You can read the thoughts and insights of anchor Dalton Tanonaka in the Jakarta Globe! His column appears on the last Friday of every month in the print edition or at thejakartaglobe.com/ltcolumns. Dalton donates his writing fees to the Tanonaka International Journalist Scholarship for Indonesian students.
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She's a natural performer who shines in front of and behind the camera.
Marissa Anita is a Surabaya native who joined Metro TV in 2008, and now co-anchors " Indonesia Now " with Dalton Tanonaka. She also is a co-host on the network ' s popular morning show " 8-11. "
She ' s covered big stories as a reporter, including the 2009 Jakarta hotel bombings and the Situ Gintung dam disaster.
Off-camera, Marissa enjoys watching and critiquing movies, and performs occasionally in community theater.
Her philosophy? " Live life from your passions, and live it to the fullest. " Marissa earned a master ' s degree in media practice from Sydney University following a bachelor ' s degree in education from Jakarta ' s Atma Jaya University. She speaks fluent Bahasa Indonesia and English, and is conversational in Italian, Mandarin and Japanese.