“…As such, they are informed by "expectations, values, norms and standards defining how news people and organizations should and do work" (Hellmueller & Mellado, 2015, p. 4). As these tasks and duties are internalised during professional training and work, journalists develop corresponding personal and collective role conceptions, or beliefs about the expectations of others, which guide their actions on the job (Donsbach, 2008;Hanitzsch & Vos, 2018). Accordingly, journalistic role conceptions have been identified as one significant factor in explaining actual news production-alongside other factors, such as personal values, organisational culture, institutional routines and various systemic constraints (e.g., Preston, 2009;Shoemaker & Reese, 2014).…”