"De är värst i klassen" : En kvalitativ studie om otrygga arbetsvillkor på Public service

Sammanfattning: Public service in Sweden is one of the biggest employers for journalists. But there are numerous articles out there talking about the problematic working conditions that journalists have to deal with on a daily basis. The most frequent reasons that describe the working conditions for journalists are high stress, overworked, no time and short-term employment.  This study aims to examine how poor working conditions affect journalists at Public service, what the consequences for the journalists are, and how it impacts the quality of journalism. Journalistic professionalism can be described as how journalists see themselves. Normative ideas defining journalistic work, ethics and what the mission of a journalist is, what's important and the journalistic ideals are strong among journalists in Sweden. And today this is challenged by managerialism, which focuses on how the organization can evolve and promote organizational efficiency, business ideals and how the organization itself can move forward and reach the goals. This leads the organization further from in this case the values of journalisms. And in the end can affect the duty of Public service and in the long run also affect the most important job a journalist has which is being the fourth estate. A qualitative interview study was adopted for this study. We conducted in depth interviews with six journalists that work or have worked at Public service. By doing this the result of the study shows that poor working conditions like efficiency, affects the journalistic process and the result is negative. And in the end it also affects the democracy which is according to Public service themself the most important task they have. But as mentioned above journalists have a strong professional identity, even though the working conditions are not good, they still stay because of  professionalism.