Younger, cheaper journalists being hired worldwide, study shows
A new report by the International Federation of Journalists highlights a
worldwide trend of experienced senior staff being replaced by younger
graduates who are often employed on a casual or freelance basis and on
less pay. The report, entitled The Changing Nature of Work: A Global
Survey, polled 41 journalists' organisations in 38 countries that are
affiliated to the IFJ.
The report also documents a trend toward the privatisation of state media
and said younger journalists were being hired in new areas of employment,
including new media and some areas of the developing world where media
ownership is expanding. As a result, journalists' average rate of pay
appears to have declined in real terms over the past five years.
Insecurity in employment and a lower rate of pay appears to be having a
negative impact on the quality of editorial content and may be jeopardising
the media's role as a watchdog for society, the report says.
- Press Gazette
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