Gatra (magazine)

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Gatra
Red magazine cover depicting toy boat in stylized sea made of dragons, with GATRA printed in large letters across the top
February 2012 cover
Editor-in-ChiefMukhlison Sri Widodo
CategoriesNews and politics
FrequencyWeekly (on Thursdays)
Circulation85,000 (2019)
PublisherEra Media Informasi
FounderBob Hasan
First issue19 November 1994; 29 years ago (1994-11-19)
CountryIndonesia
Based inJakarta
LanguageIndonesian
Websitegatra.com
ISSN0853-1706

Gatra (stylized in all caps) is a weekly news magazine published in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the two principal news magazines in the country, the other being Tempo.[1]

Gatra was founded in 1994. The magazine has its headquarters in Jakarta.[2][3] It provides articles on news and is published on a weekly basis.[3]

The magazine's motto is Baca Gatra Baru Bicara (Read the Gatra Then Talk).

List of editors-in-chief[edit]

  • Herry Komar (1994–1998)
  • Widi Yarmanto (1998)
  • Bernardus Rahmanto (1998–2002)
  • Iwan Qodar Himawan (2002–2006)
  • Budiono Kartohadiprodjo (2006–2012)
  • Heddy Lugito (2012–2016)
  • Carry Nadeak (2016–2019)
  • Mukhlison S. Widodo (2019–present)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kuipers, Joel C. "The Media". In Indonesia: A Country Study (William H. Frederick and Robert L. Worden, eds.). Library of Congress Federal Research Division (2011).
  2. ^ Matt Davies (2006). Indonesia's War Over Aceh: Last Stand on Mecca's Porch. Routledge. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-134-19331-8.
  3. ^ a b Elizabeth Fuller Collins (2007). Indonesia Betrayed: How Development Fails. University of Hawaii Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-8248-3183-7. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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