Carreira em jornalismo: significações no mundo do trabalho potiguar

Abstract

This study is part of the list of those who seek to investigate aspects of the professional identity of Brazilian journalists, in particular, the career of journalists from Rio Grande do Norte. Career is a concept that has been studied since the beginning of the 20th century in the areas of Social Sciences, Psychology and Administration, with common sense associated with the latter, mainly with aspects of ascension and professional success. Here, career is understood as a concept in which the individual's movements within their profession and their subjective perception of their work coexist (BECKER, 2008; CHANLAT, 1998; BENDASSOLLI, 2009; RIBEIRO, 2011). The interest in the subject came from observing, as a journalist, the closing of several press vehicles in the State, during the 2010s, especially the printed ones, reducing the number of jobs in this segment and affecting the chances of mobility. Consequently, these changes also affect journalists' perception of their world of work and their position in it. To understand this scenario, our main objective was to find the symbolic connections between the individual professional trajectories of these actors in order to establish a collective perception about the career of a journalist in Rio Grande do Norte. To this end, we adopted the Foucaultian perspective of device (FOUCAULT, 1998, AGAMBEN, 2009; DELEUZE, 2015) to observe the world of Potiguar journalism and extract its current state through the subjectivation of its individuals. Empirically, we carried out a quantitative survey with the aim of profiling local journalists, and in-depth interviews with professionals who participated in the survey. Together, the data from the poll and the interviews show that the world of journalistic work in Rio Grande do Norte has demanded greater training and availability from the individual who intends to build a career there, while facing problems in giving continuity to the existence of journalistic companies; acting in press relations is a viable career option; experienced journalists are passed over due to high salaries and tend to leave the profession over time.