Sensing a deterioration in the media environment, as many as 84 percent of Taiwan journalists want to leave their jobs, up from 64 percent two years ago, according to a survey result reaching here from Taipei Thursday.

The survey made by 1111 Jobs Bank in August said that out of 376 valid samples, 91 percent of TV reporters said they wanted to leave their jobs, compared with 87 percent of magazine reporters and 72 percent working for Internet media.

The survey said 85 percent of female reporters are considering switching jobs, compared to 81 percent of male reporters.

On reasons of being fed up with their jobs, a little over 44 percent of journalists said they were most troubled by not being able to make an appointment with an interviewee, while 31.38 percent felt the profession has no future. Almost one-third of reporters said when their stories are published they are not as objective as they would like.

Asked about their views on rampant paparazzi or muckraking culture, few responded that it was a positive situation. Over 39 percent lamented that it indicates the "low quality" of Taiwan's media, 19.15 percent acknowledged that prying into others' privacy destroys social mores, and 17.02 percent said such practice compromises the ethical standards and integrity of the profession.

Source: Xinhua