The article is devoted to the study of the psychological well-being of journalists, which is an important aspect of their lives and determines the degree of satisfaction and adaptive capabilities of the body. The work emphasizes that psychological well-being does not mean a stress-free life, but includes the ability to effectively cope with stressors. The professional activity of journalists is described as very complex and fraught with many stressful factors, requiring a high level of communication skills, literacy, creative and flexible thinking. The study focuses on how different journalists react to professional stressors: some adapt and maintain their psychological well-being, while others experience professional burnout. In the theoretical part of the article, the approach of humanistic psychology is considered, in which personality and its development are closely related to professional activity. The aim is to identify personal characteristics that contribute to a high level of stress tolerance and psychological well-being. The main hypothesis of the study is the assumption that the level of self-actualization of a personality correlates with the level of its psychological well-being. The study involved 41 journalists who were tested. The results show that 21 of them have a low level of psychological well-being, which is associated with insufficient autonomy and lack of personal growth caused by excessive professional workload and specific working conditions. The sample was divided into two groups: those with low and high levels of psychological well-being, which allowed for a comparative analysis. The article concludes that aspects such as time orientation, the need for cognition, autonomy, self-understanding and contact differ significantly in groups with different levels of well-being. Journalists with a low level of well-being often have a fixation on past negative events and anxiety, which prevents them from enjoying the current moment and moving forward.