Atika Suri

Atika Suri (born Lirik, Riau; February 10, 1968) is an Indonesian TV newscasters and newscast producer. Suri began her career as a reporter and news presenter for RCTI's morning show, "Nuansa Pagi", in 1993. Since 1994, Suri had been assigned to report Indonesia's presidential activities including reporting overseas visits of former presidents Suharto and Abdurrahman Wahid. As a presidential correspondent, Suri had conducted many live reports from overseas, and also established networks with sources such as cabinet ministers and officials. Suri also did live reports during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting in Bogor, Indonesia in 1994, and covered the Meeting of 77 Heads of the 3rd World Countries, or G-77 , in Havana, Cuba.

Atika Suri is now the news producer of RCTI's newscast, "Buletin Siang", one of the news programs in Indonesia. Suri manages the production of the newscast, selects stories and arranges the rundown, writes news stories and lead-ins, copies edit and approves the scripts prior to editing and on-air. She also helps translate materials from news agencies and voices them into Indonesian language.

Since 2004, Suri has been back to serve as the main anchor of RCTI’s morning newscast "Nuansa Pagi" along with co-anchor Ade Novit. She had also served as the main anchor of "Buletin Siang", as well as the newscaster of "Seputar Indonesia".

Atika Suri graduated from the Design and Art Faculty of Trisakti University in Jakarta. During her career as television journalist, Suri has attended several professional trainings including Peace Journalism from the BBC in 2001, CNN Television Workshop in October 2000, and TV News Production Workshops by Frank N. Magid Associates in 1995 and 1996. Atika Suri had been nominated as the most favorite female news presenter of the Panasonic Awards in 2000 [ http://www.suarakarya-online.com/news.html?id=2085] .

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