Mário Mesquita

the eternal journalist

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34629/cpublica.808

Keywords:

chronicle, journalism, Mário Mesquita, power

Abstract

Thinking about Mário Mesquita since the classroom to the always thought-provoking conversations. To think about journalism, literature and life with a man who was open to indiscipline and contradiction. This chronicle recalls the memories of a journalist and student of Mário Mesquita, the influence that the work O quarto equívoco – O poder dos media na sociedade contemporânea (The fourth equivocation – The power of the media in contemporary society) (MinervaCoimbra, 2003) had on her awakening to journalism and how it has stayed with her to this day. Attentive, ironic, curious, Mário Mesquita is remembered as a journalist with all his senses alert and always absorbing the world that surrounds him.

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Author Biography

  • Isabel Lucas, School of Communication and Media Studies, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (ESCS - IPL)

    She is a journalist and literary critic. With a degree in Social Communication from the NOVA University of Lisbon, she began her journalism career in television and has worked in the newsrooms of some of the main Portuguese newspapers and magazines. A freelancer since 2012, she writes regularly for the newspaper Público and collaborates with the magazine Ler, Quatro Cinco Um, and Antena 3. She has published in various national and international titles. She is the author of the books: Isabel Lucas – Conversas com Vicente Jorge Silva (Temas e Debates, 2013), Viagem ao Sonho Americano (Companhia das Letras, 2017), and Viagem ao País do Futuro (CEPE – Brazil and Companhia das Letras – Portugal). Among her many works in various journalistic fields, her reports and interviews with some of the most celebrated American authors stand out. She is also the co-author of several books in the fields of dance and visual arts. In 2022, she curated the programming for the Portugal Pavilion at the São Paulo Book Biennial. She is a curator of the Oceanos Literature Award and a visiting professor at the School of Communication and Media Studies (ESCS-IPL).

References

Cádima, F. R. (2021). Mário Mesquita, ou a Liberdade por Princípio. In C. Rilley, C. Henriques, P. M. Gomes e Tito C. Cunha (Coord.), A liberdade por princípio. Estudos e testemunhos em homenagem a Mário Mesquita. Tinta-da-China

Mesquita, M. (2003). O quarto equívoco. O poder dos media na sociedade contemporânea. MinervaCoimbra.

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Published

2023-12-15

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 35 (2023): Number with Special Issue

Section

SPECIAL ISSUE: Journalism in contemporary society: 20 years of O Quarto Equívoco

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How to Cite

Mário Mesquita: the eternal journalist. (2023). Comunicação Pública, 18(35). https://doi.org/10.34629/cpublica.808