PODGORICA, 06.02.2021. – At the end of last year, there were almost 60 percent more journalists in the records of the unemployed of the Employment Bureau of Montenegro than at the end of 2019.
Data from the register indicate that on 31.12.2020, when it comes to the professions of journalist and journalist reporter, there were 16 more people in the unemployment records, than in 2019. So at 31.12.2020, there were 43 persons with these occupations on the register, of which 26 were reporters and 16 were journalists. There was one person with a master’s degree in journalism in the register.
The largest share of the unemployed with these occupations was in Bar, nine, followed by Podgorica with eight and Pljevlja with six unemployed.
These data show an increase in the number of unemployed compared to the same period in 2019, when there were a total of 27, 18 with the profession of journalist reporter and nine with the profession of journalist. On that day, there were no persons with a master’s degree in journalism related to journalism. That year, the largest number of unemployed was from Bar, seven, and then four in Podgorica and Pljevlja.
On 31.12.2020, according to the data, 45 percent of people with these occupations have been on the unemployment register for over a year.
When it comes to the complete group of occupations of public information, within which there are also occupations that do not have to be related only to the media, on 31.12.2020 there were 137 people, while the year before that number was 95.