Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui gambaran kelelahan kerja (burnout) pada wartawan surat kabar harian. Jumlah subjek penelitian ini ada tiga orang, pengambilan subjek berdasarkan teknik purposive sampling dengan kriteria wartawan surat kabar harian. Data yang diperoleh menggunakan teknik wawancara semi terstruktur, Pencapaian kredibilitas penelitian menggunakan teknik triangulasi waktu dan triangulasi sumber. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketiga subjek mengalami burnout. Burnout tersebut berupa kelelahan emosional, depersonalisasi atau penarikan diri, dan reduced personal accomplishment atau penurunan hasrat pencapaian prestasi diri. Kelelahan emosional yang ditunjukkan wartawan yakni perasaan lelah, jenuh, merasa putus asa, dan tertekan akibat tuntutan tugas yang berat serta deadline kerja. Depersonalisasi yaitu menghindari hubungan dengan orang lain dengan cara menarik diri dari lingkungannya, wartawan enggan berinteraksi, bersikap sinis terhadap rekan kerja, dan wartawan lebih memilih membolos kerja. Penurunan prestasi pencapaian diri pada wartawan ini terlihat pada saat wartawan merasa bahwa tulisannya tidak bagus. Wartawan merasa tidak berkompeten dan tidak berguna dalam pekerjaannya sebagai wartawan, mereka tidak percaya terhadap kemampuan dirinya. Wartawan pada penelitian ini merasa bahwa berita yang di cari oleh mereka sering kali tidak bermanfaat bagi orang lain sehingga beritanya tidak dimuat. Wartawan merasa pencapaian prestasinya menurun, mereka sering kali tidak merasa puas, hasil karya tulisan mereka dirasa kurang berkualitas.

The aim of the study is to determine the description of work fatigue (burnout) on journalists daily newspaper. The number of subjects of this study are three people, subject taking based on purposive sampling technique with criteria of daily newspaper journalists. The data obtained using semi-structured interview technique, the achievement of research credibility are using triangulation technique of time and source triangulation. The results showed that all three subjects had burnout. Burnout is emotional fatigue, depersonalization or withdrawal, and reduced personal accomplishment or decreased desire achievement self achievement. The emotional fatigue shown by journalists are feeling tired, bored, desperate, and depressed due to heavy duty demands and work deadlines. Depersonalization is to avoid relationships with others by withdrawing from the environment, journalists are reluctant to interact, be cynical about colleagues, and journalists prefer to ditch work. The decrease in self-achievement achievement of this journalist is apparent when reporters feel that the writing is not good. Reporters feel incompetent and useless in their work as journalists, they do not believe in his ability. Reporters in this study felt that the news they were looking for often did not benefit others so the news was not loaded. Reporters feel the achievement decreases, they are often not satisfied, and the results of their writings are considered less qualified.

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