MediaMIND 2026, Inviting Journalists and the Public to Tell the Story of Indonesia’s Sovereignty

JAKARTA – In the midst of Indonesia’s efforts to strengthen mineral downstreaming, build national industry supply chain, as well as hasten the transition towards a more sustainable economy, deeper and data based journalistic works become increasingly important.

The public needs stories that are capable of clarifying how Indonesia’s mineral wealth is managed, provides added value, while at the same time contributing to the strengthening of Indonesia’s sovereignty.

To encourage the birth of such stories, MIND ID or Mining Industry Indonesia, the Holding State-Owned Enterprise for the Mining Industry, has again presented MediaMIND 2026, a journalistic competition which is entering its fifth year.

MediaMIND becomes a collaboration room for journalists, academicians, observers, and the public to present perspectives, analysis, as well as inspirational stories on Indonesia’s mineral management.

With the theme “From the Earth to National Sovereignty”, MediaMIND 2026 invites participants to uncover various stories on how Indonesia’s mineral wealth is managed responsibly to strengthen national industry, support energy transition, create added value through downstreaming, as well as raise the welfare of the people.

MIND ID Corporate Secretary, Pria Utama, said that entering the fifth year of performance, MediaMIND is not only becoming an event in appreciation of journalistic works, but also a collaborative room to strengthen the understanding and arouse the public towards the strategic role of the mining sector in strengthening the sovereignty of the country.

“MediaMIND is not merely a journalistic competition. We want to make it a collaborative space in which the best ideas, data, and creations can meet to provide the public with better understanding on how mineral resource management can bring bigger benefits for the nation,” said Pria.

He believes that the mining industry today can no longer only speak about the extraction process of natural resources. The growth of downstreaming, strengthening of ESG practice, utilization of technology, to the contribution for the public, present many stories worthy of review and raised in a more in-depth manner.

Pria said that MIND ID invites journalists, academicians, observers, and the public to present data based creations, with in-depth analysis, as well as capable of showing how Indonesia’s mineral resource management contributes to industrial defense, energy transition, regional development, to promoting public welfare.

“We hope that through these works, optimisme can grow that Indonesia’s natural resources can become a foundation towards Indonesia becoming an increasingly sovereign, just and prosperous country,” he said.

MediaMIND 2026 presents six sub-themes relevant to the national mining industry development, which is Economy and Investment, ESG & Green Mining, Downstreaming, Industrialization, and Indonesia’s Mineral Defense, Social Contribution of the Public, as well as Transformation and Innovation.

Based on these themes and sub-themes, participants are expected to present works that are not only informative, but also provide new perspectives on the role of Indonesia’s mineral in supporting economic development, national industrial strengthening, and the future of the nation.

MediaMIND 2026 has officially kicked off on the 1st of August 2026. The creations that can enter are those that have been published in the period of 15 September 2025 to 17 September 2026.

The final date for the submission of creations for the journalist category is 17 September 2026, while for the general category, academicians, and observers are opened until 25 October 2026.

Complete information on competition, provisions, and registration can be accessed at:

https://bit.ly/mediaMIND2026-daftar