The Hidden Costs of Brazilian Journalism: Precarity and Violence Against Women Journalists
The crises and transformations affecting journalism over the past decade have shaped journalists’ work in multiple ways — both generally and with specific consequences for women. This article examines how dimensions of labour casualisation and work-related risks disproportionately burden Brazilian w...
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| বিন্যাস: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| ভাষা: | Anglais |
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Comunicação e sociedade
2026
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| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | The crises and transformations affecting journalism over the past decade have shaped journalists’ work in multiple ways — both generally and with specific consequences for women. This article examines how dimensions of labour casualisation and work-related risks disproportionately burden Brazilian women journalists and how this affects their physical and mental health. The analysis is based on a comparison between men and women, assessing working conditions, health outcomes, and the forms of violence experienced as a result of professional activity. The study draws on data from Perfil do Jornalista Brasileiro (Profile of the Brazilian Journalist; Lima et al., 2022), a demographic survey conducted with 3,100 respondents between August and October 2021. The principal finding indicates that the scenario is challenging for both genders, with women experiencing the effects of the sector’s crisis with particular intensity across all dimensions. This may contribute to the process of defeminisation of Brazilian journalism — or the reduction in the number of women in the profession — over the past decade. Women were found to be more vulnerable to work-related health problems and to forms of violence arising from interpersonal relationships with colleagues and managers, which professional routines and practices may obscure. In contrast, male journalists are more likely to be exposed to external aggressors. |
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