Newspaper journalism in crisis: Burnout on the rise, eroding young journalists’ career commitment

Reinardy, Scott

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“…Financing is scarce, competition fierce, and costs can be high. Stress levels among workers in the media industry are high, among those more or less securely employed just as much as among independents (Ertel et al 2005;Reinardy 2011). Diversification and cross-subsidizing editorial practice seem key to survival; the extent to which this contributes to a potential compromising of journalistic standards and values remains to be seen.…”

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Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Wagemans

Witschge²,

Deuze

2016

Journalism Practice

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The emergence of a startup culture in the field of journalism is global: since the early years of the twenty-first century, new independent journalism companies have formed around the world. Although setting up one's own journalistic practice is not particularly novel in the news industry, the last couple of years have witnessed exponential growth in the startup space. In this context we chose to look more closely at one of the more successful recent online news startups: the French site Mediapart. We were interested in the factors involved in creating and running a journalism startup, and how the professionals involved give meaning to what they do in the fast-changing journalism field. We found that, although one of the main unique selling points of the journalism professed at Mediapart is that it challenges and provides an alternative to mainstream French press, at the heart of it is a strong traditional journalism ideology. While Mediapart has in many ways challenged and inspired the ways in which other French news organizations operate, it does not challenge our understanding of journalism, but rather reinforces a traditional and homogenous definition.

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Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Wagemans

Witschge²,

Deuze

2016

Journalism Practice

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“…The economic crisis facing newspapers is due to its traditional readers and advertisers shifting to online platforms, rather than the hard copy publication, leading to cuts in resources and increased stress on management (Reinardy, 2011). In response many news organisations are putting resources into online news websites, which create modern and different jobs-and different management structures (Sylvie, 2011).…”

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Women newspaper editors in NZ: Short term love affair

Strong

2018

PJR

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New Zealand has had three woman prime ministers, and was the first country in the world to give women the vote, but there is still a gender gap in leadership in the traditionally staid daily newspapers industry. One-third of the country's daily newspapers have never had a female editor. The low ratio of woman editors is incongruous with the fact the majority of journalism students are female, and a large number of new hires are women. This study interviewed every woman who has held the position of daily newspaper editor, which totals only 15. The good news is that currently there are more women in editorships than ever before, but this still represents only 29 percent of daily editors. Attitudinal interviews show the editors love the job, but quit after only a few short years. However, this may be changing.

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“…Asimismo, la percepción de que trasgreden las condiciones del convenio aumenta cuanto mayor es el tiempo que los estudiantes llevan realizando prácticas, lo cual podría asociarse con el conocido síndrome del burnout (Reinardy, 2011), que se inicia en esta etapa pre-profesional y se acrecienta como un mal endémico entre los periodistas sénior (Monteiro, Marques Pinto y Roberto, 2015). A pesar de que las puntuaciones medias parecían indicar un mayor grado de acuerdo con la afirmación entre los becarios de periódicos (M=4.4) que entre los de agencias (M=4.0) y radio (M=3.1), la prueba F de Welch resultó no significativa, por lo que habría que asumir que no existían diferencias estadísticas según el tipo de medio.…”

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Condiciones de las prácticas profesionales en medios de comunicación: un estudio empírico

García-Borrego

Roses

Batlle

2017

RLCS

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Condiciones de las prácticas profesionales en medios de comunicación: un estudio empíricoThe working conditions of media internships: an empirical study Metodología. Se condujo una encuesta al total de becarios de diarios, radios y agencias de la ciudad de Málaga en 2015. Los datos se sometieron a análisis estadístico. Resultados. El 85% de los becarios afirma sobrepasar el horario del convenio. La carga de trabajo se equipara a la de profesionales séniors en los becarios más experimentados. Pese a las condiciones, la satisfacción con las prácticas es alta. Aumenta cuando perciben que la empresa valora que prolonguen la jornada; sin embargo, disminuye a medida que los becarios acumulan experiencia. Conclusiones. La discusión cuestiona el papel formativo de las prácticas y apunta que el comportamiento y actitudes de los estudiantes podrían explicarse a partir de sus expectativas de inserción laboral en el medio.[EN] Introduction. This article describes the conditions of interns in media companies and their degree of satisfaction with such conditions. Methods. The study is based on a survey conducted in 2015 among all journalism students doing internships in newspapers, radio stations and news , 72-2017-1173| ISSN 1138-5820 | Año 2017 http://www.revistalatinacs.org/072paper/1173/23es.html Página 431 agencies in the city of Málaga. Data were subjected to statistical analysis. Results. 85% of the interns affirm they systematically work overtime. Their workload is comparable to that of senior professionals. Despite these conditions, satisfaction among interns is high, and it increases when they perceive the company values their overtime. However, interns' satisfaction diminishes as their experience increases. Conclusions. The results question the formative role of internships and indicate that students' behaviours and attitudes could be explained by their expectations of job placement in the medium. RLCS, RevistaLatina de Comunicación Social, 72 -Páginas 430 a 452 Investigación Financiada | DOI: 10.4185/RLCS

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Newspaper journalism in crisis: Burnout on the rise, eroding young journalists’ career commitment

Cited by 130 publications

References 37 publications

Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Ideology as Resource in Entrepreneurial Journalism

Women newspaper editors in NZ: Short term love affair

Condiciones de las prácticas profesionales en medios de comunicación: un estudio empírico

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