Journalism has never been an easy profession, but today it is a risky profession: between increasingly tight deadlines, constant notifications and the revolution of artificial intelligence, the pressure is very high.

“Breaking News”, the survey conducted by the Health and Safety at Work Observatory of Casagit Salute, coordinated by Andrea Artizzu, Giorgio Pacifici and Tiziana Sapienza, confirms it with alarming numbers. The study, carried out with the National Council of the Order of Psychologists (CNOP) and the University of Bologna, involved almost two thousand journalists from print, TV, radio and web, revealing a clear picture: the profession is changing, but not always for the better.

Digitalization has transformed the pace of work, imposing speed at the expense of depth. Competition with online media and the impact of artificial intelligence create new anxieties: on the one hand, the need to update to keep up; on the other, the fear that robots could take the place of reporters.

To make matters worse, the reduction in staffing and the consequent increase in individual workload. The result? More stress, less quality and a strong sense of isolation.

The results of the study will be presented at the European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology in Prague, but in the meantime the dossier has already arrived on the table of the Fnsi for the renewal of the National Journalism Labor Contract. Among the proposals, the introduction of psychological support, more flexible company policies and greater economic valorization of the profession stand out.

"Knowing the problem is the first step to solving it," emphasizes Gianfranco Giuliani, president of Casagit Salute. The investigation, he adds, is "a strong signal to initiate concrete countermeasures."

(Unioneonline/Fr.Me.)