This research aimed to identify the degree of burnout for a sample of journalists working in the city of Damascus , according to the variables of (sex, years of experience, ownership of the newspaper). The scale used was Maslach (MBI) for burnout, which was applied on a sample consisted of 200 person. the descriptive analytical approach was used too. The results showed that the degree of burnout for the sample at both frequency and intensity in the domain of emotional exhaustion was moderate ,but it was high in the domain of lack of achievement . The research also showed that there are statistically significant differences between males and females in the frequency and intensity of emotional exhaustion, and this differences were high for females. There were statistically significant differences between journalists working in official newspapers and journalists working in the private newspapers in frequency and intensity of emotional exhaustion, and these differences were high for the private newspapers. The research also found statistically significant differences between years of experience at frequency and intensity in the three domains(emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, lack of achievement), and these differences were high for journalists who have less experience. The research offered some suggestion based on its results.