The profile and training of the cyberjournalist in digital native newsrooms

The present research aims to know how the newsroom affects the end of a communicative cycle (López, 2008), which, in a way, represents a new sociology of the journalist’s job (García y Barranquero, 2014). The study analyzes the changes in digital newsrooms from three perspectives: journalistic skills, profiles and training needs in the midst of a moving ecosystem. The study uses a qualitative methodology through the technique of questionnaire directed to chief editors and deputy directors of four Spanish cybermedia: El Confidencial, Libertad Digital, Huffington Post and El Español. The results obtained highlight several coincidences: the acknowledged lack of specific multimedia training; the competencies that claim centered in the domain of Internet and of the narration; the incorporation of two main profiles as specialists in social networks and polyvalent journalist; and, finally, the practical deficiencies that they detect in the current journalistic formation versus the new media environment.