Michael Holtz

Michael Holtz is a freelance reporter based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Recent Stories

It was just a tweet, but this former construction worker might go to jail for it

January 30, 2014

Indonesia has some of the world's most active Twitter users. Now one of them stands accused of defaming a politician in a tweet.

Environment

Saved by the Mangroves? A Philippine town dodges Haiyan's storm surge

The World

November 29, 2013

What’s a bunch of trees worth? Well, if they save your town from the storm surge of a huge typhoon, you might say they’re invaluable. That’s what happened to the community of General MacArthur, in the Philippines, and its fate holds a lesson for coastal communities around the world.

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