Date of Award

8-2017

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Media Studies

First Advisor

David H. Pritchard

Committee Members

David S Allen, Jessie Garcia

Keywords

journalism, local television news, market size, television station, work-life balance, work schedule

Abstract

This study uses participant observation and interviews to determine how working in local television news affects journalists’ personal lives. Twenty-eight journalists from a top 50 Midwestern station were interviewed. The inductive research data is organized into three themes: 1) Schedules 2) Family, friends and relationships 3) Moving. A personal narrative of the researcher’s experience working part-time ties each theme together.

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