التحدي
Volume 17, Numéro 2, Pages 421-435
2025-07-31
Challenges Faced By Women Sports Journalists In Covering Sporting Events
Authors : Safaa Djouadi . Betat Noureddine .
Abstract
This study aims to identify and examine the key challenges encountered by women sports journalists at Beur TV in social, institutional, and fieldwork contexts. It further seeks to explore the obstacles hindering the transmission of information about sporting events from the perspective of female sports journalists working in the channel's sports department. The study was conducted on all 14 female sports journalists employed at Beur TV. This research sheds light on the difficulties faced by women sports journalists in their professional duties and reveals the conditions under which they cover sporting events. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the journalists, addressing various dimensions of social, institutional, and fieldwork-related challenges. The key findings of the study include the following: First, Multiple professional challenges arise both within and outside the institution, particularly in accessing information about sporting events. Second, several obstacles have hindered the professional advancement of female sports journalists, with social, institutional, and fieldwork challenges being the most prominent. Third, Inequality in treatment persists, alongside various professional constraints, such as difficulties in conducting interviews with officials from sports federations and club presidents, workplace harassment and intimidation, as well as low salaries, incentives, and rewards.
Keywords
Challenges ; Women Journalists ; Social Challenges ; Institutional Challenges ; Fieldwork Challenges ; Sporting Events
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