Representations of journalists in fiction movies and series communicate what journalism is, should, and could be both for journalists and the public. First, these fictional portrayals aid in discursively constructing journalistic roles that manifest themselves in assumptions and expectations about appropriate and legitimate ways of journalistic practice (Hanitzsch & Vos, 2017). Second, these representations affect the public perception of journalism including the credibility and public trust of journalists (Painter, 2019; Saltzman, 2005). Last, fictional representations of journalism can be considered a symbolic prop to address the changing roles of female and minority journalists (Ehrlich, 1997; Painter & Ferrucci, 2012, 2015, 2017). Therefore, popular culture is a powerful tool for thinking about what journalism is and should be (Ehrlich & Saltzman, 2015). In an era in which the credibility of journalists and trust in the media is diminishing worldwide and the journalistic profession is under transition (Cook, Gronke, & Rattliff, 2000; Jones, 2004; McNair, 2011; Müller, 2013; Nelson, 2019; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2020) these representations become even more relevant. Research has illustrated that journalism fiction disseminates an ideology aligned with the 20th-century social responsibility model of the institution of the press, often referring to the ‘free press myth’. This myth consists of the popular belief that for the functioning of democracy a privately owned, market-driven press is needed (Ehrlich, 2005, p. 103). Besides this mythical representation of the press, there is also a lack of diversity in the fictional representation of journalism including a reproduction of gender and racial stereotypes in the (fictional) newsroom (Ehrlich, 1997; Painter & Ferrucci, 2012, 2015, 2017). However, this existing research on journalism in popular culture is heavily oriented towards the United States of America and does not take into account how journalism fiction is ...