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Do you feel threatened in your position by the increasingusage <strong>of</strong> freelance journalists?(%) Fig. 18Yes 8No 920 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100A particularity <strong>of</strong> the Romanian print media landscape is thatthere are next to no freelance journalists, which gives little reasonto feel threatened by them. (Fig. 18) What is more, in some questionnairesa noteworthy concept <strong>of</strong> freelancers was expressed, asnot being a danger for established contracted staff, but insteadbeing high educated specialists, working wherever they areneeded. Single questionnaires even stated that it is desirable towork as a freelancer.Do you think ownership and management <strong>of</strong> your paperconsider the writing staff <strong>of</strong> the company more as an assetor rather as less important? Fig. 19Asset 82Less important 180 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Eighty-two per cent <strong>of</strong> the polled Romanian journalists thinkthat ownership and management <strong>of</strong> their paper consider themmore as an asset than as less important. (Fig. 19)186 THE IMPACT OF MEDIA CONCENTRATION ON PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM