Penerapan Prinsip Independensi di Kalangan Wartawan Kanalindonesia.com

Independence is considered important for journalists in carrying out their profession because independence is the most important step to show the truth of the information that has been obtained by journalists. Every journalist in seeking information for news must understand and obey the principle of independence. Independence is a top priority for the media to implement. In this study using qualitative descriptive methods in data collection, data obtained by using interview and observation techniques. The informants in this study amounted to 2 (two) people, namely the informants were leaders and journalists of Kanalindonesia.com media. The results of the research obtained show that the journalists of the media channelindonesia.com understand the principle of independence and journalists apply the principle of independence to a professional attitude by making balanced news and not interfering with other parties during the reporting process, processing and publishing news, this is supported through statements of results from interviews with informants. Besides applying the principle of independence, Kanalindonesia.com journalists also apply the nine elements of journalism in their activities to serve as a benchmark for journalists to produce accurate and reliable news.