GEMBONG NUSANTARA

Gembong Nusantara is a visual journalist and a filmmaker based in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

 Gembong Nusantara is a documentary photographer and videographer which focus on socioeconomic, human right and environmental issues. He studied English Literature in Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta. While studying, he found a medium for his storytelling, photography, and started the professional career as a stringer for Associated Press Jakarta Bureau in 2009. One year later, he got a scholarship to pursue Photojournalism Program at Konrad Adenauer ACFJ Ateneo de Manila, Philippines. He continued to study photojournalism at world renowned Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark.

Gembong has covered big events as the natural disaster of Merapi volcano eruption, Middle East refugees tragedy in Indonesia who tried to fled to Australia, and Jakarta economic booming and hidden stories like mental health problem in Indonesia, children born with different abilities caused by virus and malnutrition.

His works have been published in Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Society Magazine, Internazionale, Wall Street Journal, Time, New York Times, Finance & Development Magazine, The Diplomat, Get Lost, and many other international publications.

He has been commissioned by International NGOs; such as USAID, International Republican Institute, International Monetary Fund, World Animal Protection, Facebook’s Libra, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. In 2020, he received the National Geographic Emergency Fund to produce a story about an organic farming group surviving the pandemic.

He is available for Reportage and Editorial assignments.

Web: www.gembongnusantara.com

Email: gembongnusantara@gmail.com

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