Newspaper journalism in crisis: Burnout on the rise, eroding young

journalists’ career commitment

 

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Research Questions & Hypotheses

This study builds on previous research involving journalism burnout and will examine the following research questions and hypotheses:

RQ1: Overall, how do daily newspaper journalists rate on the three-subscales of the MBI-GS (exhaustion, cynicism and professional efficacy)?

 

RQ2: Does job title (reporter, copy editor/page designer, news editor, executive/managing editor or photographer) affect burnout among journalists?

 

H1: Journalists at smaller circulation newspapers will report significantly higher rates of exhaustion and cynicism than journalists at larger circulation newspapers.

 

H2: Younger journalists will report significantly higher rates of burnout than older journalists.

 

H3: Journalists who express intentions to leave newspaper journalism will report significantly higher rates of burnout than those who are not intending to leave.

 

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