“Antigos” e “Novos” no jornalismo brasileiro dos anos de 1980 e 1990: Uma identidade profissional em disputa

This paper discusses how, in the 1980s and the 1990s, important forms of domination andsymbolic strategies were underlined in Brazilian journalism. For this, it discusses the changes inthe journalists’ labor market, the impact of the demand of Bachelor’s degree for the exercise of theprofession, the increase in number of schools and the importance of the adoption of specific rulesfor journalistic writing seeking the consolidation of a professional work and writing model. Itshows how in the conflict between the “old” and the “young” journalists, which marked thetwo decades studied, the following topics were at play: modifications in the way of work andthe profession’s perception, in the hierarchy organization and social recruitment, as well as in theprofessional identity.