A Pragmatic Scrutiny on Coeval Issues: Obstacles Encountered by Journalists in India with Special Reference to Tamilnadu

This study aims to bring the obstacles encountered by the journalists in their walks of life to pursue a challenging profession and satisfaction towards their job. The study has covered 300 respondents who are editors, writers, reporters, photo journalists, designers and marketing executives in print media. The quantitative approach is applied and AMOS (Analysis of Moment structure) software is used to test the conceptual framework. The findings of the study revealed that organizational commitments, gender inclusive culture, work life balance and external pressures are highly influenced on job satisfaction of journalists.