Changing newsrooms 2022: media leaders embrace hybrid work despite challenges

Report

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a shift towards hybrid and flexible working, but have newsrooms truly adapted to a new way of working? This report, which is based on a survey of 136 senior industry leaders from 39 countries and a series of in-depth interviews, tries to take stock of the status of the newsroom as a workplace and its future. Beyond organisational structures, we also looked at the impact on the workforce, whether flexible and hybrid work has made it easier for newsrooms to hire and retain talent and whether flexible working can have a positive impact on newsrooms’ diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, and their ability to have a more diverse and representative workforce.

Authors: Cherubini, F

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
• Place of publication: Oxford
• Publication date: 2022-11-24
• DOI: 10.60625/risj-7s1a-vb58
• ISBN: 9781914566028
• Language: English
• Keywords: newsroom diversity; changing newsrooms; newsroom; talent retention; hybrid working; flexible working; FFR