REF · 001 — RESEARCH SUPPORT
An index for reporters working through long, unglamorous material.
Meralix supports non-criminal investigative reporting in Indonesia — mapping sources, indexing documents, and drafting the passages that carry a reader through technical ground.
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Core services
300pp
Max per index engagement
2 hrs
Standard mapping session
Semarang
Based in
REF · 002 — WHAT WE DO
Structure before deadline pressure sets in
Most investigative pieces don't stall for lack of material — they stall because the material has no order. Meralix works alongside reporters and small newsrooms to build that order early: who to speak with and in what sequence, how a growing document set stays searchable, and how technical ground gets explained without losing precision.
- →Work stays organized as a project grows past what memory alone can hold
- →Explanatory passages sit inside the piece, matched to its voice
- →Every engagement ends with something handed over, not just advice given
REF · 003 — SERVICES INDEX
Three ways to bring order to a project
Source Mapping Session
List every person and record worth pursuing, ordered by value and effort.
Learn moreDocument Set Indexing
A searchable index over a growing body of documents — tagged, named, summarized.
Learn moreReader-Facing Explanation Writing
Passages that carry a general reader through technical ground, written to fit your piece.
Learn moreREF · 004 — FIELD NOTES
From the index
Method
Reading a Permit File Like a Reporter
What a stack of routine paperwork can tell you before a single interview.
Explaining
Making a Budget Line Legible to a Reader
Precision and plain language are not opposites — a working method.
Structure
Tracing a Corporate Structure Without Getting Lost
A simple way to keep ownership charts from collapsing into noise.
REF · 005 — APPROACH
Support, not a byline
- ✓We work behind the reporting, never in front of it
- ✓Editorial judgment always stays with you
- ✓Deliverables are built to be handed over cleanly, no dependency on us afterward
- ✓Confidentiality of sources and material is treated as a working condition, not a courtesy
If a project has grown past what memory can hold, an index might be the next step.
Get in TouchREF · 006 — FROM COLLABORATORS
What reporters say
"The source map saved me the first two weeks of a project I'd been putting off for months."
Ratna Wulandari
Independent Reporter
"Our archive finally makes sense. I can find a document from a story we ran a year ago in minutes."
Bimo Setiawan
Editor, regional desk
"The explanatory passages read like they were written by someone on our own team, not an outside hand."
Larasati Ningrum
Freelance Investigative Writer
REF · 007 — QUESTIONS
Common questions
REF · 008 — GET IN TOUCH
Tell us about the project
A short note about what you're working on is enough to start — we'll follow up with questions.