Journalism as a Profession in Bangladesh: An Overview

Journalism as a Profession in Bangladesh: An Overview

By

Muhammad Zakaria 

University of Chittagong

&

Abul Kalam Azad

University of Chittagong

Abstract

The role of media is undoubtedly an influential catalyst in each sphere of the global scenario of this 21st century. Media or press is also in a very powerful position in Bangladesh. But media professionals in Bangladesh, have to face lots of obstacles to perform their jobs. Especially journalists of print media do their jobs with poor salary and nominal facilities and face lots of pressures and threats from different corners. Moreover, there is little or no job security in this profession. Such problematic situations compel a big portion of journalists to shift themselves to other lucrative professions. Despite such hindrances, the ratio of journalists is not very few who want to continue their job considering it as a challenging and glamorous one. To focus on such problems and prospects of print journalism in Bangladesh an assessment has been presented here in the light of direct interviews from journalists of different national dailies.

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