Las asociaciones de la prensa españolas, un modelo de organización profesional consolidado

María Eugenia González Cortés; Francisco Javier Paniagua Rojano

doi:10.4185/RLCS-63-2008-793-435-444

Authors

María Eugenia González Cortés University of Málaga https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-9507
Francisco Javier Paniagua Rojano University of Málaga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-63-2008-793-435-444

Keywords:

Journalist profession, Press Associations, Syndication, Spanish Journalists

Abstract

The Press Associations represent the prevailing organizational option among the Spanish journalists. At present, 50 Associations exist in Spain, specially limited to the provincial areas, but also to villages (Jerez de la Frontera, Talavera de la Reina, Santiago de Compostela), to shires (Campo de Gibraltar) and even to regions, v. gr., the Unión de Periodistas Valencianos (Valencian Journalists Union). Likewise, there exist five specialized Associations; the most outstanding are the Asociación de Periodistas de Información Económica (Economic Information Association) and the Asociación Española de la Prensa Deportiva (Sport Press Spanish Association). All the Associations are gathered into the Federación de Asociaciones de la Prensa de España (Federation of Spanish Press Associations).
The present investigation analyzes level organization and syndication of Spanish journalists, the problems that affect to the professionals and the advantages derived from the belonging, offering information about:
- Number of partners and trends registered in numbers.
-Varied range of services to the professionals: the agreements with public and private corporations, labor exchanges, formative courses, paper an online magazines, etc.
- Problems that affect to the professionals: the fight against working without qualification, the defense of the profession image and its values, etc.
- Presence in Internet and adjustment to the new technologies.

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Author Biographies

María Eugenia González Cortés, University of Málaga

María Eugenia González Cortés has a degree and a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Malaga, where she teaches and is responsible for the subjects Technology of Journalistic Communication and Theory and Technique of Audiovisual Information.

She has enjoyed stays, as a visiting professor, in prestigious foreign research centers, such as the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico City).

She is a research professor associated with the Unesco Chair for Freedom of Expression, based in Malaga, and has articles published in national and international scientific journals, such as Reason and Word, Time for Peace and the I / C Magazine, Scientific Information Magazine and Communication, as well as in yearbooks and reports in the field of Communication and Journalism.

Francisco Javier Paniagua Rojano, University of Málaga

Francisco Javier Paniagua-Rojano is Full Professor of University (21/12/2017) and currently teaches in the degree of Journalism at the University of Malaga. His main lines of research focus on institutional and corporate communication, social media, business models in the news company, disinformation and fake news. In recent years, he has published more than thirty articles in different journals of impact in JCR and SCOPUS, on the use of social networks in institutions, organizations and tourist destinations, political communication, the journalistic profession and entrepreneurship in news companies. He is a regular evaluator of projects in ANEP and CONICYT and is currently part of the ACUSG, as evaluator of official degrees. He has been Director of Communication at the International University of Andalusia (UNIA) and the Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP). Currently, he is Vice-Dean of Quality and Innovation and coordinates the Master in Media Research, Audiences and Professional Practice in Europe, at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the University of Malaga; in addition to being secretary of the section "Strategic and Organizational Communication" in the AEIC.

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