This work seeks to understand how journalists, who work in newsrooms in the cities of Imperatriz (Maranhão – Brazil) and Araguaína (Tocantins - Brazil), use WhatsApp in their routine, and how this application affects their working conditions. The scope of the research included 14 communication vehicles. Methodologically, this study is divided into three stages: exploratory survey, semi-structured interviews, and comparative analysis. Among the conclusions, we point out that the use of the WhatsApp application is part of the production routine of journalists in the cities of Imperatriz and Araguaína. However, they are not critical of this fact implications for their production routines. Most of them adopt a subservient role as a category.