Presentación: Condiciones laborales y de seguridad de los periodistas en contextos de violencia en Iberoamérica

Las agresiones contra la prensa no se limitan a los asesinatos, golpizas o secuestros. Por el contrario, en países como México, los informadores enfrentan cada vez mayores riesgos, tales como amenazas, campañas de difamación o espionaje digital. A pesar de la diversidad de ataques, el tema de la precariedad laboral como una forma de violencia no ha sido estudiado en profundidad. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de este artículo es analizar la percepción que los trabajadores de medios mexicanos tienen respecto a las condiciones con las que realizan sus tareas cotidianamente. A partir de una serie de entrevistas semiestructuradas con periodistas en activo ubicados en los 23 estados más peligrosos del país, los resultados indican que las circunstancias laborales adversas obstaculizan el cumplimiento de su función, la cual es fomentar la rendición de cuentas de la clase en el poder y, como resultado, mantener informada a la sociedad. Asimismo, el origen de esta situación se encuentra en las propias organizaciones mediáticas, cuyos dueños anteponen los intereses económicos a los estrictamente periodísticos.

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“…periodístico (Blanco-Herrero et al, 2020;Cepeda-Robledo, 2018;Del Palacio, 2018, Del Palacio et al, 2020.…”

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Trabajar por amor al arte: precariedad laboral como forma de violencia contra los periodistas en México

Macías

Robledo

2021

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“…Interestingly, the majority of the interviewees recognized that salaries do not differ according to the beats they cover. As a result, generalized low wages may lead to low quality content (see also Cepeda, 2018, Del Palacio, 2018González & Cepeda, 2021;Reyna, 2017). This is because many journalists have to work for several outlets, or even engage in other activities, including receipt of the extra income that cartels offer.…”

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“…However, since the head of the federal government could no longer exert control over the whole country, as their PRI predecessors did because of this party's historical centralization of power, local political strongholds gained salience. That is, whilst the presidential figure weakened, mayors and governors strengthened their positions and therefore, power was concentrated without a system of checks and balances (Del Palacio et al, 2020;González & Echeverría, 2018;Guerrero & Márquez, 2014;Salazar, 2019Salazar, , 2020Salazar, 2018). As we have discussed here, the discretional allocation of government advertising, the collusion between authorities and organized crime, and constant aggressions against the press by both armed forces and gangs exemplify this phenomenon.…”

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“…It is precisely the journalists in charge of investigating the links between criminals and power players who receive the most threats. Many times, they come from the government itself or from the police instead of directly from criminal groups (Del Palacio, 2018;González, 2018;Waisbord, 2002). Piccato (2003) explains this by remarking several features of crime in 20th-century Mexico City.…”

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Caught in the Middle: Internal and External Pressures on the Coverage of Organized Crime in Mexico

2022

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With 33 journalists killed since the beginning of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidential term in December 2018, Mexico heads the list of the most violent countries for journalists in Latin America—and that of countries not at war. While journalist organizations demand a meaningful protection apparatus to safeguard their physical safety, official corruption, and criminal impunity continue to escalate the pressures to which media staff are exposed, especially in Mexican states where cartels and criminal groups have the largest footprint. This study aims to precisely identify the pressures, both internal and external, facing journalists who report on organized crime in Mexico. To do this, we drew from the Hierarchy of Influences Model, and interviewed 22 Mexican journalists who work on the organized crime beat in the country’s capital and in the most violent states in the Republic. The results suggest that the most influential forces they face are associated with the organizational level (such as editorial line or institutional censorship), and the extramedia level (e.g., anti-press violence from cartels/authorities, and government advertising contracts).

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Presentación: Condiciones laborales y de seguridad de los periodistas en contextos de violencia en Iberoamérica

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Trabajar por amor al arte: precariedad laboral como forma de violencia contra los periodistas en México

Trabajar por amor al arte: precariedad laboral como forma de violencia contra los periodistas en México

Caught in the Middle: Internal and External Pressures on the Coverage of Organized Crime in Mexico

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