A relação entre jornalistas e fontes na cobertura policial de rádio.

Abstract

This research aims to investigate how sources of information relate to radio reporters who write about police related subjetcs in Curitiba, Brazil. This study was done under the focus of a complex problem, which considers the news as an important part of the source of information-journalist relationship. To explain this better: what people hear on the radio (such as what they read in newspapers and news websites, what they watch on television) is a reflection of this relationship, which is interdependent, as both journalists and sources share the interests in spreading their work, although sometimes divergent in their methods and purposes. The theoretical perspective applied is that of Newsmaking, with the analysis of the issue of sources of information considering factors such as productive routine, news values and professionalism. The techniques of data collection used are the participant observation – as the main method –and semi-structured interviews as complementary mechanism. This methodology was used to analyze the productive routine of five professionals from two radio stations in Curitiba: Band B and BandNews. During data collection, questions were observed, such as the pressures that are present in the reporter's routine and that impact on the choice of sources, such as the pressure for productivity and the reduced deadlines; the use of official sources and the mediation done by press officers; the performance of colleagues as sources of advice and information; the use of equipment and electronic media (HT radio, WhatsApp, social networks) to contact the sources; and the differences arising from different productive routines.