Sports journalism has since its beginning been predominantly produced by men, and it took a long time for women to be welcomed into the industry. The main purpose of this study is to compare how female and male sports journalists experience their work situation from an equality perspective. For further understanding, we will explain how the participants found their way into the field of journalism.Semi structured interviews were conducted on six participants. Three male, and three female. The results of the interviews showed that none of the journalists experiences any form of discrimination at their current workplace. Although, the women have all experienced at some point in their careers that the boyish culture affected their work. They have sometimes felt that they are not taken as seriously as their male colleagues and are treated in the same way. This from both audience, readers and colleagues. The men themselves have never experienced any gender-based discrimination, but they have all witnessed female colleagues being victimized.Hegemonic masculinity has a great grip on the world of sports. That a male norm prevails becomes clear in the examples when the male respondents talk about their female colleagues who are treated badly by male athletes. There it becomes clear that even though the newsrooms and reporters themselves strive for an equal and gender-aware workplace, it is not always the newsroom that decides what working conditions should prevail for the journalists out in the field.All respondents believe that sports journalism can become more equal, even though they don't personally have any problems that effects their daily work. They believe that one must think more actively and reflect on the problems that exist in order for there to really be an improvement in the big picture.

Studies have shown a discrepancy between what journalism education provides and what the industry desires. The root of this problem lies in the absence of providing procedural knowledge to students in classrooms. To provide a solution to this issue, this study examined the Self-Directed Learning (SDL) interactive model adopted by the Student Sports Union. Employing a semi-structured in-depth interview, this study examined the process through which eight journalists in the Student Sports Union (SSU) became experts. The results show that the SSU journalists’ SDL model promotes theoretical knowledge, hands-on experience, and an applied skill set for journalism, which are useful for transforming student journalists from novice to expert.

The subject of the theses is sports journalism, the part of Czech media sphere slightly neglected by academics. The main focus is on Czech sports journalists (without consideration of their specific professional interest) and their social role. This paper has sociological character and its goal is to compare Czech sports journalism in two periods - during the period of ´propagandistic-promotion role´ of media defined politically (primarily by Communist Party) before 1989 and during contemporary period of commercialized and entertaining media - and to compare these two periods. The text can be understood as a contribution to the role of media within the framework of out-of-school education. Theses also contains the analysis of sports journalists role before 1989 and today: only aspect of sports journalists business which did not changed during last twenty years is the essence of their profession. One of two main methods used in this paper is qualitative analysis of questionnaires collected in an email survey: we could compare working conditions and profession opinions of five regional sports journalists. The text also offers professional portraits of respondents which are based the interpretation of their answers. These answers were interpreted by the author from the comparative perspective. Findings and conclusions were used for developing the typology of sports journalists which contains five genuine types of sports journalists. All types are described from several angles and to each type one respondent of our research is allocated as a representative. At the end, author offers critical evaluation of the typology and possibilities of future work on the topic of sports journalism.

The thesis titled Self-reflection Of Czech Sport Journalists Working Between 1980 And 1999 In Printed Media And The Influence Of Ideology On Their Role In Society focuses on a question of whether the work of writing sport journalists was influenced by the ruling ideology before 1989. The thesis is based on biographical interviews of five sport journalists, which were taken while using the help of oral history research method. The sport journalists bring their testimonies, memories, experiences and stories associated with the period of normalization, the Velvet Revolution and the post-revolutionary period. The biggest emphasis is placed on a degree of impact of the ruling ideology on the editorial process before 1989. Therefore the thesis touches themes of self-censorship, targeted campaigns, relationships of the journalists to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia or to The National Security. The work brings views of still writing sport journalists, who evaluate their motivation to do the profession, their ongoing journalistic career and the role of sport journalists in society. This study is a contribution to oral-historical research on the period of normalization and to understanding the influence of ideology on the media activity before 1989. This thesis extends the knowledge of sports...