Abstract:
The regulation of journalist competence in the Press Council Regulation is defined as knowledge ability without any confirmation for journalists who have
knowledge of certain disciplines. This means that all journalists who come from any discipline may be recognized as journalists who have the competence to
apply the principle of presumption of innocence in reporting. This arrangement in journalistic practice, the press often appears 'judging' in the news because of
the use of terms that are often interpreted the same, even though legally they have very different meanings, such as suspect is written by the perpetrator,
released is written freely, not accepted is written rejected, sentenced to trial is written by the judge. free. To prevent violations of the presumption of innocence in
reporting, the regulation of journalists' competence must be emphasized, from intellectual ability and general knowledge to legal knowledge. This affirmation is
directly correlated with the object of reporting that is in the realm of law, as a function of the press which is obliged to respect the principle of presumption of
innocence. Respecting this principle, news writing standards are set based on the provisions of Article 3 of the Journalistic Code of Ethics, so it is considered
important to apply the new model as an ideal model in journalist competency testing as a system to harmonize journalist educational backgrounds with reporting
duties, so that it becomes a journalist competency standard, in order to can prevent misuse of the profession to realize the principle of presumption of innocence
in press reporting
