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Drawing on a national survey, this study examines the demography and current working conditions of Cameroonian professional journalists. Journalism appears to be a young person’s profession in Cameroon. Also, journalism education is increasingly being seen as professionally relevant to entrylevel and mid-career journalists looking to improve and upgrade their qualifications. Drawing from the results of the survey, journalism is a very demanding profession in Cameroon. It requires working at night and for long hours out of home. Also, like in many parts of the world, journalism is not lucrative in Cameroon. Interviews with journalists revealed that a variety of constraints are adversely affecting the context under which journalists operate. Most journalists, particularly in the private media, operate in dire economic conditions, resulting from low salaries, absence of health insurance and social security benefits. For this reason, requesting or being offered money and other material benefits to cover specific news is a widespread malpractice. Corruption thrives in this environment. For many media organizations and journalists, corruption is a means to survive. The difficult working conditions for journalists also mean that a commitment to professionalism and ethical journalism is not a priority for most journalists. This study argues that within this context, not only is the credibility of the profession damaged, there is the collapse of independent, accurate and objective journalism. The role of the media as a public watchdog and investigative journalism are seriously undermined.

THE DEMOGRAPHY AND CURRENT WORK CONDITIONS OF CAMEROONIAN PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS