Kebijakan Redaksional Radar Banjarmasin pada Pemberitaan Kasus Covid-19 di Kalimantan Selatan

Abstract

Radar Banjarmasin is one of several local newspapers in South Kalimantan under the JPNN group. Radar Banjarmasin with its tagline "Most Understanding of Region" provides the most current news. When Indonesia was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Radar Banjarmasin also reported on this case continuously. This study aims to determine how the editorial policy of print media (Radar Banjarmasin) in reporting the Covid-19 case in South Kalimantan. The research approach used is qualitative with an explanative type. The informants in this study were Mr. Toto Fachrudin as the Editor in Chief, and Mr. Ramli Arisno as the editor. The research results show that the editorial policy of Radar Banjarmasin in reporting the Covid-19 case in South Kalimantan is to focus on the pandemic by continuously monitoring the latest developments in the Covid-19 task force, the results of the Covid-19 test, monitoring hospitals, encouraging the task force to be transparent, and to monitor crowded places. Radar Banjarmasin has made the Covid-19 task force and the Health Service as the main reference, which is in line with Radar Banjarmasin's goal of reporting Covid-19, which is to educate the public, overcome disinformation and hoaxes that are circulating in the community.

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