Career
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. In early 1990, Helmi Johannes helped founded Seputar Indonesia (then Seputar Jakarta), the first newscast ever carried by an Indonesian private station. During his career with RCTI, Helmi Johannes had served as reporter, producer, newscaster and News Production Manager. Helmi had also produced Indonesia's first late-night newscast Buletin Malam (1991)and also Indonesia Today, the first English-language newscast aired by RCTI (1996–1999).
In 2000, Helmi Johannes helped established Metro TV in Jakarta and served as Executive Producer, News Research & Development Manager and News Services Manager as well as newscaster(2000–2005). Metro TV is Indonesia's first 24-hour newschannel founded by media tycoon Surya Paloh who also owns the Media Indonesia daily. Here Helmi served as weekend anchor of the network's main evening newscast Metro Hari Ini and he also hosted Midnight Live, a mixture of talkshow and live report on real-life issues.
As television reporter Helmi Johannes had covered the OPEC Meeting in Paris, France in 1991, the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Jakarta (1992) and the 1994 APEC Summit in Bogor, Indonesia. As an anchor in Indonesia Helmi Johannes had often been asked to speak in university workshops and also in parliament hearings.
In May 2005, Helmi Johannes moved to Washington to become the Executive TV Producer for the Indonesian Service of VOA. Helmi Johannes also anchors Laporan VOA (VOA Report), an Indonesian show that airs weekdays on Metro TV Jakarta. As an Indonesian Service reporter Helmi Johannes covered the Election Night at McCain Headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.
Helmi Johannes has also become speakers in several discussions in Washington including on the State of Media in Indonesia: Ten Years after Soeharto.
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