Facilitating journalism training in Aceh was a new experience for me, because it was the first time I had set foot on Sumatran soil in the five years I had been a radio reporter. Even more daunting were the huge cultural differences between this region where the tsunami struck, and my homeland in East Java. As a radio journalism trainer, I am aware that radio journalism skills are lacking. What is needed is the professional capacity to adapt to different environments and cultures, so that we can properly share our knowledge with training participants.