The present study aims to provide a concise, comprehensive, and systematic review of the quantitative literature relating to the experience of burnout in journalists of various specialties and mediums.
Results indicate that journalists most at risk of burnout are females who are younger, with fewer years of journalism experience, working in small circulation newspapers. Editors and reporters seem to experience higher levels of burnout than those in other roles, as do journalists in non-management positions. This review emphasises and problematises the large focus on male reporters in newspaper settings, while what t is lacking is consideration of other role groups central to broadcast news, such as camera-operators. The present review is the first of its kind to focus on burnout in journalists and the findings provide a valuable synthesis of existing knowledge to inform future directions in journalism practice and burnout research.
Authors: Jasmine B. MacDonald, Anthony J. Saliba, Gene Hodgins, Linda A. Ovington
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