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Negotiating Journalistic Professional Ethos in Nordic Business Journalism

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  • Johanna Suhonen

    (Media and Communication Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland)

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News work conducted more like business creates clashes between the journalistic and managerial professional ethos of editors. While journalists’ professional ethos includes values of self-regulation, autonomy, and public service, managerialism promotes business ideals, measurable outcomes, and organizational efficiency—values that business journalism is claimed to support. This article aims to show how editors negotiate their work-related ethos at the junction of two professional discourses. The article is based on 20 semi-structured interviews of editors in four Nordic business newsrooms. The results reveal a new hybrid professional ethos that combines managerial practices with journalistic ideals. Furthermore, editors in business journalism tend to absorb managerial tendencies more easily due to close connection to financial and commercial communities. Strong journalistic principles prevail, but managerial ideals are considered a notable part of the new editorial work ethos.

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  • Johanna Suhonen, 2022. "Negotiating Journalistic Professional Ethos in Nordic Business Journalism," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(1), pages 16-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:meanco:v:10:y:2022:i:1:p:16-26
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    1. Eero Vaara & Antti Ainamo & Janne Tienari, 2006. "Between West and East : A Social History of Business Journalism in Cold War Finland," Post-Print hal-02311685, HAL.
    2. Raviola, Elena, 2017. "Meetings between frames: Negotiating worth between journalism and management," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 35(6), pages 737-744.
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    1. Salla-Maaria Laaksonen & Mikko Villi, 2022. "Editorial: New Forms of Media Work and Its Organizational and Institutional Conditions," Media and Communication, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(1), pages 1-4.

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