Tavares, DavidPegado, ElsaRaposo, Hélder António2024-12-272024-12-272024-12Tavares D, Pegado E, Raposo H. Transformations in journalists’ work and therapeutic management of professional pressure. Observatorio (OBS). 2024;18(4):1-20.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/18087The results presented in this article are part of a wider sociological research project on “Medicines and dietary supplements in performance consumptions: social practices, contexts, and literacy”, funded by the Portuguese Foundation Science and Technology (FCT) and hosted by Iscte—Instituto Universitário de Lisboa; in partnership with IUEM—Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz and UP—Universidade do Porto.The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under Grant PTDC/SOC/30734/2017. The proofreading of this article was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the funding of the R&D Unit UIDB/03126/2020.In this article, we approach an unexplored line of analysis and research about the impact of transformations in journalists’ work on professional pressure and performance-consumption, what we refer to as the process of pharmaceuticalisation of work contexts. We discuss how changes at work lead to increased pressure on journalists and how pressure generates practices and dispositions for using different types of natural and pharmaceutical resources for managing work performance. Our analysis is based on mixed-methods research carried out in Portugal combining integrated qualitative and quantitative approaches. The results begin by highlighting the impact of work transformations on professional pressure both in terms of working time (workload, pace, and working hours) and work demands resulting from professional practices and public scrutiny. The professional pressure that the transformations in journalism have been accentuating has faced journalists with the need to manage new or heavier work demands, which, in turn, can encourage the use of medicines and other therapeutic products to manage personal and professional performance.engJournalistsTechnological innovationsWork transformationsProfessional pressurePharmaceuticalisationPerformance consumptionsjournal article10.15847/obsOBS18420242486