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M. Taufiqurrahman named chief editor of ‘The Jakarta Post’
The change of leadership comes at a critical time when the world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken more than 1 million lives worldwide and brought countries into recession.
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The Jakarta Post Chief Editor M. Taufiqurrahman (right) and his predecessor Nezar Patria. (JP/Handout)
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s The Jakarta Post continues on its path of transformation, it has appointed M. Taufiqurrahman as its seventh editor-in-chief, effective on Oct. 1.
The change of leadership comes at a critical time when the world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken more than 1 million lives worldwide and brought countries into recession.
Taufiq, 43, is replacing Nezar Patria who had served as the Post’s chief editor since 2018. He was the deputy chief editor, serving at Nezar’s side as he led the Post’s first phase of digital transformation, converging its newspaper and digital operations.
Amid the global trend of declining print revenue during the pandemic, it is expected in the coming years that the Post can accelerate the transformation through strengthening its digital presence and focusing on meeting the needs of its local and international readers.
Taufiq said the pandemic had presented a greater threat to the media industry, which had changed tremendously with the outsize role of social media and aggregator service.
“COVID-19 and its political ramifications also brought a fresh realization about the importance of the media, old and new. More and more people rely on the media to get their news and debunk some fake news and hoaxes about COVID-19 and politics in general,” he said on Wednesday.
Taufiq has been with the Post for 16 years, starting off as a cub reporter in 2004. In the last several years, he has taken on leadership roles as managing editor before becoming the deputy chief editor.
