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The second half of the XIX - early XX century was the time of formation of the journalist professional community. The latter played an important role among the educated society contributing to public education, construction of the behavioral and moral strategies of their audience. Historiography on the history of Siberian journalism of the studied period can be traditionally divided into three stages: pre-revolutionary, Soviet and post-Soviet ones. Studying professional practices of journalists, their identity, motives of behavior, options for communication between the subjects of the journalistic world has not been the subject of special research. The article defines the main concepts of research: “profession”, “professional community”, “Siberian journalist”, “professional community of journalists”. Journalists rarely referred themselves to “journalists”. Often they used broader terms like “litterateur”, “writer”. According to the author’s view, Siberian journalists were people who temporarily or permanently lived in the territory of Siberia and were full time employees of local periodicals. They were joined by those journalists who lived in the European Russia and were professionally engaged in Siberian problems. The research is based on the methodological approach “anthropology of professions”, aimed at investigating professional practices, motives of behavior, ways of informal interaction between subjects. Following P.V. Romanov and E.R. Yarskaya-Smirnova, under the term “profession” the author means an “activity that brings income and requires special knowledge, skills and rules of behavior”. The article highlights the criteria of journalists’ belonging to professional community: regular cooperation with newspapers, magazines; common “professional everyday life”; receiving a fee for published articles; relating oneself to journalism, developing a professional identity; recognition from colleagues; communication and public skills.