Newsroom Workers’ Job Satisfaction Contingent on Position and Adaptation to Digital Disruption

Ternes, Brock; Peterlin, Laveda J.; Reinardy, Scott

doi:10.1080/17512786.2017.1318712

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“…Consequently, surveys of journalists most often explore journalists' perceptions of themselves, their work, and their surroundings. Recently, surveys have been used to examine special coverage situations (Dahmen et al, 2018;Fawzi, 2018), journalistic identity and roles (Belair-Gagnon et al, 2020;Sherwood and O'Donnell, 2018), media convergence (Menke et al, 2018), job satisfaction (Liu and Lo, 2018;Ternes et al, 2018), social learning , and sexism and gender (Finneman and Jenkins, 2018). Such work makes important contributions to journalism studies and mass communication by illuminating contemporary actors and activities, and their relationships to audiences and emerging actants.…”

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Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Molyneux

Zamith

2020

Journalism

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As journalism undergoes widespread changes, it finds itself in a ‘new normal’. Research seeking to understand these changes by surveying journalists faces new methodological hurdles that span different stages of the survey process. This article identifies the key contemporary challenges when it comes to sampling, instrument design, and distribution. Best research practices in identifying a target population, sampling, selecting or developing measures, and maximizing the likelihood of participation are presented and discussed. Advice is also offered to help peer reviewers identify common shortcomings in surveys of journalists and encourage authors to engage with the limitations of their work.

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Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Molyneux

Zamith

2020

Journalism

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“…In the context of this research, we will address uncertainty issues related to job expectations. Job-related uncertainties are widely prevalent in changing organizations and, in most cases, are mainly the consequence of the introduction of new technology (Ternes et al, 2017), a change in the structure of an organization or staff cutbacks (Kramer et al, 2004). Job-related uncertainties have several negative consequences for individuals' well-being and satisfaction.…”

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Presentism in the newsroom: How uncertainty redefines journalists’ career expectations

Goyanes

Rodríguez-Gómez

2018

Journalism

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In this article, we investigate the effects of uncertainty on job expectations in a news organization ( El Mundo) facing fierce financial turmoil and several redundancy plans. Drawing on in-depth material (27 interviews and non-participant observation), we show how the declining news and media landscape is hampering the configuration of good employment prospects. In order to manage this harsh reality, we argue that journalists draw upon emotional resources (specifically what we conceptualize as presentism, a form of limiting and defusing concern for prospects by focusing on the present) and social ones (in particular, support from their colleagues). By implementing these responses, journalists can navigate the turbulent waters of uncertainty and be focused on the development of their craft. Our findings address how the negation of future employment expectations, associated with the uncertain media environment, makes journalists naturalize their current professional conditions and, therefore, assume that their professional future should maintain the status quo (continuous orientation). That makes them reflect on the privilege of plying their trade in a prestigious newspaper and getting paid to do so despite the severe crisis in the industry (relativistic orientation).

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“…On some levels, despite the popular culture idea of sports journalists as Oscar Madison-esque grumpy middle-aged White guys, previous studies have shown that sports journalism is often collectively an early adopter of digital and social media when compared to other sections. Ternes, Peterlin, and Reinardy (2017) found that sports journalists received online responsibilities in a positive manner when compared to their newsroom colleagues and that job satisfaction in newsrooms is higher among sports reporters than other departments.…”

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Here’s Why I Joined: Introductory Letters From New Hires to The Athletic and the Framing of Paywall Journalism

Clavio

Moritz

2019

Communication & Sport

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The transition of newspapers from traditional revenue models to digital advertising-based models has been fraught with financial peril, with many formerly strong news organizations laying off journalists or closing entirely. The launch of The Athletic, a subscription-only digital site for sport coverage and opinion, has been watched with great interest within the sports journalism world, as it represents a new method of financing journalistic endeavors. The majority of hires at The Athletic over its first few years have been marketable writers from traditional newspaper backgrounds. This study utilizes a qualitative methodology to examine introductory stories written by new hires to The Athletic (N = 88). Through open coding, the study evaluated these stories for common themes relating to the authors’ newfound employment and transition to a supposedly new model of journalism. The study found three overarching themes, centered on the writers’ explanations of their own biographical backgrounds, attempts to convince the audience of the superiority of the new editorial model being employed by The Athletic, and communicating to the audience what they should expect and deserve. Framing theory is utilized as a guiding theoretical perspective as themes from the stories, and their underlying implications are discussed.

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Newsroom Workers’ Job Satisfaction Contingent on Position and Adaptation to Digital Disruption

Cited by 18 publications

References 23 publications

Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Presentism in the newsroom: How uncertainty redefines journalists’ career expectations

Here’s Why I Joined: Introductory Letters From New Hires to The Athletic and the Framing of Paywall Journalism

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