Leaving journalism: Self-identity during career transition for female former Kentucky reporters

<p>Purpose: This qualitative descriptive study focused on how did leaving the field of journalism affected the life narratives of female former Kentucky reporters. </p> <p>Method: Three former Kentucky female reporters were interviewed to gather data on their experiences, including how leaving journalism affected their personal and professional self-identities, what about journalism was meaningful to them and what is meaningful in the work they do now, and what values and beliefs did they hold as reporters, and do they still hold them. </p> <p>Discussion: Thematic data analysis revealed three overarching themes: self-identity as journalists persists after leaving newspaper jobs, other life roles took precedence over journalism when making the choice to leave, and journalism work was meaningful because it affected people personally. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2018

Author dc:creator

• Heaney, Sarah May

• journalism
• life course
• newspaper
• occupational identity
• occupational science
• women
• Sociology of Culture
• Work, Economy and Organizations

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Sarah May Heaney

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/570

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1568