a greater or lesser extent, everyone in this profession we are devotion, not by obligation. Most of us love this journalism. However, those who work in media, whether print, radio or in lesser extent television, have enough moderately difficult to lead a normal life . Vale are not staff members, we do not intend to work 8:00 to 15:00, no sign ... But that does not mean that some, at least those who have family, children and stuff, yeah we miss some normalcy, defined as to get home before they are lying, they enjoy weekends and holidays or may not be alert all day mobile phone "in case something happens." Sometimes when I hear it is a profession with more divorce rate does not surprise me, and even wonder no more.
But beyond that is we have chosen and it is currently difficult to adapt to family life is no less true that in most ways I know times are governed by old practices, outdated models in which the physical presence the newsroom was necessary. Today, many of the tasks could do from home or from the place where the news happens.
premium in newspapers much more than the what; times more important than being in the version productivity. You really need to work 10 or 12 hours to write three or four information?, Do you really need spend all day in the newspaper? Interestingly, every time the news media fewer and more-made up of agencies, press release, the press, a press conference in refrigerator. Do I need to make journalism more and more cut and paste spend all day doing the scene?
I sincerely think not. And I also see that people, at least those people that no one waits at home and whose life outside of writing is reduced to a minimum, prefer to be there, wasting your time many times, before going out, although only in search of fresh news. I know people that between the time that comes to smoking, time spent by the coffee machine ... Just work really beyond four or five hours.
I know that in many cases is difficult, but other work could be done perfectly at home, with a networked computer connected to the software of the newspaper.
Similarly, given that digital media work 24 hours a day every day of the year, why do we insist many times in the media role in trying to put everything on the page? Do not we realize that we close later there will be something that we escape? Although we close at three o'clock, what happens to the three one does not enter.
Let us be aware of our limitations and changing reality. The paper should assuming his new role interpretation, data analysis, opinion, explanation, and stop obsessing about information pure and simple, that's what they are and digital newsletters or radios and televisions . Except for occasional news and sporting events, meetings last minute ... is close to the many absurd. In the rest of Europe most paper journals are closing their issues much earlier than in Spain and without complexes.
But, admittedly, be it at work many hours does not only happen with reporters this country, it is usual to be. Yes, then we have productivity rates we have.
And, we fill your mouth with stories about family reconciliation but we are not able to apply that same to our lives. And so it goes.
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