New journalisms, new pedagogies

Fowler-Watt, Karen

doi:10.4324/9780429487477-8

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“…Here, evidently, there is scope to engage with mental health and well-being specialists in order to develop and implement a tailored development programme that would suit journalists’ needs. There seems to be an evident need to embed this in journalism education, and there are indications that educators are starting to develop this agenda (Fowler-Watt, 2020; Richards and Rees, 2011). Given the number of journalists coming into the profession with non-journalism degrees, as well as through graduate and trainee schemes, it is equally important that media organisations acknowledge that journalists require development of emotional literacy alongside traditional journalism skills and offer this type of training.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Qualitative exploratory studies regularly found that journalists mainly rely on their personal resources and individual coping strategies in dealing with emotional labour and job stressors (Holton et al, 2021; Huxford and Hopper, 2020; Miller and Lewis, 2022). The development of this psychological capital has been addressed in some journalism studies under the concept of ‘emotional literacy,’ primarily by signposting the need for greater awareness of own and others’ emotional states, and, if needed, skill in management of arisen emotions (Fowler-Watt, 2020; Richards and Rees, 2011). In addition, a range of studies have found social support from peers, particularly in terms of verbal processing of emotional situations, to be effective and helpful in alleviating emotional strains and managing work-related emotions (Hughes et al, 2021; Miller and Lewis, 2022; Thomson, 2021).…”

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Workplace well-being and support systems in journalism: Comparative analysis of Germany and the United Kingdom

Šimunjak

Menke

2022

Journalism

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Contemporary thinking of journalism as a high emotional labour profession calls into question the systems that are, or should be, in place to support journalists with this labour and in this way mitigate any of its potentially negative consequences, such as those on well-being, mental and physical health, and job performance. By drawing on organisational and social support theories, this article examines the perceptions, expectations, and support needs of journalists in Germany and the United Kingdom, the two European countries with the biggest bodies of practising journalists. Qualitative interviews with 32 German and 34 British journalists reveal important similarities but also differences between the two countries. Specifically, in both countries journalists reported primarily relying on their psychological capital to deal with emotional labour, although many were unsure what exactly constitutes it or how it has been developed. In Germany the social and supervisor support were often mentioned as effective, while in the UK social support was at times found to be hindered by newsroom culture and supervisors’ lack of understanding of the job pressures. Finally, it has been suggested by journalists in both countries that organisational support could be improved by an offer of training in emotional literacy for both journalists and managers, establishment of a point of contact tasked with pastoral care, and fair, transparent and formal structures that encourage and enable journalists to effectively deal with emotional stressors in the job.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%