Euskal hedabideak eta gatazken jarraipena: Udaberri Arabiarraren kasua

Unda Endemaño, Annette

Publication year:

2024

Publication place:

Donostia ; Leioa

Characteristics:

BIBLID [eISSN: 1988-3935 (2024), 20; 21-40]; on line

ISSN:

1137-4462; eISSN: 1988-3935

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Summary

Along with the general changes that the journalism profession has undergone in recent years,conflict journalism has also borne witness to this evolution, especially in terms of labour andsecurity conditions. Although the presence of freelance journalists became clear in the Iraq War,it was the Syrian War of 2012, under the Arab Spring, that became known as the "freelancers'war." As a result of all these attacks against journalists in Syria in 2012, many media outlets optednot to send journalists to cover the conflict in the area. Therefore, the objective of this work is toresearch how leading Basque media outlets monitored the Arab Spring and to analyse the securityand work conditions offered to journalists who were working in the field. In order to do so, weinterviewed leading professionals from the international sections of five Basque media outlets.The main noteworthy results include increased freelance journalism, the low rates paid for newspieces, and the scant or non-existent security measures, proving the direct impact of the mediacrisis and the general lack of interest in international information on the conditions of journalismprofessionals.