Percepções dos telejornalistas sobre a experiência de trabalho em meio a pandemia do novo coronavírus

Abstract

This course completion work addresses the role of journalists in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the main focus being the broadcaster RBS TV in Porto Alegre and its branches. The analysis starts from reading the changes that communication professionals identified as having faced in order to continue informing the population about the pandemic. It is also necessary to address the personal and professional adaptations and difficulties that these professionals faced, the resources used to work in a new context and the lessons learned. The objective is to analyze the impacts and changes in the work routines of television journalists following the pandemic. Methodologically, the work will be anchored in interviews with journalists from the chosen broadcaster and with the presenter of RBS Notícias, a nightly news program and one of the professionals whose routine had been significantly changed during the period, a publicly known fact. Five journalists were interviewed, three of them via video conference and two via Google Forms. The adoption of home office in journalism was one of the main alternatives adopted by communication companies that allowed journalists to carry out their activities directly from home. It is worth noting that journalism, during the pandemic, once again demonstrated its importance by providing quality information, adequately guiding the population amidst a broad scenario of fake news and misinformation.