From Hope Labour to Hope for Journalism: Career Trajectories of Precarious Millennial Journalists in Slovenia

Autor: Čehovin Zajc, Jožica, Lukan, Tinca
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Medijska istraživanja : znanstveno-stručni časopis za novinarstvo i medije
Volume 29
Issue 1
ISSN: 1846-6605
1330-6928
Popis: Journalism has always been characterised by unpredictability, freelancing and precarious employment, while it is little-known what exactly happens with precarious employment in journalism over time. To fill this research gap, this study set out to explore the career paths and structural context of precarious millennial journalists in Slovenia. In-depth interviews with stakeholders from media organisations were analysed in order to gain insight into the structural conditions of Slovenian journalism. With the aim of understanding what is going on with regard to the journalists’ career transitions, the authors conducted a longitudinal study of their careers and in-depth interviews with precarious journalists in 2017, and then again in 2021. The results have shown that the widespread professional image of journalists as watchdogs drew young people into the profession and reinforced hope labour. The journalists were motivated and willing to work overtime, thinking that a steady job was just around the corner. After yearsof hope labour, the structural conditions of journalism had deteriorated and the journalists realised that hope labour would not lead to a permanent contract at a media organisation. At that point, one group switched careers and took on public relations jobs, although they still considered themselves journalists and cherished the ideals of journalism from afar. The second group readjusted their lifestyle and economic interests for the sake of keeping a career in journalism, albeit outside of the legacy media structures and in precarious working conditions. The latter group has demonstrated that precarious and underpaid, yet very motivated journalists uphold journalism ideals.
Karakteristike novinarstva od samog početka bile su nepredvidljivost, poslovanje u svojstvu slobodnjaka i prekarni rad, a manje je poznato što se događa s nesigurnim zaposlenjem u novinarstvu tijekom vremena. Kako bi popunili tu prazninu u istraživanju, cilj je studije proučavanje tijeka karijere i strukturnoga konteksta novinara milenijske generacije u Sloveniji u prekarnim uvjetima rada. Uvid u strukturne uvjete slovenskog novinarstva dobili smo analizom dubinskih intervjua s predstavnicima medijskih organizacija. U svrhu razumijevanja njihovih karijernih tranzicija, pomoću longitudinalnog istraživanja pratile smo karijere prekarnih novinara i provele dubinske intervjue s njima 2017. godine, a zatim smo ih ponovile 2021. Rezultati ukazuju na to da je mlade na početku karijere u profesiju privukla profesionalna uloga koja novinare prikazuje kao pse čuvare, a poduprla je i takozvani rad iz nade. Novinari su bili motivirani i voljni raditi prekovremeno jer su očekivali da će ih stabilan posao čekati odmah „iza ugla“. Nakon godina rada iz nade, strukturni su se uvjeti novinarstva pogoršali, a novinari su shvatili da im rad iz nade neće omogućiti stabilan radni odnos u medijskim organizacijama. Uslijed te spoznaje jedna se grupa prebacila na odnose s javnošću, ali i njezini predstavnici i dalje sami sebe smatraju novinarima, a ideale novinarstva cijene takoreći izdaleka. Druga grupa prilagodila je svoj način života i ekonomske interese mogućnostima koje im nudi nastavak rada u novinarstvu, makar i izvan medijskih struktura i u prekarnim uvjetima rada. Na temelju proučavanja te druge grupe saznajemo da prekarni i nedovoljno plaćeni, ali izrazito motivirani novinari održavaju novinarske ideale.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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