CFP Panorama of journalism and professional skills in demand

16-05-2023

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Apart from the already traditional profiles such as press, radio or television journalist, and also those linked to organizational communication, the market is increasingly demanding more professionals who are experts in digital scenarios, social platforms, data journalism or mobile communication, as well as others linked to business management in quality controls or matters of social responsibility. The permanent evolution of communication, especially multimedia communication, causes the appearance of new, increasingly specific and specialized professional profiles (Sánchez-García et al., 2019) and, as everything suggests, technologicalization will continue to increase in the coming years (López-García, Rodríguez-Vázquez & Pereira-Fariña, 2017), the journalism practice will continue to be forced to restructure productive routines and to continue configuring increasingly interdisciplinary work teams.

The classic competences of journalism (professional vocation; service vocation; narrative skills; ethical, deontological and legal competences; independence and freedom...) continue to be present in professional practice (Marta-Lazo, Rodríguez & Peñalva, 2020) and continue to be as necessary as always. Technology helps, but it does not eliminate the job insecurity that has characterized the profession in recent decades, nor does it replace the fundamental role of the journalist in advanced democratic societies, which, in line with political, economic and social evolution, is identified with the role of public speaker (Berganza, Lavín & Piñeiro-Naval, 2017).

Human talent and technologies coexist in newsrooms (Cifuentes & Sixto-García, 2022) to meet the needs of audiences that are also increasingly specialized and demanding (Arcila, Oller & Blanco, 2020), who need answers to diverse cultures in a globalized world (Martín-Antoranz, Cabezuelo-Lorenzo & Bartolomé-Muñozde- Luna 2019) and in a context in which the threat of disinformation and the spread of hoaxes on social networks (Agarwal et al., 2022) make the journalism is more essential than ever.

What new professional profiles does the journalism of the 21st century need? How does job insecurity affect the reconfiguration of newsrooms and work routines? What competencies and skills does the fight against disinformation require? How do the new professional profiles coexist with the automation of processes? Why doesn't the technological matrix devalue the importance of journalistic ethics and deontology? These are just some of the questions that are intended to be answered in this monograph.

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