Sunday Edition | The Jakarta Post

Also in 1994, the Post started its Sunday edition, which first appeared on Sept. 18.

While maintaining the high quality and editorial philosophy of the Post, the Sunday edition endeavors to provide more analytical and in-depth articles appropriately balanced by entertaining and informative stories. Readers still get the latest news of the weekend, but the proportion is less than that normally provided in the weekday editions of the paper.

In short, the selection process and editorial deliberation put more emphasis on news and views that readers can use rather than news that is fit to print.

This unique approach to newspapering is based on the findings of a series of readership surveys, field interviews and focused group discussions held during the four years prior to the first publication of the Sunday edition in different parts of the country.

The front page offers investigative in-depth reports which probe the main issues of the week or bring to light other unnoticed, but important, topics as well as some of the latest news stories from around the globe. On the back page, the latest domestic and international news and views on sporting events cater to the diverse curiosity of readers.

Between the covers, the 10 or 14 pages, distinct in makeup from the weekday editions, entertain readers with "... the dynamics of an emerging nation and regional economic power, presenting as well the many facets and fascinations of Indonesia's unique culture and history ..." as promised by the publisher on the front page of the Post's first issue on April 25, 1983.

The paper's writers guide readers through different parts of this archipelago to expose some of the precious though perhaps previously unnoticed objects that are encountered during the exploration of the infinite wealth of its natural legacy. They introduce readers to the diverse cultures of innumerable ethnic communities who speak and think in more than 200 different dialects or languages and who differ in many things and yet share a common heritage.

Short stories, mainly by Indonesian writers, are one of the weekly features, giving readers the chance to become familiar with some of the best literary talents of this country. A special column titled By the Way opens windows on the human, personal and humorous, yet mind-challenging, aspects of life through light-hearted discourses on daily issues.

For readers seeking pastimes on weekends, a special column on hobbies enriches the inquisitive mind.

Another column, People, seeks out and puts the spotlight on prominent personalities, as well as seemingly ordinary individuals, with outstanding feats in the community. These articles shed light on their recent activities and interesting pastimes and their achievements, or perhaps the not-so-well-known life they lead behind the formal public screen.

Those entertaining pages are balanced by quite a number of enlightening probes into what is going on in the region and the world over.