A Journalist's Work in a Modern Regional Newspaper: Creative Aspects

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Sergei A. Vartanov

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor at the Chair of Econometrics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Moscow School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: sergvart@gmail.com
Alexander V. Kolesnichenko

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: april-7@yandex.ru
Olga V. Smirnova

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Head of the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: smirnova.olga@smi.msu.ru
Luiza G. Svitich

Doctor of Philology, Leading Researcher at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: svitichb@yandex.ru
Mikhail V. Shkondin

Doctor of Philology, Professor, Leading Researcher at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: skond@mail.ru
Tatyana V. Yakovleva

Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Periodical Press, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: tizgarsheva@mail.ru

Section: Sociology of Journalism

The article explores a journalist’s creative work as a basic journalistic activity. The authors analyzed the results of a sociological study in which 93 journalists from 26 Russian regional newspapers were interviewed on a wide range of topics. The analysis showed that a journalist’s creative authorial activity is constant enough. Although its structure, tasks, motivation, stages, methods of work and genre structure evolve, they retain the main features of this kind of text activity as a professional skill of working with words. However, the transformations of the media sphere and the introduction of online technologies into work with information significantly influenced creative activity and changed working tools. They expanded the functions of a journalist in creating multiplatform convergent content.

Keywords: creative work of a journalist, regional newspapers, Russian journalists
DOI: 10.30547/vestnik.journ.6.2019.324

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