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Abstract. The study is done to identify the character of a main character of a journalist who is conducting an unmassed investigative coverage of the ethics of journalism. The study is conducted with a qualitative study using a narrative analysis approach using the theory vladimir propp and modification scene o gram Richard krevolin, researchers are trying to examine the character that is associated with the ethical journalism. Based on the research results, the research questions have been answered, including: The results of the depiction of character functions in Sandra Brown's Deadline novel have 22 character functions in the narrative and 6 characters in the narrative of the 8 characters involved, the researcher also gets the focus of the main character through the ogram Richard scene. Krevolin which is then distributed with a study of journalism ethics on the character of the main character. The results of the further distribution carried out by researchers, on the application of journalism ethics to the main character in Sandra Brown's Deadline novel, show results based on studies of journalism ethics. That most of the actions of the main character as a journalist in the novel apply journalism ethics.Keyword: novel, character, the main character, journalist, the ethical Journalism.Abstrak. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui karakter seorang tokoh utama sebagai seorang jurnalis yang sedang melakukan peliputan investigasi yang tidak terlapas dari etika jurnalisme. Penelitian ini dilakukan menggunakanstudi kualitatif dengan pendekatan analisis naratif menggunakan teori Vladimir Propp dan modifikasi Scene O Gram Richard Krevolin, peneliti berusaha mengkaji karakter tersebut yang dikaitkan dengan etika jurnalisme. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, pertanyaan penelitian telah terjawab, diantaranya: Hasil dari penggambaran fungsi karakter pada novel Deadline karya Sandra Brown memiliki 22 fungsi karakter dalam narasi dan 6 karakter dalam narasi dari 8 tokoh yang terlibat, peneliti pun mendaptakan fokus tokoh utama melalui scene o gram Richard Krevolin yang kemudian didistribusikan dengan kajian etika jurnalisme pada karakter tokoh utama. Hasil dari pendistribusian lanjutan yang dilakukan peneliti, pada penerapan etika jurnalisme pada karakter tokoh utama dalam novel Deadline karya Sandra Brown, menunjukan hasil yang didasari kajian etika jurnalisme. Bahwa sebagian besar tindakan tokoh utama sebagai jurnalis dalam novel tersebut menerapkan etika jurnalisme.Kata Kunci: Novel, Karakter, Tokoh Utama, Jurnalis, Etika Jurnalisme.