Manajemen Redaksional Berita Online Pers Mahasiswa (Studi Komparasi Manajemen Redaksional pada Media Online Website Lembaga Pers Mahasiswa Balairung UGM, Ekspresi UNY, dan Himmah UII)

Abstract

The press in Indonesia is institutionally divided into two section, first general press and second alternative press. The general press release itself is an activity carried out by the press industry in a professional manner while the alternative press is a press activity conducted by non-professionals like for example of the student press and the press community. Although the non-professional nature of the alternative press still running the appropriate mandate enshrined in the Constitution No. 40 of 1999 on the Press. Student Press that was known produce the dominate analytical papers, must adapt to the current technological developments. The emergence of new media or online media are considered more important producing news for the rapidity, is considered newsworthy element that eliminates the completeness, fair, and impartial. In that regard so that the print media is still regarded as the main weapon for the student press in conveying their ideas and writing them. The truth is in reality some students press has began by using online media into the online news portal that interpretated of each student press, though their didn’t leave the print media as known the print media was their hallmark. Based on the framework, this study took the title: Portal News Online As An Alternative Reporting Of Student Press (Editorial Management Comparative Study On Online Media Website Student Press Institute Balairung UGM, Ekspresi UNY and Himmah UII). There are several questions that must be answered in this study: How is the editorial management contained in the online news portal Student Press Institute (LPM) Balairung UGM, LPM Ekspresi UNY, and LPM Himmah UII? And what are the characteristics of online media contained in the online news portal LPM Balaigun UGM, LPM Ekspresi UNY, and LPM Himmah UII? The purpose of this study was to compare the editorial management in the online news portal in reporting of LPM Balairung UGM, LPM Ekspresi UNY, and LPM Himmah UII and to know the characteristics of the online media contained in the online news portal LPM Balairung UGM, LPM Ekspresi UNY, and LPM Himmah UII. To answer that both question, the researchers apply a qualitative research approach taken by several steps. First, approach by observation of each online news portal owned by each LPM respectively. Second, do a descriptive study using interview techniques used by Miles and Huberman analysis to obtain research data, interviewing Online Chief Editor and the Editor of each LPM. Third, literature studying to enrich the understanding of science and to formulate the results obtained after carrying out the research. This research resulted in several findings. First, the editorial management applied to online news portal each LPM Balairung UGM, LPM Ekspresi UNY, and LPM Himmah UII not much different from the editorial management application on their print media that each LPM had applicate. Editorial management process contained in the online news portal each LPM the planning process, organizing process, the process of implementation, and monitoring and evaluation processes. The second result, the characteristics of online media contained in each online news portal, there are two LPM which does not have the characteristics of real time. The online portal news of LPM Balairung UGM has the online media characteristics which are interactive online media to include hyperlinks and interactive relationship building. Furthermore, the online news portal LPM Ekspresi UNY has the characteristics of online media in real-time, interactive by including hyperlinks and interactive relationship building. While the online news portal LPM Himmah UII has characteristics which are interactive online media to include hyperlinks and interactive relationship building.