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What it means to be a journalist in Romania by Camelia Lepedus-Sisko (26) Frustrating. That is the first word I would use to describe the question. I once read in a guidebook written by an American about Romania that the country has changed since 1989, but not really. I think it is because we have the democracy on paper, but not really at out service, like it is suppose to be. We have a Constitution up for interpretation, fundamental laws that change at least every for years, when the government does, and we lack business men who see the media as a business, hire strong marketing people who can sell editorial content and not force journalist to be censorshiped. It is frustrating to be a journalist in Romania because I don't really believe readers understand what is going on in the country, so how can one write something of interest? My case is easy, I chose to be a correspondent for a newsagency, that way I don't really have to think about the final consumer of my work. Television is easy too, the more blood the higher the audience - the 5 o'clock news on Pro Tv has the highest audience for years now, and they almost only report abuses, murders and such. But when it comes to the though political questions, investigating high officials, it always comes out in two ways: either the story gets pulled or it's content diminished or it simply doesn't lead to anything. The only justice done in this country is the one that has revenge as a starter point, and it is usually political revenge, and articles are rarely the reason for punishing the guilty. I don't know if the reality that I have tried to describe matches with the one in other ex-communist countries, and I know there is worse, like being killed when you try to tell the truth, still I somehow think it will be good to learn about the experiences of others. I have been a journalist for four years and I could not yet choose a path. It seems to me you are either friends with everyone who is a politician, business man or someone of influence or you loose. You cannot practice criticism, even if it is well documented and a hundred percent true, because someone you will once need for a statement will hate you by then. I think the people who are in the "leading" circles don't see the grey, they only see black and white, at least the majority does, and that means the journalist is either a good friend - and has been for a few years - or someone new take the effort, or not, to get to know. I think being a professional has many definitions in my country, at least when it comes to journalism. There are many shades of communism that still cast over our fragile democracy and we to have to sign up for a big chunk of human interactions in this job. Those interactions sometimes shape our future maybe not the way the handbook intended. |
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