Washington (pte004/06/17/2022/06:15) – Journalism in America is in a period of great change due to the economic upheavals of the digital age, the rise of political polarization and the COVID-19 pandemic. Although US journalists face many challenges, they continue to experience high levels of satisfaction and fulfillment in their jobs, according to a Pew Research survey http://pewresearch.org among almost 12,000 US journalists.
Good for the psyche
Seven out of ten respondents say they are “very” or “fairly” satisfied with their job, and just as many are often enthusiastic about their work. The vast majority would become journalists again if given the choice again. About half of journalists say the job has a positive impact on their emotional well-being. For 34 percent, the effects are negative.
Fifty-seven percent of media professionals surveyed say they are “extremely” or “very” concerned about press freedom restrictions in the US. And seven out of ten journalists see fake news as a very big problem for the country, far more than the 50 percent of adults who also see this danger.
Problem Fake News
A large majority of journalists say they encounter fake news at least sometimes when working on a story. Most are confident they can spot them, but around a quarter of reporting journalists admit to having relayed information that later turned out to be false.
The survey results show that journalists recognize that the public views them and their work with deep skepticism. When asked what word they think the public would use to describe the news industry today, journalists respond overwhelmingly in the negative, with many suggesting that the majority of the public perceives the media as “inaccurate,” “untrustworthy,” “biased,” or “partisan”.
When the public was asked a similar question, 29 percent of US adults said they have at least some trust in the information they receive from the media, while 27 percent say they have some trust. The rest express deep skepticism about the credibility of the media.
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