The attributes of role stress are examined ill this study review. III particular, itrnfocuses on the level of role stress perceived by newsroom journalists ill relationrnto participation in newsroom decision-making. Role stress is often the result ofrnmergers; acquisitions and restructurillg that make employees unsure of theirrnlIew job responsibilities the study attempts to look at what level journalistsrnperceived role stress in the newsroom in light with ERT's changing process.rnThe newsroom was chosen to be a focus of the study because it is where thernentire journalistic work almost carried out and the one that may be llightyrnaffected by the change process. In light with the restructuring process, the studyrnexamined the role stress effect on the newsroom journalists.rnThe research count on three independent variables to determine the relationshiprnbetween the perceived level of role stress namely role conflict and role ambiguityrnin newsroom decision-making process. Based on this, the study also attempted tornanswer relevant questions such as at whether journalists and editors in thernnewsroom are certain about their authority, responsibilities and amount ofrnautonomy they have experienced in newsroom decision-making as well asrnnewsroom task decision.rnThe research that evolves a survey method, found a potential stress gap,rnespecially in areas that were most importallt for working journalists inrnnewsroom decision-making and newsrol.:"'1 tasks decisions. The research thatrnemployed combination methods of S0 {~1 ~tting questionnaire and focus grouprndiscussion-was carried out among randomly selected 100 ERTAjournalists.rnWhere journalistic tasks are concerned, it was found that generally respondentsrnof the study have little say ill the day-to-day lIewsroom tasks decision in whichrnthey are involved. However, journalists only found some autol/omy in somernjournalistic tasks such as amount of time in writing a story and length of thernsto/y while management have the final say in most of the news tasks. The levelrnof role conflict ami role ambiguity experienced by journalists with regard torndecision-making in the newsroom was thus, found at highest level.rnIn conclusion, the study suggested the importance of participation inrninfluencing role conflict and role ambiguity and with greater participation inrndecision-making that employees were able to reduce grievances ami differences.rnHence, reducing role conflict and role ambiguity ill return made employees ablernto clarify certain roles alld actions. In addition, some practical interventionrnstrategies for reducing role ambiguity and role conflict are discussed. Finally,rnfuture research recommendations that seem to flow fr0111 tile two dimensions ofrnrole stress literature are outlined for the reader