Penerapan Kode Etik Jurnalistik dalam Surat Kabar Harian Surya Malang

Abstract

: Journalism ethics play a very important role in press as a guideline for professional journalism.Journalism ethics thus can be understood and carried out by journalists. Complying the code of conduct agreed by the Press Council means that reporters understand in gathering, reporting and presenting a news. The purpose of this study was to determine the journalism ethiccodes and the factors that affect the implementation of the code in the Daily Newspapers Surya Malang. This research is a qualitative research. The informants of this research were the Head of Publishing and a journalist ofDaily Newspapers Surya Malang. The data collection technique was interview anddata analysis used was descriptive method, which described the results of the data obtained. The research proved that the implementation of the journalism ethic codes in the Daily Newspapers Surya Malang has followed the guidelines of the Constitution applied in Indonesia for journalists in providing news or information published. In the implementation of journalistic ethics in Indonesia, the reporters did not make a false news, defamation, sadistic and obscene. Factors of the journalism ethic codes implementation wasthe government policy and human rights to achieve protection from wrong news. According to the government's policy towards the implementation of the journalism ethic codes, a new must be accurate, balanced, factual to avoid detrimental things Keywords: Journalism Ethic Codes, Newspaper