Three years later, the Worlds of Journalism Study global network is face-to-face in Paris. Colleagues from more than 50 countries meet at the University of Paris.
AGENDA
Tuesday, 31 May 2022
09:00-10:30 Welcome and update on new developments Thomas Hanitzsch
10:30-11:00 Coffee & Tea
11:00-11.45 Regional reports Regional Coordinators
11.45-12.30 Questionnaire amendments Thomas Hanitzsch
12:30-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Field work / typical issues & data cleaning Corinna Lauerer
14:00-15:00 WJS3 sampling definitions Martin Oller and Ivor Shapiro
15:00-15:30 Coffee & Tea
15:30-16:00 Planning ahead Thomas Hanitzsch
15:30-16:30 WJS Association business Thomas Hanitzsch
Presentation with Ivor Shapiro of our project «Reviewing the Sampling Definitions». We convened a panel that produced sampling definitions for WJS3, which were approved by the Central Council in November 2019. These definitions, contained in the explanatory “working paper”, have proved helpful for the sampling in more than 100 countries. We are now drafting a research report on this definitional work.
The section of WJS-Latam and Caribbean presented its report.
Key Points:
- Have data on 15 countries.
- Of those, 11 have initiated interviewing, with two almost complete.
- All expect to finish by 2023 deadline
- Difficulties reported –
- Political in two countries – elections season, repressive environment
- Financial shortcomings for teams noted in three countries
- Covid-19 – Perú has decided to survey online due to very high mortality rate (6.5/100,000).
- Want to recognize the high rate of mortality of journalists in Latin America
- According to the Swiss Press Emblem Campaign as of October 2021
- Latin America accounts for 8.4 percent of work population, 30% of Covid mortality and 52 percent of journalists worldwide who died from Covid-19 related illness.
| Team | Sample | Fieldwork | Data analysis | Self-deadline | Comments | ||
| Argentina | Yes | Finished | Initiated | No | Expecting finish in the next few months | ||
| Bolivia | Yes | Finished | Initiated (20%) | No | Expecting finish in February 2023 | Financial resources to carry out 80% of the sample; Journalists have trouble understanding some of the questions. | |
| Brazil | Yes | Concluding | No | No | Expecting finish December 2023 | Election scenario. No data on regional stratification of journalists. | |
| Chile | Yes | Finished | 90 surveys finished of 600 | No | January 2023 | Slower than they have planned | |
| Colombia | Yes | Finished | 122 surveys finished of 480 | No | Deficit of economic resources | ||
| Costa Rica | No | No | No | ||||
| Cuba | Yes | No | No. Expecting start in June 2022 | December 2023 | Safety (security) of researchers given political climate. Deficit of economic resources | ||
| Mexico | Yes | Finished | 80% | No | Expecting July 2022 | Slow in two regions without academic support. Have hired interviewers | |
| Ecuador | Yes | Finished | Between October -December 2022 | No | July 2023 | Problems with the stability of the research team. | |
| Peru | Yes | Finished | 30% | No | ND | Online surveys because the COVID-19 | |
| El Salvador | Yes | Finished | Yes | No | August 2022 | Several difficulties to meet journalists and to establish the research team | |
| Guatemala | ND | Finished | No | No | ND | Several difficulties to meet journalists and to establish the research team | |
| Venezuela | Yes | Finished | Initiated (26 surveys) | No | December 2022 | ||
| Paraguay | Yes | Finished | 390 surveys Finished | No | August 2022 |
MARTÍN OLLER ALONSO 