Precarious Conditions for Digital Journalists in Catalonia

Digital journalists in Catalonia have lower salaries and worse working conditions than the rest of their colleagues. That’s according to a recent survey (in Catalan) of the Sindicat de Periodistes Catalunya and Grup de Periodistes Digitals, which reports that 40 percent of digital journalists in Catalonia are not properly hired by the companies they are working for (news in Spanish). There is a difference, though, between non-media companies, such as telecoms and services organizations, and traditional media companies that hire journalists for the web. On average, non-media companies offer worse conditions. In general, though, digital journalists have low salaries: 38 percent are below 900 Euros a month.