Employer pressure tops journalists’ worries: survey
KEEPING QUIET: Journalists said that they fear reprisal for speaking out about incidents in which their rights have been infringed upon by employers or agencies
Staff writer, with CNA
Pressure from employers and government agencies, as well as uncertainty about work, are the top challenges facing media workers in Taiwan, the Association of Taiwan Journalists said on Wednesday.
According to a survey conducted by the association and Taiwan Media Watch in February, 30.1 percent of journalists said that they were most concerned about pressure from their company’s executives, while 25.3 percent said they were worried most about job stability.
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