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This study aims to analyze the working conditions of freelance journalists in Turkey. Karma research has been adopted. The survey contains quantitative data from the survey with 300 freelance journalists and qualitative data from individual interviews with 15 freelance journalists. The study also added data from the experiences of freelance workers in the events periodically carried out by the freelance workers’ joint co-working network ‘Officers’ and the ‘World’ platform. The survey data is analyzed with the SPSS 20.0 package program, the quality data is analyzed with the visual analysis technique. The study found that freelance journalists have changed their roles in the sector, that digital developments provide the opportunity to develop new skills in their business and career, that, on the other hand, unsafe work in the sector has spread, and that they have significant problems in the fields of wages, social security, employment security, and trade union organization. In general, freelance is one of the first studies to provide quantitative data among the researches conducted to freelance journalists and is an original study to address the issue not only in the context of working relations, but also in the context of the transformation of the journalism profession.

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