human Rights, Wildlife Trafficking, Health and Science
Country
Indonesia
City
Jakarta

Supported projects

The Pains of Au Pairs Living with Foreign Families

  • Exploitation
  • Human Rights
  • Migration
  • Trafficking
  • Youth

JAKARTA / AMSTERDAM - It sounded so appealing to become an Au Pair in Europe on paper. Unsurprisingly a website like AuPairWorld.com, which matches au pairs and host families, displays hundreds of profiles of young women advertising their baby-sitting skills.