LingVo.club
📖+10 XP
🎧+10 XP
✅+15 XP
Indonesian journalists face job losses and weak legal protection — Level A1 — man in black polo shirt wearing white mask holding black camera

Indonesian journalists face job losses and weak legal protectionCEFR A1

6 Dec 2025

LevelA1
A2
B1
B2

Adapted from Arpan Rachman, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0

Photo by Mufid Majnun, Unsplash

Level A1 – Beginner
2 min
64 words
  • Journalists work in hard conditions across Indonesia every day.
  • Many journalists have low pay and short contracts now.
  • Some journalists lose jobs and cannot get benefits.
  • Workers find it hard to claim help after dismissal.
  • Unions sometimes cause employers to fire members.
  • The legal process is slow for many cases.
  • Some families struggle because wages stop completely.
  • Journalists want fair laws and stronger rights.

Difficult words

  • journalist — person who writes news for media
    journalists
  • contract — written agreement about work or pay
    contracts
  • benefit — money or help from a job
    benefits
  • union — group of workers who act together
    Unions
  • employer — person or company that gives work
    employers
  • dismissal — when a worker loses their job

Tip: hover, focus or tap highlighted words in the article to see quick definitions while you read or listen.

Discussion questions

  • Do you know a journalist?
  • Have you ever had a job with a contract?
  • Do you think workers need stronger rights?

Related articles