Veby Indah
(she/her)

Teams and roles for Veby Indah

Research student
School of Journalism, Media and Culture

I was a journalist with 13 years of experience in Hong Kong and Indonesia on the issue of geopolitical climate change, labour and immigration. After being injured on front line reporting in Hong Kong, I studied in the UK to become a researcher on journalism studies.

You can check some of my journalistic articles as follows:

https://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/journalism_vs_activism_in_indo.php

https://news.trust.org/item/20111209224700-t30dk

https://www.ipsnews.net/2010/04/environment-indonesia-solving-waste-woes-far-from-easy/

https://news.trust.org/item/20120501114700-gvius

https://news.trust.org/item/20110621122800-9pu3f

This PhD study is my first step towards my long-term goal of journalism studies on censorship, data surveillance, diasporic journalism, and journalism in exile/refugee journalism. I welcome anyone with similar research interests to contact me for collaborations. This includes research on immigration and law.

As member of Aliansi Jurnalis Independent (AJI) Indonesia (2006-2012), Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and student member of National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and international press card holder from International Federations of Journalists (IFJ) from 2021-2022, I am passionate about press freedom and equal rights to access information.

Thesis

My thesis studies the issue of self-censorship practiced by the diasporic journalist community in the UK.

If you are researching self-censorship, UK immigration law, diasporic journalists, journalism in exile, or data surveillance, please do not hesitate to contact me.