Needs analysis for an English course for a specific purpose is very important. The aims of the research and purpose of doing this is to answer questions about needs or wants especially for students of journalism study programs which have always been specific to the students themselves, and for make-up purposes, namely to give a positive impression to students that the course is being implemented in earnest. . The better the needs analysis, the better suited the course. This study uses quantitative methods to obtain data and has obtained as many as 31 respondents. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire in the form of a Google Form. The results of this study indicate that Journalism students need to increase their learning of all English skills in the English for Journalism course. Learning English is very important for journalism students to achieve their goal of developing their English skills. This study also to reveal students' desire for English in the Journalism Study Program at Alauddin State Islamic University Makassar. course, namely English for Specific Purposes.