COMMUNICATION SCIENCES SEMINARS

ESEC AND CIAC PROMOTE SEMINAR ABOUT CHRONICLES AND OPINION PIECES

On 15 November 2022, at 9h45, CIAC and the Higher School of Education and Communication (ESEC- UAlg) promote a seminar about Chronicles and Opinion Pieces with the journalist Rui Gustavo. The event is organized within the scope of the discipline of Portuguese Language as part of the Communication Sciences Degree. The session will be moderated by Prof. Rosana Durão and takes place in ESEC’s amphitheater 0.5.

Guest speaker Rui Gustavo has been a journalist at Expresso newspaper since 2006. He began his career in 1993, with stints in the newspapers “o Crime”, 24 horas, and Sábado magazine. He specialized in court cases and police fields. Rui has won important prizes and defends that the important thing “is not to know, but to have the phone number of those who know.” This seminar focuses essentially on his experience in the preparation/approach to writing chronicles and opinion pieces, as well as his work as a journalist, commentator, and analyst.

The Communication Sciences Seminars are a CIAC initiative that connects professionals and the community. The sessions are promoted by CIAC’s Research Group on Communication Sciences, professors of the Communication Sciences Degree and the Master’s Degree in Communication and Digital Media of ESEC-UAlg.

Throughout the school year 2022-23, the seminars will address topics related to the theme of the research group, ranging from journalism to strategic communication, from media analysis and production to media literacy. In November, the Group has also planned seminars about Sports Communication with Blessing Lumueno (18 de November) and Nelson Floro (25 de November).