Abstract:
This journal aims to examine the need for harmonization of press reporting arrangements that respect the
presumption of innocence and the competence of journalists to write legal news and standards for the journalist
profession in the Press Law. This harmonization is intended so that one material with another material can
complement each other to respect the presumption of innocence. The aim is to avoid a legal vacuum, because of
things or circumstances that have not been regulated in the Press Law, or even if they have been regulated in a
statutory regulation but are not clear or even incomplete. Legal vacancies eventually lead to legal uncertainty
(rechtsonzekerheid), which will further create legal chaos (rechtsverwarring). This legal uncertainty, so
journalists who write legal news are not supported by adequate legal knowledge, and journalist professional
standards also use different recruitment criteria. As a result, it creates difficulties to create a responsible press
