Country
Organization ID
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Job title
Specific beat vs. general coverage
Beat names
Work for other media
Other media: Newspapers
Other media: Magazines
Other media: News agencies
Other media: Television
Other media: Radio
Other media: Online
Terms of employment
Empoyment status
Required working hours
Actual working hours
Produced news items
Other jobs
Job: Information gathering and investigation
Job: News production
Job: Presenting and design/layout
Job: Editorial coordination and management
Investigative reporting
Supervise employees
Number of people supervised
Media roles - open ended
Professional standards - open ended
Trust: parliament
Trust: government
Trust: the judiciary/the courts
Trust: police
Trust: politicians in general
Trust: political parties
Trust: the military
Trust: trade unions
Trust: religious leaders
Trust: big corporations
Trust: charitable or voluntary organizations
Trust: United Nations
Trust: the news media
Roles: be detached observer
Roles: be watchdog of government
Roles: provide political information
Roles: attract widest audience
Roles: set the political agenda
Roles: convey positive image
Roles: provide interesting information
Roles: influence public opinion
Roles: support official policies
Roles: advocate for social change
Roles: be watchdog of business
Roles: motivate people
Standards: no influence on reporting
Standards: provide analysis
Standards: facts speak for themselves
Standards: remain strictly impartial
Standards: make only substantiated claims
Standards: depict reality as it is
Standards: indicate better position
Standards: stay away from unverified information
Standards: ethical principles should be followed
Standards: avoid questionable reporting methods
Standards: formulate own individual ethics
Standards: harm is always wrong
Standards: ethics depends on situation
Standards: harm is sometimes justifiable
Interested in politics
Politics: economic liberalism
Politics: egalitarianism
Politics: strong trade unions
Autonomy: control over the work
Autonomy: take part in decisions
Influences - open ended
Influences inside: peers on the staff
Influences inside: supervisors and higher editors
Influences inside: management
Influences inside: ownership
Influences inside: advertising considerations
Influences inside: profit expectations
Influences inside: market and audience research
Influences inside: new media technologies
Influences inside: newsroom conventions
Influences inside: shortage of resources
Influences inside: news deadlines
Influences inside: procedures and standards
Influences outside: friends, acquaintances, family
Influences outside: colleagues in other media
Influences outside: readers, listeners or viewers
Influences outside: competing news organizations
Influences outside: censorship
Influences outside: government officials
Influences outside: politicians
Influences outside: business people
Influences outside: public relations
Influences outside: media laws
Influences outside: professional conventions
Influences outside: news sources
Influences outside: journalism unions
Influences outside: sensibilities
Influences outside: religious leaders
Influences outside: advertisers
Influences outside: media watch organizations
Accept bribes
Accept freebies
Values: equal opportunities
Values: follow traditions
Values: varied and exciting life
Values: secure surroundings
Values: enjoy life
Values: follow rules
Values: success and recognition
Values: help the people
Values: be in charge
Values: be free and independ
Values: protected nation
Values: new ideas and creativity
Journalism apprenticeship or internship
Educational level
Study journalism or communication
Study journalism
Study broadcasting or online journalism
Study communications or Media Studies
Study others
Professional experience
Years in current news organization
Member of professional organization
Active in professional organization
Social activities
Socialize with colleagues
Friends connected with journalism
Sex
Age
Religion: importance
Religion: denomination
Religion: other
Political leaning left-right
Income
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Name of media outlet
Communication medium
Media orientation
Geographical coverage
Audience size
Language of publication
Political leaning
Name of medium
Competing media outlets
Revenue structure: advertising
Revenue structure: subscription
Revenue structure: sales
Revenue structure: subsidies
Revenue structure: others
Revenue structure: others - specify
Main source of revenue
Advertising - share of revenue
Editorial workflow
Workforce: males
Workforce: females
Total size of workforce
Outlets produced
Outlets produced: Newspapers
Outlets produced: Magazines
Outlets produced: Television
Outlets produced: Radio
Outlets produced: Online
Outlets produced: Others
Editorial policy
Codified editorial rules
News Ombudsman
Ownership: public
Ownership: state-owned
Ownership: private, chain or group
Ownership: chain or group - name
Ownership: private, family
Ownership: family - name
Ownership: private, independent
Ownership: other
Ownership: other - name
Traded at stock markets
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