IRB NEWS

Simply put, IRB News is a student-run organization dedicated to report, analyze, and speak of the countless happenstances that occur both within the international world as well as inside the domestic sphere of Indonesia. Our reasonings behind choosing an international scope alongside a more localized one are quite simple.

            Firstly, IRB is primarily staffed by International Relations undergraduates, who all live within the confines of Indonesia. Hence, despite our studies oft leading us to tread grounds far beyond our homes—either through literature, or even via the rare opportunities of being in  these faraway lands physically—it is difficult for any member of a nation to not care about their homeland; especially if the goings-on of the international realm has the possibility of directly affecting Indonesia’s future. Thus our decision to cover both the international and domestic realms.

            Furthermore, our decision to place the international world and Indonesia at our organization’s forefront would mean equal commitment from our reporters, editors, and other members of staff to never neglect their coverage on either of the two realms. In order to inform and educate those curious about what is actually going on around them, both near and far. And with the current international climate being rather unpredictable, there is a great need for all of us—readers and writers alike—to be able to comprehend the countless information constantly thrown at us without losing sight of the facts.

            In IRB, we deal exclusively on facts.

            We will not be swayed by any incentives to report on things that are simply untrue. Without mentioning certain media corporations, we are sure that many of you dear readers have grown tired of biased reports that showcase certain events in a positive light, whilst others could only portray these happenings as abominations. Followed up by both sides coming up with their own questionable justifications and defences. IRB seeks to eliminate any such conflicting reports from our works. We will speak only when we are utterly certain that the data we’ve gathered are completely truthful. After all, there will be no financial, political, or any sort of corruptive influences around the grounds of IRB. As we believe you can already see from this introduction, we are all idealists striving to purge erroneous information spread by those carelessly using televisions, newspapers, and of course the internet.

            Our goal can be summed up rather quickly in a sentence, “We seek to eliminate misinformation wherever they might be, and spread objectivity to anywhere we could reach”.