Journalists at the border: An analysis of their work when covering news on immigration
Keywords:
News production, Press offices, Institutional advertising, Activists, Activism, News, Freelance, Journalism, Journalists, Media professionals, Censorship, Immigration, Professional practice, Borders, Access to information, Interviews, Spain, Morocco, MeliAbstract
This study analyses the media coverage of immigration in Melilla, the land frontier between Spain and Morocco andone of the access points where immigrants enter the European Union, and the role that journalists and other agents play in spreading news on immigration. By means of a field study we analyse the type of news professionals and media that are present near the border, the logics followed by institutional press offices when providing information, and the particular conditions in which journalism is practiced in a space of juridical exceptionality. Amongst the results obtained we underscore: the predominance of a media market that, while apparently diverse, is highly dependent on institutional advertising; the relevance of figures like activists or freelance journalists in providing differentiated news on immigration; and the difficulties in working that journalists face due to arbitrariness and obscurantism when accessing images and data.
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