Sociological Profile of the Portuguese Journalist
Sociological Profile of the Portuguese Journalist
Description

The research project is divided into three parts. The first part aims to provide a sociographical description of this professional group, based on the application forms used to obtain or renew the journalists professional certification, a necessary document for the exercise of the profession. It is applied for in certain periods, which means that between September and December 2003 around 6,000 applications were made to the Journalists Union (for unionized journalists) and the Committee for the Professional Certification of Journalists, which corresponds to the total number of professionals in service at present. An exhaustive scrutiny of these documents provides reliable information on: place of birth, age, gender, number of years in the profession, the press sector in which each applicant is working (printed press, radio or television), academic qualifications etc. It should also be noted that the data is all previously computerized. The union also regularly updates the information on its associates, which signifies that in parallel to the analysis of the current situation, we shall be able to conduct a diachronic study covering a broadly representative number of the professions members (around two-thirds). The goal of the second part will be to contextualize the data obtained earlier, taking Europe and Brazil as the references for comparison. With regard to Europe, following an agreement with the Journalists Union, we shall have the benefit of information provided by similar bodies resulting from numerous studies on this subject. In the case of Brazil we are counting, in particular, on the work carried out at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Internal Partners
Research Centre Research Group Role in Project Begin Date End Date
CIES-Iscte -- Leader 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
External Partners
Institution Country Role in Project Begin Date End Date
Comissão de Carteira Profissional de Jornalista ( CCPJ) Portugal Partner 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
Sindicato dos Jornalistas (SJ) Portugal Partner 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
Project Team
Name Affiliation Role in Project Begin Date End Date
José Manuel Rebelo Guinote Associate Researcher (CIES-Iscte); Global Coordinator 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
Adelino Gomes -- Researcher 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
José Jorge Fernandes Rodrigues Barreiros -- Researcher 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
Project Fundings
Reference/Code Funding DOI Funding Type Funding Program Funding Amount (Global) Funding Amount (Local) Begin Date End Date
PPCDT/COM/58978/2004 -- Contract Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - POCI 2010 - Portugal 25000.0 25000.0 2005-09-01 2009-11-30
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Sociological Profile of the Portuguese Journalist
2005-09-01
2009-11-30