How media workers can be more gender-sensitive
In October 2023, I had the opportunity to participate in a gender-sensitive reporting workshop with some amazing journalists, media workers, and NGO representatives from five Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines). It was organised by Public Media Alliance (PMA), a global association of public service media
Shedding light on the issue of divorce in the Philippines
In our latest longform story, our writer Angel Martinez, our data viz designer Bianchi Dy, and our designer Griselda Gabriele dive deep into the issue of divorce in the Philippines: why it’s the only country today without access to this basic right and what different sectors of society could
Painting a picture of Jakarta’s roadside food sellers
Arran Ridley and Griselda Gabriele share more about our recent story, Jakarta’s roadside food sellers: Finding a path in a future of convenience. Arran, a freelance writer and researcher, pitched the idea to Kontinentalist, based on his interest in kaki lima sellers, the community of street food vendors in
Meet the Community! Daisy Chung, visual communicator and illustrator
Daisy Chung is an award-winning science visual communicator and illustrator based in California and originally from Taiwan.
Humans of Kontinentalist: Qijin Tay
Qijin first joined as a web development intern before becoming a full-time member of Kontinentalist. We interviewed her twice, once in each…
Tips on creating illustrative visualizations
We produce many cultural data stories at Kontinentalist. As such, we may take a more illustrative approach for various reasons, such as…
Rebranding notes from the equator (Part 2: Design)
Hello again! In this second post about our rebranding of notes for the equator, our visual designer Munirah spills the tea about…
Rebranding notes from the equator (Part 1: Editorial and marketing)
Hello! We (Bella and Griselda) will be talking about the rebranding of our newsletter, notes from the equator, in two parts here in this…
A deep dive into our editorial illustration process
Let me share with you how we came up with our editorial illustration direction and workflow — and what we learned along the way.
Faces of Indonesia’s LGBT people — seen through four films
In 2019, Garin Nugroho made waves with Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku, a coming-of-age film that portrays a boy’s exploration of his gender and…
Part III: Everything visual about the eighteen levels of hell
A few weeks ago, the Kontinentalist team published our narrative-based game, Hell’s Apprentice, based on the Buddhist-Taoist folklore of…
Designing data visualisations for social media
As Kontinentalist’s Multimedia Designer, one of the things I’m in charge of is creating social media assets as teasers for our stories…