ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWS IN REALIZING DEVELOPMENT JOURNALISM ON THE KOMPAS.COM NEWS PORTAL

Abstract

In general, news renewable energy coverage in the mass media is still considered less interesting and not optimal as a means of development journalism to educate the public. This study aims to determine the extent to which the Kompas.com news portal applies the principles of development journalism in building public awareness of renewable energy in order to realize the SDGs. With a qualitative descriptive approach using the purposive sampling method and coding techniques, this study took 85 Kompas.com news articles regarding the use of renewable energy published from January to December 2024. The results of the study show that Kompas.com's reporting has focused on presenting government policies and renewable energy potential, with 34 news articles using sources from the government, researchers, and NGOs, thus supporting sustainable development strategies. However, coverage of community participation is still very limited, with only 8 news articles featuring community voices, indicating the dominance of a top-down perspective in reporting. In addition, although there is the use of data and expert analysis, the coverage is not balanced due to the lack of comparison with data from independent sources such as environmental organizations, independent academics, or NGOs. Thus, this study concludes that although Kompas.com has implemented several principles of development journalism, improvements are still needed in the representation of community voices and the presentation of more balanced and objective coverage to support the renewable energy transition and sustainable development in Indonesia.