Players and Contestation Mechanisms in the Journalism Field

Jenkins, Janet; Volz, Yong Z.

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2016.1249008

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“…Judges were well aware of the professional impact of both their public discussion about the images and the awarded images, echoing and reinforcing work by Lanosga (2015) and Jenkins and Volz (2018) on the symbiotic relationship between awards and journalism. Their conversation on images of suffering and violence also showed an awareness of the way awarded images have been shifting more toward hardship and conflict (Greenwood and Smith 2009;Midberry, Comfort, and Roskos 2019).…”

Section: Representation and Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Editors value awards for their prestige and use them as a tool for evaluating journalists (Coulson 1989). Journalism awards also translate into social capital, namely via peer recognition, which is valuable to journalists as a hierarchical marker and measure of prestige (Jenkins and Volz 2018;Beam, Dunwoody, and Kosicki 1986). Most awards come from professional/academic organizations and are further legitimized by how many judges are working journalists (Jenkins and Volz 2018).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The cultural capital of a journalism award institutionalizes and shapes what it means to do journalism. Award-winning entries are signals to journalists that this is the kind of journalism that should be done, thus shaping future coverage and norms surrounding journalism and creating a symbiotic relationship between awards and journalism (Lanosga 2015;Jenkins and Volz 2018).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Each year, hundreds of awards are given to journalists for the work that they've done, judged primarily by a jury of their peers. These awards not only showcase the best of the best in journalismbut they also become forms of capital that signal what is valued as quality and in doing so shape the field of journalism itself (Jenkins and Volz 2018). As of 2008, at least 23 of these journalism award competitions (representing 15.3 percent of all journalism awards) include visual media categories (Jenkins and Volz 2018).…”

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Judging Photojournalism: The Metajournalistic Discourse of Judges at the Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year Contests

Lough

2020

Journalism Studies

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This study promotes how discussions during photojournalism award judging can be used as metajournalistic discourse to gain insight about the definition, boundaries, and legitimization of the field. Journalism awards signal value, but the deliberation process offers richer insight via the judges' comments. This study explores that process in two stages through discourse analysis of publiclyavailable video of judging rounds from two photojournalism competitions, Best of Photojournalism (BOP) and Pictures of the Year International (POYi). The first stage explores the ways in which judges talk about the photos and develops a framework for future analysis of contest judging. The second stage analyzes this discourse. Findings indicate that storytelling and emotion are key defining and legitimizing aspects of photojournalism, photojournalist's actions and gear serve as boundary devices and the ongoing conversation about problematic misrepresentation in photojournalism is recognized but needs more emphasis.

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Section: Representation and Responsibilitymentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Judging Photojournalism: The Metajournalistic Discourse of Judges at the Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year Contests

Lough

2020

Journalism Studies

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“…They were nominated by industry members, usually by their employer's editorial board, for their work in general and not for individual pieces of journalistic work. While the significance of awards may be discussed controversially (Jenkins and Volz, 2018), this procedure indicates a rather stable reputation within their newsrooms and the industry. Austria's media system resembles systems in many other Western democracies.…”

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Illusio and disillusionment: expectations met or disappointed among young journalists

2020

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Recent developments in journalism seemingly curtail a satisfying work environment and contribute to journalists experiencing discrepancies between initial job expectations and actual day-to-day practices. This can lead to disillusionment, challenging journalists’ dedication to their job. Research indicates that young journalists are particularly affected by the symptoms of the journalistic crisis and thus exhibit low job commitment. This study examines the extent to which their initial job motivations and expectations are met or disappointed in practice. We apply Bourdieu’s concept of illusio to advance our understanding of expectations and experiences in the journalistic field and as an explanation for why journalists tend to remain in the profession. Based on in-depth interviews with 40 Austrian journalists we found that autonomy constitutes a key facet of the field’s illusio, both as an ideal of journalistic work, as well as the superior reason to become a journalist despite the awareness of financial drawbacks. While respondents are disillusioned by the lack of autonomous decision-making in everyday work, they still adhere to the ideal of acting as autonomous providers of information and thus remain in the profession. Crucially, they believe that accepting periods of precarity, as well as less autonomous work empowers them to better contribute to journalism’s societal mission.

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Players and Contestation Mechanisms in the Journalism Field

Cited by 23 publications

References 33 publications

Judging Photojournalism: The Metajournalistic Discourse of Judges at the Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year Contests

Judging Photojournalism: The Metajournalistic Discourse of Judges at the Best of Photojournalism and Pictures of the Year Contests

Illusio and disillusionment: expectations met or disappointed among young journalists

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