M Meralix
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REF · 010 — ABOUT

Why Meralix exists

A small practice built around the parts of investigative work that rarely get their own name.

Editor reviewing paper files at a desk

REF · 011 — ORIGIN

Started from a stalled story

Meralix began with a single stuck project — a reporter with a stack of permit files and no clear order to work through them. What helped wasn't more reporting time; it was an afternoon spent building a map of who to call first and why.

Since then the work has stayed narrow on purpose: not investigating on anyone's behalf, but helping reporters hold their own material well enough to keep working through it without losing track of what they've already found.

Most projects we support involve budgets, permits, corporate filings, and civic records — material that rewards patience more than speed.

REF · 012 — VALUES

What guides the work

01

Order over speed

A well-built index will always beat a fast, disorganized search. We'd rather help you spend an afternoon getting structure right than rush past it.

02

Stay behind the byline

The reporting, the judgment, and the story stay yours. Our role is to make the groundwork more manageable, not to shape the conclusions.

03

Leave something behind

Every engagement ends with a file, an index, or a document you keep — not just advice that disappears once the session ends.

REF · 013 — TEAM

Who you'll work with

Portrait of Dwiki Anggara

Dwiki Anggara

Source Mapping Lead

Portrait of Ayu Kirana

Ayu Kirana

Document Indexing

Portrait of Rendra Pramudya

Rendra Pramudya

Explanation Writing

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