Laboring in Journalism’s Crowded, Precarious Entryway: Perceptions of Journalism Interns

Gollmitzer, Mirjam

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2021.1989616

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“…The female interviewees could not change the environment overnight, but they could choose other jobs that provided a sense of control and accomplishment. Moreover, the female journalism students’ alternative choices also challenge the conventional assumption of “pursuing internships for furthering journalist careers” (e.g., Gollmitzer, 2021), indicating not only a trend of de-professionalization but also a future impact leading to the continuously unbalanced gender composition in Chinese journalism.…”

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Where are the missing girls? Gender inequality, job precarity, and journalism students’ career choices in China

Guo

Fang

2022

Journalism

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This study aims to explain the puzzling discrepancy between the large number of female journalism students and the comparatively fewer female journalists in the workforce in China today. Based on in-depth interviews with 20 graduates in journalism from the same class, we investigate the female students’ professional socialization process and analyze the external and internal factors that led most of them to choose a journalism major but not to join the journalism industry. Along the three significant phases in a funnel-shaped model—admission, college education and internship, and job market—we identify the combined influences of structural gender inequality and female students’ increasing gender awareness and agency. We further examine female students’ situation through the conceptual lens of precarity and discuss how it is manifested in ways that differ from those in the West. Our findings reveal a mixed picture of gender reality in Chinese journalism and in Chinese society.

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Where are the missing girls? Gender inequality, job precarity, and journalism students’ career choices in China

Guo

Fang

2022

Journalism

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“…A more pressing issue is the financial burden of internship programs, which is borne by students who must pay for their academic credits, essentially paying for the privilege of working —frequently without monetary compensation (Gollmitzer, 2021; Zheng & Bluestein, 2021). This arrangement is a good deal for higher education institutions, which receive the same tuition payments even though internship coordination requires much fewer resources and less oversight than does formal coursework within programs.…”

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Internship Practices in Journalism and Mass Communication Programs: A Review of ACEJMC-Accredited Programs

Bowe,

Blom,

Lazoff

2024

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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The use of professional internships has long been a defining feature of journalism and mass communication programs, but the practice is also increasingly controversial for the financial burdens it places on marginalized students. This study examined accreditation reports for 120 institutions to gain a better understanding of current practices. Findings showed that almost all universities offer internships for credit, and about two fifths of the programs require them. Most programs use internship data to assess student learning outcomes.

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Journalists’ Perceptions of Precarity: Toward a Theoretical Model

Rick,

Hanitzsch

2023

Journalism Studies

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Laboring in Journalism’s Crowded, Precarious Entryway: Perceptions of Journalism Interns

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Where are the missing girls? Gender inequality, job precarity, and journalism students’ career choices in China

Where are the missing girls? Gender inequality, job precarity, and journalism students’ career choices in China

Internship Practices in Journalism and Mass Communication Programs: A Review of ACEJMC-Accredited Programs

Journalists’ Perceptions of Precarity: Toward a Theoretical Model

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