ABSTRACT

This paper investigates the opposing definitions of legitimate journalism between female and male sports reporters in the Swiss daily press, observable through the tensions in the division of work, task hierarchies, and contradictory definitions of what is perceived as distasteful or undesirable. It aims to adopt an inclusive approach that avoids being judgemental towards male perspectives or adopting a cynical view of female journalists, to better understand both male and female journalists’ experiences of interaction of work and professional recognition, and identify obstacles to greater gender equality in sports journalism. The analysis relies on the notion of “dirty work” developed by Hughes and Bourdieu’s theory of field and habitus that offers a new way to investigate the links between tasks, roles, moral divisions, and power relations. Our detailed observations and 25 semi-structured interviews conducted with female and male sports journalists revealed the co-existence of two opposed professional styles. Overall, the men control the prestigious tasks and the doxa of this speciality. The women interviewed spoke of resisting, adapting, and finding satisfaction with the work that their male colleagues consider distasteful, as while their work is recognised by their superiors and non-sports colleagues as noble in general journalistic norms.

摘要

本文研究了瑞士每日新闻中男性和女性体育记者之间合法新闻的相反定义，可以通过工作分工，任务层次结构中的紧张关系以及被认为令人讨厌或不良的矛盾定义来观察。它旨在采取一种包容性的方法，避免对男性观点产生偏见或对女性记者持愤世嫉俗的态度，以更好地了解男性和女性记者在工作互动和专业认可方面的经验，并找出阻碍体育领域实现更大性别平等的障碍新闻业。该分析基于休斯和布迪厄的田野习性理论所提出的“肮脏工作”概念，该概念为研究任务，角色，道德划分和权力关系之间的联系提供了一种新方法。我们对女性和男性体育记者进行的详细观察和25次半结构化访谈揭示了两种相对的职业风格并存。总体而言，男人控制着这项特殊任务的崇高任务和职责。被采访的女性谈到抵抗，适应并获得男性同事认为令人讨厌的工作感到满意，而上级和非体育部门的同事认为她们的工作在一般新闻准则中是高尚的。