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The object of this article is France’s main radio newsflash production company, which broadcasts throughout the country. The perspective taken is at the intersection between the sociology of journalism and the sociology of work, analyzing the relationship between practical journalistic work and the conditions of acceptance of the ways of working in this news agency. Both empirical observations and interviews with journalists show the disparity between the work performed and the ideal of what journalism is. The making of newsflashes, produced under time constraints, reveals an individualized and standardized process limited to the circular reuse of information found elsewhere. The ways in which journalists adapt to these conditions shed light on the different effects of their subjugated trajectories in journalism training programs, the progress of their careers, and the casualization of journalistic work. Beyond its contribution to the underdeveloped research on radio journalism, this study also sheds light on the structural dynamics involved in doing journalistic work, but also the ways of going through the professional experiences of journalism.