Newswork and Precarity
About this ebook
In 14 original chapters, contributors address global concerns in journalism across all platforms, based on the assumption that unstable employment conditions affect the extent to which journalists can continue to play their historically crucial role in sustaining democracies. Topics discussed include work conditions for freelancers and entrepreneurial journalists as well as the risks facing conflict reporters, precarity in media start-ups, unionization and other collective efforts, policies regulating journalistic labor around the world, and the impact of hedge fund money on newswork. Drawing on case studies and data from South America, Africa, the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe, the book highlights how media outlets are forcing newsworkers to work harder for less money, and few countries are proactive in alleviating the precarity of journalists.
Newswork and Precarity is a valuable addition to an important still-emerging area in journalism studies that will be of interest to both professionals and scholars of journalism, media studies, sociology, and labor history.
About the author
Kalyani Chadha is an associate professor at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Her research focuses on the media and journalism landscape in India, media globalization as well as the implications of new media technologies with particular emphasis on international contexts. Her work has appeared in journals such as Journalism Studies, Media, Culture and Society, Journalism Practice, and the International Journal of Communication. She serves on the editorial boards of Journalism Practice and Digital Journalism.
Linda Steiner is a professor at the Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland. She studies how and when gender matters in news and newsrooms and how feminists use media. Other research areas include media ethics, journalism history, and citizen journalism. She has coauthored or coedited nine books and has authored many book chapters and refereed articles. She is currently editor of Journalism & Communication Monographs.
