BAJ shared results of comprehensive journalists’ survey

The poll was con­duct­ed using two ques­tion­naires: one for those who are in Belarus, the oth­er for jour­nal­ists who were forced to leave. A total of 290 media work­ers took part in the sur­vey: about half of them remain in the coun­try. The results of the sur­vey on sen­si­tive issues are not pub­lished. Here are the aggre­gat­ed answers con­cern­ing the cur­rent real­i­ties.

Results of a survey of journalists who live and work in Belarus

1.   Assess the main chal­lenges you face today in your work?

The like­li­hood of search­es, crim­i­nal and admin­is­tra­tive pros­e­cu­tions is a com­mon and major prob­lem;

Psy­cho­log­i­cal pres­sure is a com­mon prob­lem;

Lack of effec­tive legal pro­tec­tion is a com­mon and major prob­lem;

Lack of or no funds in your media out­let due to the sit­u­a­tion – the respon­dents were even­ly split on that;

Lack of or no work in the media — the respon­dents were even­ly split on that;

Lack or absence of sup­port pro­grams — the respon­dents were even­ly split on that;

Lack of com­mu­ni­ca­tion with col­leagues — the respon­dents were even­ly split on that.

Eval­u­ate the change in your liv­ing stan­dards in finan­cial terms over the last year:

1 – sig­nif­i­cant­ly wors­ened, 5 – sig­nif­i­cant­ly improved

135 respons­es

These are the results of a survey of media workers who left Belarus

What are your main prob­lems relat­ed to relo­ca­tion?

140 replies

• Acquir­ing legal sta­tus in the coun­try of res­i­dence

• Find­ing accom­mo­da­tion

• Find­ing a place to work

• Find­ing a job

• Find­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to pur­chase equip­ment

• Find­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for med­ical care

• Seek­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal help

• Fam­i­ly relo­ca­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties

• Find­ing col­leagues and like-mind­ed peo­ple

• Mas­ter­ing local lan­guage

• Find­ing edu­ca­tion­al insti­tu­tions for chil­dren

Eval­u­ate the change in your liv­ing stan­dards in finan­cial terms over the last year:

1 – sig­nif­i­cant­ly wors­ened, 5 – sig­nif­i­cant­ly improved

146 answers

In all the coun­tries neigh­bor­ing Belarus, our col­leagues have cre­at­ed pro­fes­sion­al Telegram groups for com­mu­ni­ca­tion, mutu­al sup­port, receiv­ing press cards of the Inter­na­tion­al Fed­er­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, and deal­ing with gen­er­al jour­nal­is­tic issues.

The results of the sur­vey (includ­ing unpub­lished ones) have been ana­lyzed and will be instru­men­tal in bet­ter plan­ning of the work of the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists next year.