A prática jornalística: o cotidiano e as condições de produção dos repórteres que cobrem política em emissoras de canal aberto do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to show how the journalistic practice works from the perspective of the reporter covering policy. The production conditions of the reporters working in this editorial, in television stations based in Porto Alegre, should help us to understand the daily life of these professionals. We seek to investigate the relation between the thinking of political journalism behind the scenes and the news broadcasted in TV and understand how production conditions can affect the construction of the news. For a better comprehension of possible difficulties in the preparation of reports and tensions in news production, this research uses the semi-structured interview as a methodological procedure for understanding the practice and explores the coverage of the events of June 2013, made by these professionals. According to the respondents, it was an engagement that gave more motivation for the masses than the purpose of change. In addition, the results suggest that TV had difficulties to understand the demonstrations and show the discontent of the majority of interviewees regarding how the reports were conducted. It shows that the desperation inpolitics is considerable.