Steppin' Out Of Babylon: Radio Interviews

Sirikit Syah founded LKM Media Consumer's Board, the first and only media watch organization in Indonesia. Ms. Sirikit is also a founder and Vice Chairman of Surabaya School of Mass Communication and is the recently elected Chairman of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission for East Java province. As a journalist, activist and educator she focuses on journalism in regions of conflict, media ethics, and freedom of the press. Ms. Syah also has a weekly interactive radio program, edits a monthly media watch journal, and publishes anthologies of essays on topics such as women's issues and politics in the media.In this conversation Sirikit Syah talks about her background, many media projects, being a Muslim woman, the press in Indonesia and her view of the US.