Journalisten in ihrem Arbeitsumfeld

Young journalists in Switzerland: Results of a survey on aims, working conditions, and future prospects of journalists born in 1990 or later

“…With regard to education and employment types, the current study confirms the findings from the WJS (Dingerkus et al, 2018;Lauerer et al, 2019): The degree of academisation of young journalists is high, and the classic access to the profession still consists of rather short internships at editorial offices. Compared to the data of all Swiss respondents from the WJS, the share of both freelance and temporary employment is significantly higher among journalists aged 30 or younger in 2021.…”

“…Furthermore, despite increased pressure and rising living costs, the average salary has remained constant at around 6300 Swiss francs since 1998, with large differences depending on the type of media (Lauerer, Dingerkus, & Steindl, 2019;Marr et al, 2001, p. 66).…”

“…This produced some remarkable results: 59 % of the journalists mainly working for public-service radio and television (n = 27) have a monthly salary above 6000 francs, compared to only 4 % at private radio stations (n = 25) and 18 % at online-only media (n = 17). In contrast, 44 % of the journalists Note: The questions on employment type and duration, and on gross monthly salary correspond to those as used in the WJS (Dingerkus et al, 2018;Lauerer et al, 2019); salaries were measured in categories of 1000 Swiss francs each: 1 = 0 to 1000 francs, 2 = 1001 to 2000 francs, 3 = 2001 to 3000 francs, …, 10 = 9001 to 10000 francs; none of the respondents reported a monthly salary of over 10000 francs; respondents working part-time were asked to indicate their salary for a 100 % employment; the question on overtime per week was asked in the same way as in the study by Heim and Graf (2020).…”

The digital turn from a newsroom perspective – How German journalists from different generations reflect on the digitalization of journalism

“…When categorizing the media forms, the medium in its original (analog) form was considered in each case in addition to the fact that nowadays these categories are somehow disappearing in the era of digital journalism. In the interviews, as will be shown in our findings, it became clear that the boundaries between analog and digital, between print and online, for example, can no longer be sharply drawn and that digitalization is leading to a restructuring of the working environment with an increasing demand on journalists to also work multi- and cross-medially (Lauerer et al, 2019). Obviously, the classifications of media outlets from the 20th century have become outdated in some, but not all, cases in the 21st century.…”

Prekarierinnen? Geschlechterspezifische Unterschiede prekärer Arbeit im Journalismus

“…Denn auf die ökonomischen Herausforderungen in Folge der Digitalisierung reagierten Medienunter nehmen in den ersten Dekaden des neuen Jahrtausends primär mit Umstrukturierungsund Kostensenkungsmaßnahmen (Beck et al 2010;Deuze & Fortunati 2011). Ressourcenund Personalkürzungen dezimierten die Zahl hauptberuflicher Journalist*innen, spülten Arbeitskräfte auf den Markt freischaffender Journalist*innen oder in verwandte Branchen wie die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und ließen die verbleibenden Journalist*innen mit einem hohem Arbeitspensum zurück (Lauerer et al 2019;Rang et al 2007). Auch jüngst trennte sich beispielsweise RTL Deutschland von 23 Gruner+Jahr-Zeitschriften, womit 700 Stellen entfielen (Pimpl 2023).…”