Exploited trainees: Precarization of journalistic work through an abusive logic of internships and practices

Abstract

The economic crisis that began in 2008 and the lack of adequate regulation are causing more and more students and scholarship recipients to see their learning become into work comparable to the professional jobs with salary and rights conditions far removed from those of a dignified employment contract. This dysfunction contributes in a very significant way to the process of job insecurity experienced by the journalistic activity for decades, as well as the consequent impoverishment of the informative quality offered by the media. This article deals with a bibliographical and legislative review on the current imbalances of the journalistic labor market and makes a detailed analysis of its recent evolution based on based on technical documentation such as that offered by the annual reports of the journalistic profession of the last years elaborated by the Press Association of Madrid.