Understanding journalists and what they do

Photo credit: Lucía Vergara and Article 19-Mexico City, Mexico Photo credit: Lucía Vergara and Article 19-Mexico City, Mexico Researchers from 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries, hosted by the Institute for the Advanced Study of the Americas, will share information on the challenges journalists face and their contributions to society. Verbal targeting by presidents. Online harassment, especially of women. Low pay and sometimes economic hardship. And in some countries, danger. Why would anyone want to be a journalist in Latin America, or even the U.S., these days? Understanding how journalists' view their profession, what challenges they face on the job, and what contributions they make to their societies are the goals of the third round of the groundbreaking multi-country study, called The Worlds of Journalism Study. Members of the network, all journalism researchers at universities around the globe, survey working journalists using a comparative methodology at a time of intense transformation in both journalism and politics.