Ashlee is an Australian journalist currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is skilled in print, radio, online and multimedia journalism, as well as photography. She is currently working as a copy editor on the web desk of the Jakarta Globe, a new English-language daily broadsheet newspaper. She is also available for freelance assignments.
Is the world's fourth most populous nation. Almost 90 percent of the population identify as Muslim. It has more than 17,500 islands — but only around 6,000 are inhabited. It's home to diverse cultures and a growing tourism industry. Indonesia has thousands of stories waiting to be told.
Today Indonesia will head to the polls to directly elect its president, for only the second time ever in history. Freelance Australian journalist Ashlee Betteridge reports from Jakarta.
Published on crikey.com.au, as well as in the subscriber only newsletter, on July 8 2009.
Political donations from developers put Canada Bay Labor councillors and the State MP in the hot seat. Story by Ashlee Betteridge.
The Village Voice broke this story about secret State Government plans to build a controversial motorway in Sydney’s inner west after obtaining internal government documents. The plan was being kept secret until after the state election. Published Village Voice Balmain, March 2007. Story by Ashlee Betteridge.
Climate change candidates in the seat of Wentworth were full of hot air when it came to local policies.
Front page story by Ben Douglas and Ashlee Betteridge.
Front page sculpture by the sea photograph by Ashlee Betteridge.
Published in Village Voice Eastern Beaches, November 2007.
