Setelah Guncangan Digital

Abstract

Profesi jurnalis masih menjadi harapan bagi sebagian kalangan milenial. Namun lanskap industri media di Indonesia mengalami perubahan cepat dalam beberapa tahun terakhir akibat guncangan digital. Sebagian media konvensional bertransformasi ke digital, media yang lain berjuang dengan menerapkan strategi konvergensi media. Media yang tak mampu berkompetisi memutuskan tutup, di mana sejak 2014 keputusan penutupan media di Indonesia kerap diikuti pemutusan hubungan kerja para jurnalis. Ini berdampak pada masa depan para jurnalis hingga kesejahteraannya. Riset ini menemukan bahwa sebagian jurnalis yang terkena dampak pemutusan kerja ini masih berusia di antara 24 – 35 tahun dengan masa kerja di bidang jurnalistik di atas 1 tahun. Sebagian besar jurnalis ini tidak bergabung dalam serikat pekerja yang memiliki posisi tawar dan dapat bernegosiasi dengan perusahaan media di kala terjadi sengketa ketenagakerjaan. Di samping itu, kurun 2014 hingga 2017, bagi sebagian jurnalis, adalah masa-masa yang sulit untuk beradaptasi di tengah peralihan dari media konvensional ke media baru yang serba digital. Kata Kunci: guncangan digital, jurnalis, generasi milenial, penutupan media, pemutusan hubungan kerja  Working as a journalist is still aspired by some of Indonesia's young generation, called the millennials. However, the media industry landscape in Indonesia is rapidly changing in recent years due to digital disruption. Several printed media have to work hard to adopt digital tools as a publication platform to reach news consumer, while others have desperately managing to expand its audience applying convergence strategies. Meanwhile, some media industries which could not compete in the digital market have decided to stop their publication. Since 2014, there were several media stop operating their production. In many cases, the media closure is followed by termination of employment among journalists. This study finds that it has not only impacted the future of the former journalists but also has caused precariousness condition for a young journalist. These journalists were the young generation, or the millennials age 24-35 years. Some of the millennials had worked for more than a year and enjoyed the privilege as a journalist. But when digital disruption came and hit the media where they worked, most of these young age journalists had not registered nor joined in a labor union that could have helped advocate them when facing disagreement with the media company. Besides, from 2014 to 2017, it is a difficult time for the journalist to adapt in the midst of the transition from conventional media to digital media. Keyword: digital disruption, young journalist, media closure