[ecrea] New book: 'Journalists in the UK'.

I thought you might be interested in my new book -- ‘Journalists in the 
UK’ -- published today by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism 
at the University of Oxford

It examines journalists' views on the ethics and practices of 
journalism, how they regard their role, pay and diversity within the 
profession, who they trust, and the changing pressures of the news 
environment.

I've highlighted some of the key findings below, and if you want to read 
the full book it's available, free-of-charge, to download here:

http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/publication/journalists-uk

Best wishes

Neil

Dr Neil Thurman, Professor of Communication, City University London / 
University of Munich


Key Findings:


** Post-Leveson, UK journalists still more likely to push boundaries to 
get the story*
53% think it is justified to pay for confidential information in the 
public interest compared with just 5% of American journalists. 81% think 
it is acceptable, when stories are in the public interest, to use 
confidential business or government documents without permission. This 
compares with just 58% of journalists in the United States.(p.54)

** Over half of the journalists surveyed now work online*
Since 2012, the proportion of journalists in the UK working in print 
versions of newspapers has fallen from 56% to 44%, while the proportion 
working online has risen from 26% to 52%. However, the median pay of 
those working exclusively online is lower than that of journalists who 
continue to do all their work for printed newspapers. (p.57)

** 86% of journalists thought that the time available for researching 
stories had decreased*
The book says more online working may be part of the reason, with 
journalists who work online producing 71% more stories than other 
journalists. Journalists who only work online were found to produce 186% 
more stories than those who did not. (p.28)

** About twice as many journalists believe their editorial freedom has 
decreased over time as believe it has increased*
The book argues this could be because of the increasing influence of 
audiences and public relations communications. 41% of journalists 
surveyed for the report said data and research on what audiences like to 
read is now ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ influential; 61% thought the influence 
of public relations had increased over the last five years. (p.36)

**Journalists have little trust in religious leaders and trade unions*
76% of journalists think religion has little or no influence on their 
work and 61% are not members of a formal faith, a lower percentage than 
in the general population. They trust religious leaders and trade unions 
less than Parliament, the police, and the military, although politicians 
and political parties are at the bottom of their list. (p.48)

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