Gatra (magazine)

Gatra (stylized in all caps) was a weekly news magazine published in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1994 to 2024. It was one of the two principal news magazines in the country, the other being Tempo.^[1][2]

Gatra

February 2012 cover
Editor-in-Chief	Mukhlison Sri Widodo
Categories	News and politics
Frequency	Weekly (on Thursdays)
Circulation	3,000 (2024)
Publisher	Era Media Informasi
Founder	Bob Hasan
First issue	19 November 1994; 30 years ago (1994-11-19)
Final issue	25 July 2024 (2024-07-25)
Country	Indonesia
Based in	Jakarta
Language	Indonesian
Website	gatra.com
ISSN	0853-1706

Gatra was founded in 1994, following Suharto administration's ban on Tempo magazine; it was primarily founded by former Tempo staff.^[3] The magazine has its headquarters in Jakarta.^[4][5] It provides articles on news and was published on a weekly basis.^[5][6]

The magazine's motto was Baca Gatra Baru Bicara (Read Gatra, Then Talk). The magazine folded in July 2024 after 30 years of publication due to economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7][8][9]

List of editors-in-chief

• Herry Komar (1994–1998)
• Widi Yarmanto (1998)
• Bernardus Rahmanto (1998–2002)
• Iwan Qodar Himawan (2002–2006)
• Budiono Kartohadiprodjo (2006–2012)
• Heddy Lugito (2012–2016)
• Carry Nadeak (2016–2019)
• Mukhlison S. Widodo (2019–2024)