Os não-lugares e a emergência do jornalista flexitempo nas produções em telejornalismo

Abstract

Scientific research and practical professional experiences highlight a reconfiguration of journalistic newsrooms. Thus, it has become inevitable to understand other aspects of these changes, especially regarding production routines in their various functions. Based on this premise, this research focuses on examining the changes that have occurred in the professional practice of journalists working on the JPB2 television news program, from TV Paraíba, an affiliate of Rede Globo, in Campina Grande, Paraíba. From the perspective of the flexitempo professional (Sennett, 2009), also referred to as the flexitempo journalist (Oliveira et al., 2021), the research is also based on concepts that highlight post-industrial capitalism and the expansion of the use of industrial machinery to produce news, such as digital technologies. With the digitization of the sector, new means of production have opened the door to the emergence of new journalistic work profiles, in which this professional gains prominence due to the accumulation of increasingly flexible functions and in non-places (Augé, 1994). Through a qualitative methodology using semi-structured interviews (Duarte; Barros, 2015), eight television journalists involved in the news production process were interviewed, and from their accounts, it was possible to elucidate each one's flexible routine. In addition, the interviews also enabled an understanding of how digital technologies are a crucial part of consolidating flexitempo work.