Just Getting By? Francophone Belgian Journalists Dealing with Dutch-language Sources in Their Public Broadcasting Service

• Published in: Journalism practice Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 664 - 678
• Main Authors: Standaert, Olivier, Bouko, Catherine, Vandendaele, Astrid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 02.07.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Belgium; daily routines; Dutch language; journalistic performance; Journalists; Language; language knowledge; multilingualism; television

In this article, we examine how the Dutch language is used when francophone Belgian journalists prepare and produce their reports-during all stages of the process-up until the actual broadcast. We conducted 16 qualitative interviews with TV news journalists employed by the Belgian French-speaking pu...