Insulted and outraged: How do Portuguese journalists experience precarity
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Journalism studies’ literature on precarity has mainly focused on job insecurity, job loss, and the increase of atypical work relationships. Several studies report a growing deterioration of journalists’ work conditions worldwide, indicating a precarization of journalism. Precarity may impact journalistic norms and routines, it may contribute to dissatisfaction and loss of quality of life, it may impact journalists’ health and wellbeing, and even the quality of news content. Journalists’ experiences of precarity should, therefore, be explored. This study aims at assessing Portuguese journalists’ perceptions of precarity through semi-structured interviews ( N = 50) followed by a qualitative content analysis. Precarity emerged as one of journalists’ top concerns, and several interviewees classified their incomes as “insulting,” “ridiculous” or “outrageous.” Journalists also worry that precarity may be contributing to a lack of diversity within newsrooms, making the profession “off-limits” to many.
Source: Journalism
Author: Rita Araújo
Institution: University of Minho
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,900
OpenAlex ID: W4406963516