The Role of Citizen Journalism in Jelajah Pagi Program on Gema Surya FM Radio Ponorogo: Case Study on PO942 Facebook Group

—This paper was titled The Role of citizen journalism in Jelajah Pagi program at Gema Surya FM radio Ponorogo.The researcher intended to know how much the role of citizen as citizen journalism in Jelajah Pagi program through the PO942 Facebook group as well as the extent of citizen knowledge about citizen journalism and journalistic values because it was important to understand it before writing a news. This research utilized qualitative research methods. In this study, the analysis of qualitative data was inductive, namely analyses conducted based on data that had been obtained previously. Furthermore, the data obtained were examined using the theory of D. Lasica about the typesof Citizen Journalism in which there were 6 points namely (a) audience Participation (b) Independent News and Information Website (c) Full-Fledged Participatory News Sites (d) Collaborative and Contributory Media Sites (e) Other Kinds of Thin Media (f) Personal Broadcasting Sites. Based on the results of the research, itwas proven that the citizen had a major role of citizen journalism in Jelajah Pagi program on GemaSurya FM radio through PO942 Facebook group because indeed all the original information derived from the citizens and programs could not run without the contributions from the citizens. However, the sense of citizen regarding the important journalistic values in the writing of the news was not yet understood, so the citizens still very much needed more education. After being examined using the theory of D. Lasica regarding the media typesof Citizen Journalism, there were some of them which had not been completed, but in some points of the theory, most were achieved and run based on the process of citizen journalism in the Gema Surya FM radio.