Meraih Profesionalisme Wartawan

Abstract

Since  reformation era, the Indonesian mass media had a fundamental change that made  Indonesian mediascape and  brought Indonesian people becoming the strait-media society. The  journalist had a role as information collector that decided whether the mass media where their work qualified or not. Besides that, it still many things that becoming a problem in journalism and mass media, and one of them is ethical problem. Some questions about the professionalism of the journalist had asked. For answering that questions, the writer tried to research it with descriptive and qualitative approach. Through long interview and observation in 30 journalist in Bandung, the result showed that professionalism could divided into four group that are autonomy, commitment, skill and responsibility. During the implementation  of  four variations in real activities, it had obstructed lots of problem that interfere journalist duty.