Zila Mamede, jornalista

Abstract

We discuss in this article the career as a journalist of Zila Mamede (1928-1985). We know little about her collaboration and her work in journalism, contrary to what is seen of her performance as a poet, librarian and researcher. Zila becomes an interim columnist, chronicler and casual reporter in the newspaper Tribuna do Norte and later editor of the newspaper Diário de Natal. In addition, on one occasion she was an international correspondent for the newspaper O Globo and collaborated with the literary supplements of newspapers in Recife, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Given this context, we did a survey of the author's publications in the newspaper Tribuna do Norte in the year 1952. We conclude that the poet practiced a hybrid journalism that we consider as author's journalism.