Analysis of Newsroom Management: The Case of Etv News Channel
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2021-06-01
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Addis Ababa University
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This study entitled Analysis o newsroom management: the case of ETV news channel, gives
analysis on how ETV newsroom operates. Thus the aim of this paper is to examine ETV news
channel newsroom management and analyze of the relationship between newsroom management
and the final output of news. Qualitative research paradigm has been used as a method of study.
Since qualitative research is deemed appropriate to examining words and ideas and as it is
helpful to explain complex social phenomena. Accordingly, in-depth interviews, document review
and participant observations were conducted. The interviewees were selected purposefully with
the intent to engage both genders and all job categories. Moreover, both active and passive
participants of the newsroom were also included based on the researcher's observation.
Overall, the researcher conducted the in-depth interview with 10 members of the newsroom
including two top managers. The other respondents include three reporters with titles from
reporter one to three, four editors and deputy executive editor in-chefs and one news presenter.
From these, three of them are female. Each of the interviewee was given an average time of 50
minutes. Being colleague to all the interviewees has in many ways benefited the researcher in the
course of the in-depth interviews. The respondents shared their ideas freely and in a friendly
manner which enabled the researcher to ask many follow-up questions. Data were also gathered
through participatory observation. The researcher noted a single day of the newsroom activity.
Starting from the morning editorial conference to the night ETV 57 news show. Issues regarding
the newsroom wrote on EBC editorial and content reform document used as data for this
research. The major finding oj the study indicated that the overall system of the management has
an impact on the output oj the news channel. Problems in the newsroom started from the
government, not the management. There is a huge intervention by the government but not in a
formal way. Informal interventions break the system, content, and format of ETV news. On the
other major finding of the study. the transition time can take as an example of working with
existing infrastructure and show the capacity of managers and journalists at the station. The
"transition"time of government gives freedom to the newsroom. The newsroom was working
professionally. Bing free from government and government officials' interference has a
contribution to the effectiveness of the newsroom. Based on the analysis, the limited number of
editors in the newsroom and the incompetence of the existing ones have affected the work. The
fact that income and financial capacity are equally important to content has put a strain on the
operation of the newsroom.
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Analysis of Newsroom Management