Beate Josephi
Biographic Data
| ID | 375469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beate Josephi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beate |
| FAMILY NAME | Josephi |
| SIGNATURE | JOSEPHI B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1954-5230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Uzbekistan’s journalists caught between caution and hope
Uzbekistan has always been ranked ‘not free’ in terms of media freedom. However, this summary judgement masks substantial developments in the Central Asian state. This article draws on nine interviews with journalists and editors in Uzbekistan and on the first wide-ranging survey of nearly 500 Uzbek journalists for the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS3) project. The interviews were undertaken to assess how Uzbek journalists and editors saw the rol…
Acknowledging the journalists of the global south
A dozen years ago, we asked the question, how much democracy does journalism need?(Josephi, 2013).Background to that question was the realisation that the absolute link of journalism and democracy, as it appeared in much of the scholarly literature of the time, made journalism the privilege of a small part of the world, leaving aside the majority of countries.That majority, against hopeful expectations, has only grown.As charts show, the number o…
The blurring line between freelance journalists and self-employed media workers
This study uses the question, 'what makes a freelancer specifically a journalist' as a starting point for investigating the ways Australian freelance journalists experienced and managed precarious employment in COVID-19 impacted 2020. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 32 self-identified freelance journalists, we analyse the types of work they did, the influence of the precarious job situation on their work choices and the consequent ways the…
Testing the Connection Between Tertiary Journalism Education and the Rising Number of Female Journalists
Journalism and communication courses almost unfailingly report a majority of female students such as the Journalism Students Around the Globe project (Mellado and Hanusch 2017 Mellado, Claudia, and Folker Hanusch. 2017. "The Socialization of Journalism into the Profession: Results from a Global Survey of Journalism Students." Presentation at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego. [Google Scholar]), which has led scholars to assume a connection betwe…
Journalism Education
This chapter begins with the history of journalism education and looks at its key texts. A key element of journalism education is that it is seen as laying the foundations for the skills, attitudes, and knowledge of future journalists. Academic literature on journalism education amply demonstrates the efforts of uniting theory and practice. The shift to journalism education being mostly provided in university or college courses made it easier for…
Journalists’ Perception of Time Pressure: A Global Perspective
This study presents the first global perspective on journalists’ perception of temporal acceleration in their professional life. Based on the second wave of Worlds of Journalism Study data, encompassing 63 countries and 26,514 replies, the article pursues the question of how journalists perceive time pressure at the workplace. The article looks further at the answers of those journalists who have been in the job for more than five years, whether …
Which bedrock in a sea of change
In answer to the question of how journalism studies can prove its continued significance, this article argues that journalism skills should be seen as bedrock for journalism studies. From a historical perspective, journalism studies has grown out of journalism education, with its emphasis on training journalists. From a global perspective, it is the skill of sourcing, verifying, and communicating news, which is common to journalists around the wo…
Re-examining age: Journalism’s reliance on the young
Journalism has long been seen as a ‘young person’s occupation’. While the average age of journalists has increased from 35 to 39 in past 20 years, this article investigates what developments are covered, or covered up, by this average. The Worlds of Journalism Study data permit us to compare journalistic workforce ages with that of the general workforce, we juxtapose labour force median ages with journalists’ median ages in 60 countries. On reali…
Digital Journalism and Democracy
Journalistic Professionalism in the Digital Age
Journalists for a Young Democracy
Bhutan, a democracy since 2008 and one of the world's youngest, has transitioned from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy in an orderly fashion rarely seen. A free media, carried by skilled and responsible journalists, is part of that design but difficult to plan. This first comprehensive survey of Bhutan ’ s journalists identifies some of the problems encountered in making journalism a profession that has taken root. Yet the survey results …
Investigative Journalism on Campus: The Australian experience
Despite many obstacles, investigative journalism continues to flourish in Australia. A significant part of the explanation for this appears to lie with universities which have journalism programs. Investigative journalism has a strong presence in these programs across Australia, a presence which is increasingly being felt at postgraduate level. As a result, an increasing number of journalism graduates have the skills and understanding necessary t…
De-coupling journalism and democracy: Or how much democracy does journalism need
The title of this collection of articles is meant to provoke, and will hopefully intensify, a long overdue debate. The five articles presented here made up a session at the 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research conference in Istanbul. The panel then carried the somewhat more circumspect title of ‘Does journalism have to be defined in terms of democracy?’ which, in the course of our discussions, turned into the more e…
The global journalist in the 21st century
How much democracy does journalism need
In posing the question ‘How much democracy does journalism need?’, much depends on the definition of journalism. This article suggests that journalism should be viewed not in terms of media systems but instead using journalism practice as the main frame of reference, as this allows for an appreciation of journalism beyond the confines of western democratic countries. The analysis of historical and current examples shows that journalism offering a…
Internationalizing the journalistic professional model: Imperatives and Impediments
Localism and Networking: A Radio News Case Study
The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ushered in a new hands-off approach by government which, in the case of radio, permitted commercial broadcasters to double their investments in individual markets through the two-station policy while removing any onerous commitments to local content. Since then, there has been concern about the flow-on effect this may have had, with Peter Collingwood's 1997 study of commercial radio confirming that levels of loc…
Mary Jacobus: An interview
How much democracy does journalism need
In posing the question ‘How much democracy does journalism need?’, much depends on the definition of journalism. This article suggests that journalism should be viewed not in terms of media systems but instead using journalism practice as the main frame of reference, as this allows for an appreciation of journalism beyond the confines of western democratic countries. The analysis of historical and current examples shows that journalism offering a…
De-coupling journalism and democracy: Or how much democracy does journalism need
The title of this collection of articles is meant to provoke, and will hopefully intensify, a long overdue debate. The five articles presented here made up a session at the 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research conference in Istanbul. The panel then carried the somewhat more circumspect title of ‘Does journalism have to be defined in terms of democracy?’ which, in the course of our discussions, turned into the more e…
Internationalizing the journalistic professional model: Imperatives and Impediments
Journalists for a Young Democracy
Bhutan, a democracy since 2008 and one of the world's youngest, has transitioned from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy in an orderly fashion rarely seen. A free media, carried by skilled and responsible journalists, is part of that design but difficult to plan. This first comprehensive survey of Bhutan ’ s journalists identifies some of the problems encountered in making journalism a profession that has taken root. Yet the survey results …
The blurring line between freelance journalists and self-employed media workers
This study uses the question, 'what makes a freelancer specifically a journalist' as a starting point for investigating the ways Australian freelance journalists experienced and managed precarious employment in COVID-19 impacted 2020. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 32 self-identified freelance journalists, we analyse the types of work they did, the influence of the precarious job situation on their work choices and the consequent ways the…
Journalists’ Perception of Time Pressure: A Global Perspective
This study presents the first global perspective on journalists’ perception of temporal acceleration in their professional life. Based on the second wave of Worlds of Journalism Study data, encompassing 63 countries and 26,514 replies, the article pursues the question of how journalists perceive time pressure at the workplace. The article looks further at the answers of those journalists who have been in the job for more than five years, whether …
Re-examining age: Journalism’s reliance on the young
Journalism has long been seen as a ‘young person’s occupation’. While the average age of journalists has increased from 35 to 39 in past 20 years, this article investigates what developments are covered, or covered up, by this average. The Worlds of Journalism Study data permit us to compare journalistic workforce ages with that of the general workforce, we juxtapose labour force median ages with journalists’ median ages in 60 countries. On reali…
Testing the Connection Between Tertiary Journalism Education and the Rising Number of Female Journalists
Journalism and communication courses almost unfailingly report a majority of female students such as the Journalism Students Around the Globe project (Mellado and Hanusch 2017 Mellado, Claudia, and Folker Hanusch. 2017. "The Socialization of Journalism into the Profession: Results from a Global Survey of Journalism Students." Presentation at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego. [Google Scholar]), which has led scholars to assume a connection betwe…
Which bedrock in a sea of change
In answer to the question of how journalism studies can prove its continued significance, this article argues that journalism skills should be seen as bedrock for journalism studies. From a historical perspective, journalism studies has grown out of journalism education, with its emphasis on training journalists. From a global perspective, it is the skill of sourcing, verifying, and communicating news, which is common to journalists around the wo…
Journalistic Professionalism in the Digital Age
Investigative Journalism on Campus: The Australian experience
Despite many obstacles, investigative journalism continues to flourish in Australia. A significant part of the explanation for this appears to lie with universities which have journalism programs. Investigative journalism has a strong presence in these programs across Australia, a presence which is increasingly being felt at postgraduate level. As a result, an increasing number of journalism graduates have the skills and understanding necessary t…
Mary Jacobus: An interview
Localism and Networking: A Radio News Case Study
The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ushered in a new hands-off approach by government which, in the case of radio, permitted commercial broadcasters to double their investments in individual markets through the two-station policy while removing any onerous commitments to local content. Since then, there has been concern about the flow-on effect this may have had, with Peter Collingwood's 1997 study of commercial radio confirming that levels of loc…
Internationalizing the journalistic professional model: Imperatives and Impediments
The global journalist in the 21st century
How much democracy does journalism need
In posing the question ‘How much democracy does journalism need?’, much depends on the definition of journalism. This article suggests that journalism should be viewed not in terms of media systems but instead using journalism practice as the main frame of reference, as this allows for an appreciation of journalism beyond the confines of western democratic countries. The analysis of historical and current examples shows that journalism offering a…
Investigative Journalism on Campus: The Australian experience
Despite many obstacles, investigative journalism continues to flourish in Australia. A significant part of the explanation for this appears to lie with universities which have journalism programs. Investigative journalism has a strong presence in these programs across Australia, a presence which is increasingly being felt at postgraduate level. As a result, an increasing number of journalism graduates have the skills and understanding necessary t…
De-coupling journalism and democracy: Or how much democracy does journalism need
The title of this collection of articles is meant to provoke, and will hopefully intensify, a long overdue debate. The five articles presented here made up a session at the 2011 International Association for Media and Communication Research conference in Istanbul. The panel then carried the somewhat more circumspect title of ‘Does journalism have to be defined in terms of democracy?’ which, in the course of our discussions, turned into the more e…
Journalists for a Young Democracy
Bhutan, a democracy since 2008 and one of the world's youngest, has transitioned from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy in an orderly fashion rarely seen. A free media, carried by skilled and responsible journalists, is part of that design but difficult to plan. This first comprehensive survey of Bhutan ’ s journalists identifies some of the problems encountered in making journalism a profession that has taken root. Yet the survey results …
Digital Journalism and Democracy
Journalistic Professionalism in the Digital Age
Which bedrock in a sea of change
In answer to the question of how journalism studies can prove its continued significance, this article argues that journalism skills should be seen as bedrock for journalism studies. From a historical perspective, journalism studies has grown out of journalism education, with its emphasis on training journalists. From a global perspective, it is the skill of sourcing, verifying, and communicating news, which is common to journalists around the wo…
Re-examining age: Journalism’s reliance on the young
Journalism has long been seen as a ‘young person’s occupation’. While the average age of journalists has increased from 35 to 39 in past 20 years, this article investigates what developments are covered, or covered up, by this average. The Worlds of Journalism Study data permit us to compare journalistic workforce ages with that of the general workforce, we juxtapose labour force median ages with journalists’ median ages in 60 countries. On reali…
Journalism Education
This chapter begins with the history of journalism education and looks at its key texts. A key element of journalism education is that it is seen as laying the foundations for the skills, attitudes, and knowledge of future journalists. Academic literature on journalism education amply demonstrates the efforts of uniting theory and practice. The shift to journalism education being mostly provided in university or college courses made it easier for…
Journalists’ Perception of Time Pressure: A Global Perspective
This study presents the first global perspective on journalists’ perception of temporal acceleration in their professional life. Based on the second wave of Worlds of Journalism Study data, encompassing 63 countries and 26,514 replies, the article pursues the question of how journalists perceive time pressure at the workplace. The article looks further at the answers of those journalists who have been in the job for more than five years, whether …
Testing the Connection Between Tertiary Journalism Education and the Rising Number of Female Journalists
Journalism and communication courses almost unfailingly report a majority of female students such as the Journalism Students Around the Globe project (Mellado and Hanusch 2017 Mellado, Claudia, and Folker Hanusch. 2017. "The Socialization of Journalism into the Profession: Results from a Global Survey of Journalism Students." Presentation at the 2017 ICA conference, San Diego. [Google Scholar]), which has led scholars to assume a connection betwe…
The blurring line between freelance journalists and self-employed media workers
This study uses the question, 'what makes a freelancer specifically a journalist' as a starting point for investigating the ways Australian freelance journalists experienced and managed precarious employment in COVID-19 impacted 2020. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 32 self-identified freelance journalists, we analyse the types of work they did, the influence of the precarious job situation on their work choices and the consequent ways the…
Acknowledging the journalists of the global south
A dozen years ago, we asked the question, how much democracy does journalism need?(Josephi, 2013).Background to that question was the realisation that the absolute link of journalism and democracy, as it appeared in much of the scholarly literature of the time, made journalism the privilege of a small part of the world, leaving aside the majority of countries.That majority, against hopeful expectations, has only grown.As charts show, the number o…
Uzbekistan’s journalists caught between caution and hope
Uzbekistan has always been ranked ‘not free’ in terms of media freedom. However, this summary judgement masks substantial developments in the Central Asian state. This article draws on nine interviews with journalists and editors in Uzbekistan and on the first wide-ranging survey of nearly 500 Uzbek journalists for the Worlds of Journalism Study (WJS3) project. The interviews were undertaken to assess how Uzbek journalists and editors saw the rol…
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Journalism (14 works) · Media Studies and Communication (13 works) · Media studies (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Politics (5 works)