1. Helmi Johannes was born on 23 March 1961 and is an Indonesian television newscaster and executive producer.
13 Facts About Helmi Johannes
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Helmi Johannes was born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the son of Herman Johannes, an Indonesian professor and a former rector of the Gadjah Mada University.
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Helmi Johannes was attracted to radio communications and became an amateur radio when he was a teenager but he then attended the architectural engineering faculty at the Gadjah Mada University before turning to journalism.
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Helmi Johannes started his career as a radio broadcaster for Geronimo FM based in Yogyakarta, before moving to Jakarta to join RCTI, the first private television network in Indonesia.
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In 1989, Helmi Johannes helped found Seputar Indonesia, the first newscast ever carried by an Indonesian private station.
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Helmi Johannes had produced Indonesia's first late-night newscast Buletin Malam and Indonesia Today, the first English-language newscast aired by RCTI.
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In May 2005, Helmi Johannes moved to Washington to become the executive TV producer for the Indonesian Service of VOA.
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Helmi Johannes has become speakers in several discussions in Washington including on the State of Media in Indonesia: Ten Years after Soeharto.
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Helmi Johannes had been on the executing board of the Association of Indonesian Private Televisions and was the Secretary-General of KOMTEVE, a non-profit organization that promotes public control on television contents.
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Helmi Johannes has been a charter member of IJTI, the Indonesian Television Journalists Association.
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For 4 years in a row Helmi Johannes Johanes had been nominated for the most favorite male newscaster of Panasonic Awards.
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Helmi Johannes was one of the judges of the Asian Television Awards in 2001,2002 and 2003.
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Helmi Johannes has interviewed many important figures, such as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when he was coordinating minister for political and security affairs, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, most of Indonesian cabinet ministers, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Indonesian marketing guru Hermawan Kartajaya.