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Dera Menra Sijabat

Award Winning Journalist, Storyteller, Mental Health Advocate

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The Hidden Toll of Electric Cars 

Reporters Rebecca Tan and Dera Menra Sijabat and photographer Joshua Irwandi journeyed together to the far-flung Obi Islands in eastern Indonesia, traveling about 18 hours by ferry and another two hours by speedboat to reach the cutting edge of the country’s nickel-processing industry. Tan is The Washington Post’s Southeast Asia bureau chief, based in Singapore. Sijabat and Irwandi, a documentary photographer, are based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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The Hidden Toll of Electric Cars won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards 2024 for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment and Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Awards 2023 for International Reporting.

Haunted by Disaster, Volunteers Search for Survivors in Indonesia

Amid aftershocks and landslides from Monday’s deadly quake in West Java, bands of volunteer rescuers have put aside their daily lives to save others.

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About Dera Sijabat

Dera Menra Sijabat, an award winning journalist, reports about Indonesia for several international media including The New York Times, The Economist and The Washington Post on politics, environment and human rights. He is based in Jakarta.

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