This policy explains how IndoView decides what to cover, how our articles get made, who is responsible for what's published, and what standards every story has to meet before it goes live.
1. How we choose stories
We prioritise stories with genuine public interest to Indonesia and to those watching the country from abroad: developments in government and legislation, the economy and markets, public safety and the justice system, health and social policy, technology and business, and the culture and everyday life of the archipelago. Our editors weigh significance, verifiability and relevance to readers when deciding what to run — traffic potential alone is never the deciding factor, and a story with limited reach but real public-interest value can still take priority over one that would perform better.
2. Our sources
Every article is built from public reporting, official statements, company disclosures, court and government records, and named individuals, with a preference for primary and Indonesian sources wherever they're available. When a story relies on another outlet's original reporting, we say so and link to it — we don't present someone else's exclusive as our own. We do not treat speculation, unverified rumour, or unattributed social-media claims as fact, no matter how widely they're circulating.
3. Fact-checking and human review
Before publication, an editor checks every factual claim — names, figures, dates, quotes, titles, locations — against the source it's drawn from. Anything that can't be verified is either clearly qualified as unconfirmed or cut. This checking is done by a person, on every article, and it gets more demanding, not less, when a story involves an allegation of wrongdoing against a named individual or organisation.
4. News, analysis and opinion
We keep straight news reporting, explanatory or analytical pieces, and opinion or commentary clearly distinct. Each is labelled for what it is, and we don't let analysis or opinion blur into the reporting it might reference.
5. Updates and corrections
Published articles are updated as new, material facts come in. Substantive updates carry a timestamp and a short note on what changed and why. Errors are handled under our Corrections Policy, which sets out how quickly and how visibly we fix them.
6. Independence
Editorial decisions are made by our editors alone, independently of advertisers, sponsors, and any commercial partner. See Advertising for exactly how we keep sponsored content separate and labelled.
Questions about a specific story, or about this policy itself: [email protected].