Newsworkers

Henrik Örnebring is Professor of Media and Communication in the Department of Geography, Media and Communication at Karlstad University, Sweden, and a former Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, UK.

This well-organized book reports the findings of an ambitious and thorough study of journalists in six European countries—Britain, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. It focuses on continuity and change in the technology, skills, autonomy, and professionalism of news people in these countries, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. It offers some unexpected insights, as well as support for previous studies, and should be of real value to anyone interested in European journalism.

• Chapter 1: Journalism as Work and InstitutionChapter 2: Institution, work, and professionalism – an analytical frameworkChapter 3: Six countries – background and empirical dataChapter 4: TechnologyChapter 5: SkillChapter 6: AutonomyChapter 7: ProfessionalismChapter 8: Newswork in Europe: Continuity and Change Methodological AppendixBibliographyIndex