25-08-2017, 09:32 PM
Abstracts: This report suggests that in a changing media landscape the use of freelance work in journalism is dramatically increasing. The golden age of the traditional reporter embedded in a secure and stable working environment is being gradually replaced by a new work form in which journalistic work or content production is increasingly out-sourced by media employers. The changing market is characterized by concentration of ownership and media employers defining journalism primarily as an economic activity of “freelancing”. It provides policy suggestions for improving the situation of freelance journalists.