New Articles in English

Okay in the last few month I was working hard to secure funding for a research project. As it is still unclear, if the proposal will go through I do a updte on a few publications that may be of interest:

First of all my ongoing work on Women in the Austrian Media led to a paper in the "Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies"

Young female journalists in Austria’s journalists’ union: Part of the working poor?

It is about the results of our departments 2010/2011 research project on living conditions of Austrian Journalists.

This is closly related to a secondly a paper based on the projects I have completed with Roman Hummel and Susanne Kirchhoff has been published in the new "Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies".

Changes in media, changes in the profession? The shifts of the journalistic field as a challenge for young Austrian journalists

Mainly about working conditions of journalists in Austria, who view their job as a creative profession with little need for formal education, and insist on the importance of personal networks. Despite this, the younger and female journalists are more likely to educate themselves in hopes of finding a permanent job. It was written by Susanne and myself, with valuable input from project leader Roman Hummel.

And going hand in hand with those:

Here is the link to the paper on the percieved value of Education in the Austrian journalism landscape. It was originally presented at the third World Journalism Education Congress, which was held earlier this summer in Mechelen, Belgium. The conferencepaper was reviewed and the article is available online at the conference site - or here:

Which Education for Which Journalism under Which Circumstances?