For a study of daily life of journalists: a search for demystification

Abstract

The paper presents the study of everyday practice of the journalist as a way to demystify the image of this profession. Present the concept of myth, as Roland Barthes, and the daily life, of Agnes Heller and Michel de Certeau. It seeks to identify the journalists outside from the hero/bad guy dichotomy and proposes to find in their daily practice marks of an autonomous search for better reporting based on strategies or tactics of dribbling established forces.