"A study on Brazilian web journalists’ professional careers"
"Etude sur la vie professionnel des "web journalistes" Brésiliens"
Résumé
This paper seeks to analyze the journalists’ professional careers that work at online newsrooms in Brazil. It aims to understand the socialization processes of these journalists, from the analysis of its trajectory, by applying the concept of professional careers. In order to accomplish it, semi-directive interviews were made with 10 Brazilian journalists. This analysis shows a relative stability in the professional world. The introduction of new technical tools had not deeply change the learning and socialization processes in newsrooms. The results seem to point to an incorporation of online journalism practices in the traditional ways of access and mobility in the journalism profession