Job Situation and Satisfaction of the Online Journalists

Abstract

This study aims to present an overview of job situation and satisfaction of the online journalists working in various online news portals in Bangladesh. It helps to find the journalists’ situation and satisfaction from their opinion and statements. The survey method with a structured questionnaire has been employed to conduct the study. The data was collected from different online media house for study and findings. The data was collected from the journalists of seven online media houses. All the questionnaires were duly coded after editing for computer input. The study reveals that’ some of the online journalists are not satisfied with the working environment. The reasons coming out of their responses include the followings: less scope to evolve creativity, lack of professionalism, lack of job security etc. The study also shows that some online journalist don’t get the salary in a regular basis. The study also reveals that most of the journalists didn’t get training from the office. Salary structure without wage board is a problem that find from this study