Who wants to be a journalist anymore?

Journalism may be touted as a heroic pursuit, but working conditions undermine young talent and career prospects are scarce. Journalists talk about panic attacks in newsrooms, early career experiences and the changing face of their profession.

Published on 2 May 2025

By Standard Time - Eurozine (Vienna)

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Digital publishing has turned many journalists into mere line workers in the content production industrial complex. But what about the young journalists embarking on this professional mission today?

This discussion was inspired by Paulina Januszewska’s book Bullshit journalism, whose excerpt has just been published in Eurozine. It was recorded at the 32nd European Meeting of Cultural Journals in Warsaw on 12 November 2024, which took place at Warsaw’s Palac Financowo, that is, the Palace of Finance.

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Speakers

Paulina Januszewska is a journalist of the Polish online portal Krytyka Polityczna, and recently publsihed her book, Bullshit Journalism on the early career path experiences of young journalists. Her book is the inspiration for this episode.

Paula Cardoso is a journalist, activist and founder of Afrolink, Lisbon

Ivana Dragičević is a journalist and executive producer international news at N1, Zagreb

Moderated by Razpotja editor and Eurozine’s editorial board member Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič.

Creative team

Réka Kinga Papp anchor
Daniela Univazo Marquine writer-editor
Merve Akyel art director, Eurozine
Szilvia Pintér producer
Julia Sobota captions and translations
Zsófia Gabriella Papp digital producer

Management

Priyanka Hutschenreiter project manager
Judit Csikós head of finance
Réka Kinga Papp editor-in-chief
Csilla Nagyné Kardos office administration

Video Crew

Reedy Media of Kraków
Gergely Áron Pápai DoP

Postproduction

Nóra Ruszkai video editor
István Nagy lead video editor
Milán Golovics dialogue editor
Dániel Nagy dialogue editor

Art

Victor Maria Lima animation
Crypt-of-Insomnia theme music

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