Journal article
Too close for comfort: journalists' ethical challenges in regional Australia
Media International Australia, Vol.181(1), pp.72-86
2021
Abstract
Staff and budget cutbacks and systemic changes in news media have been widely documented by journalists and scholars, and this qualitative study aims to understand the empirical experience of journalists outside the cities, where isolation, small staff, tight budgets and close communities are the rule. This article reports on part of a study that investigated the experience of journalists in remote and regional media outlets in Queensland and New South Wales. This article explores the more pointed ethical difficulties journalists experience in regional areas, finding these conundrums add layers to decision-making and complexity in the source–journalist relationships. Journalists in regional and remote areas report feeling pressure to take shortcuts in their story writing due to time restraints, to sensationalise or angle stories to suit management agendas, or to write clickbait headlines. They identified these as challenges to their professional practice.
Details
- Title
- Too close for comfort: journalists' ethical challenges in regional Australia
- Authors
- Jane Stephens (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - LegacyRosanna Natoli (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Creative Industries - LegacyMichele Gilchrist (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Social Sciences - Legacy
- Publication details
- Media International Australia, Vol.181(1), pp.72-86
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1177/1329878X20967461
- ISSN
- 2200-467X
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Education and Tertiary Access; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Tertiary Access - Legacy; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; Student Services and Engagement
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99483404802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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