Ethical Boundaries among Freelance Journalists

Mathisen, Birgit Røe

doi:10.1080/17512786.2018.1548301

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“…Furthermore, the severe decrease in the number of journalists in newsrooms, added to the fierce competition among media and to the economic pressure towards greater flexibility in mixing editorial choices and commercial propositions -for instance, the so widespread "sponsored content" (Cardoso et al, 2020;Fidalgo, 2016;Ikonen et al, 2017), -was, in many cases, responsible for lower ethical demands, which eventually had an impact on journalism's quality and credibility. Actually, the attachment to ethical principles and the respect for deontological norms are not disconnected from the concrete, structural and cyclical conditions in which journalism is practiced (Mathisen, 2019). This is the context where we should inscribe what happened to journalism and the media during the fight against the new coronavirus pandemic, whether we are talking of new work routines or of the ethical challenges they faced.…”

Section: Signs Of the Intensification Of The Crisismentioning

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Jornalistas em Tempo de Pandemia: Novas Rotinas Profissionais, Novos Desafios Éticos

2021

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A pandemia da covid-19 e o subsequente processo de confinamento conduziram a linhas de convulsão em diferentes setores da sociedade. Marcado por um contexto de instabilidade e incerteza, onde diferentes manifestações de transformação tecnológica, económica e social potenciam novas práticas e convenções, bem como suscitam novos e renovados desafios deontológicos, o jornalismo não é exceção. Com base nas respostas de um inquérito a 890 jornalistas portugueses, o presente artigo procura mapear os efeitos do estado de emergência de março a abril de 2020 nas práticas e rotinas, e nos preceitos ético-profissionais de uma atividade que avoca uma reavivada relevância num ambiente de desinformação e “infodemia”. Mais do que revelarem novos problemas, os resultados sugerem uma acentuação dos desafios e dilemas pré-existentes. No plano das práticas, indicia-se uma domiciliação relativamente transversal da atividade. Este fenómeno é acompanhado por marcas de despersonalização do contacto com as fontes e eventos, e por sinais de isolamento social dos jornalistas. No campo ético-deontológico, sublinha-se a emergência de questões deontológicas particulares no contexto da pandemia, onde os aspetos relacionados com o rigor — rejeição do sensacionalismo, distinção clara entre factos e opiniões ou repúdio de quaisquer formas de censura —, assim como os elementos subjacentes ao contacto com as fontes, assumem especial dimensão.

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Section: Signs Of the Intensification Of The Crisismentioning

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Jornalistas em Tempo de Pandemia: Novas Rotinas Profissionais, Novos Desafios Éticos

2021

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“…The conflicting roles are best described by Mathisen (2017), who divides freelancers into entrepreneurs and idealists. The idealists may accept low income if they have opportunities to work with journalism they deem important; the entrepreneurs are driven by succeeding in their own business and refer to partnering news organizations as customers (Mathisen, 2019). Successful freelance journalists have broad social networks or partners who provide professional support regarding journalism, but they also use help in accounting and budgeting since "running a business" takes an integral part of their time and adds up to having a second job (Cock & Smaele, 2016;Hunter, 2015).…”

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Ready to Hire a Freelance Journalist: the Change in Estonian Newsrooms’ Willingness to Outsource Journalistic Content Production

Himma-Kadakas

Mõttus

2021

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This paper explores the change in Estonian media organizations’ readiness to cooperate with freelance journalists. The interviews with editors of newsrooms of magazines, newspapers, and radio and television broadcasters were conducted in 2014 and 2019. The findings were additionally tested in the conditions of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020. The paper outlines how over the five years the editors have not only changed their perception of who freelance journalists are but how they express the readiness to outsource content from journalistic entrepreneurs. We conclude that the Estonian media market shows signs of adopting diverse collaborative forms that diverge from the journalistic field. The freelancers’ concept has changed, indicating integration of journalistic and entrepreneurial roles – the entrepreneurial journalist is seen less as the odd-jobber working on commission and more of a business partner.

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“…Fisher found that a sense of curiosity about the inner workings of government and politics played an important role for the former journalists who became parliamentary media advisers. Other researchers, such as Koch and Obermaier (2014), discovered that half of the freelance journalists who also work in public relations do so because they find PR work pleasurable (Mathisen 2018). For these journalists public relations means a change and a challenge.…”

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The Turncoat Phenomenon: Role Conceptions of PR Practitioners Who Used To Be Journalists

Kester

Prenger

2020

Journalism Practice

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For a long time, Dutch parliamentary journalists have shown an interest in migrating to the "other side" and becoming political PR professionals or spokespersons. The Dutch term used by journalists for colleagues who make this switch is "overloper" (turncoat). It is a term with a clear negative connotation, which says a lot about how journalists view the field of public relations. The relationship between journalism and public relations has received much academic attention, revealing a rather strong antagonism. Research also shows an increased blurring of boundaries between the two professions. However, there is little research on the lived experience and role conceptions of former journalists who now work in public relations. For our study, we interviewed eleven "Turncoats". Our research focussed on their perception of their past profession as journalist, their motivation to switch to public relations and their views on the relation between public relations and journalism. We found that both intrinsic and extrinsic motives played a role in their career switch. Most notably they construct a permeable boundary by importing journalistic skills and roles in their new profession. They also have clear opinions on what those boundaries should be and are critical about the current state of journalism.

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Ethical Boundaries among Freelance Journalists

Cited by 19 publications

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Jornalistas em Tempo de Pandemia: Novas Rotinas Profissionais, Novos Desafios Éticos

Jornalistas em Tempo de Pandemia: Novas Rotinas Profissionais, Novos Desafios Éticos

Ready to Hire a Freelance Journalist: the Change in Estonian Newsrooms’ Willingness to Outsource Journalistic Content Production

The Turncoat Phenomenon: Role Conceptions of PR Practitioners Who Used To Be Journalists

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