Periodismo y Literatura [Presentación del monográfico]

Sonia   Parratt Fernández; Montse Mera Fernández; Juan Pablo Meneses; David  Vidal Castell

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n34a1595

Authors

Sonia Parratt Fernández Complutense University of Madrid, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8501-3115
Montse Mera Fernández Complutense University of Madrid, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4702-9786
Juan Pablo Meneses University of Chile and Portátil University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2845-7972
David Vidal Castell Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8178-6580

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n34a1595

Keywords:

Journalism, literature, literary journalism, narrative journalism

Abstract

Although journalism and literature share a long and complex history, many years passed before the relationship between the two was considered an object of academic study. By the end of the 19th century, what would later become known as literary journalism was already being practised in various countries. From that period until the present day, this relationship has not been free of controversy. Nevertheless, they have been enriching for both disciplines, and continue to be so today, which has given rise to a wide diversity of writings. These range from the earliest stories to the new narratives of the digital age which, especially in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, are thriving thanks to the new technologies. The proposed monograph welcomes all types of proposals that deal with the interaction between journalism and literature, from approaches that are both diachronic as well as interdisciplinary or innovative.

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Author Biographies

Sonia Parratt Fernández, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Bachelor’s degree in Information Sciences from the University of the Basque Country, and a European PhD in Journalism from the University of Santiago de Compostela, where she has written a doctoral thesis on reportage in the Galician press. Professor Parratt Fernández is also a Lecturer at Complutense University of Madrid, where she teaches the subjects of journalistic writing and narratives in undergraduate and master's degree courses. She is also Director of the Research Group on Journalistic Writing: Styles, Narratives and Genres. Among other publications, she has published the monographs entitled Introducción al reportaje: antecedentes, actualidad y perspectivas y géneros periodísticos en prensa, (Introduction to feature reporting: background, current issues and perspectives, and journalistic genres in the press) as well as a chapter of the book entitled International Literary Journalism: Historical Traditions and Transnational Influences. Professor Parratt Fernández has carried out research stays related to narrative journalism at Columbia, Cornell and Harvard Universities. Her research interests are in journalistic writing, the relationship between journalism and literature, as well as environmental and automated journalism. She has three six-year research terms recognised by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI).
Montse Mera Fernández, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

PhD in Journalism. She is currently an interim lecturer in the Faculty of Information Sciences at Complutense University of Madrid. The teaching experience of Professor Mera Fernández revolves around subjects related to journalistic writing. Her lines of research are focused on journalistic genres for information and interpretation, the newspaper column, the boundaries between journalism and literature, and the relationship between cinema and journalism as well. She belongs to the research group entitled Grupo de Investigación en Redacción Periodística: Estilos, Narrativas y Géneros, (Journalistic Writing Research Group: Styles, Narratives and Genres), which has received a favourable evaluation by the Spanish Research Agency, and she has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, where she delivered the Complutense University of Madrid lecture entitled “The Magical Journalism of Álvaro Cunqueiro: A Tribute to his Centennial”.
Juan Pablo Meneses, University of Chile and Portátil University

Professor of non-fiction writing in the School of Journalism at the University of Chile, and Director of Universidad de Portátil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Journalism from the University of Santiago de Chile, a master’s degree in communication and Education from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and is a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University in California. His lines of research focus on Latin American chronicles, journalism and literature, literary genres, and new digital narratives. He has published articles in academic journals in both Latin America and Europe. In 2017 he was honoured as a Visiting Scholar at New York University (NYU). Professor Meneses has taught literary journalism workshops and has been a guest journalist at more than thirty universities in Latin America, the United States and Europe. He has written the prologue to anthologies of narrative journalism in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. As an author with a creative flair, he has written ten non-fiction books, and his works have been published in more than 20 countries and translated into seven languages.
David Vidal Castell, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Director of the Department of Media, Communication and Culture at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, as well as a journalist and writer. Professor Vidal Castell also holds a PhD in Communication for Alteridad y presencia (Alterity and presence), cum laude, 2001, and is a lecturer in Cultural Journalism, Journalistic Writing, and Literary Journalism. He has received the Non-fiction narrative award from the Lleida Provincial Council for La fulla a punt de caure (The Falling Leaf) 2007, an essay award from the Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (Catalan Audio-visual Council) for El Malson de Chandos (Chandos' Nightmare) 2005, and the Gaudí award for best documentary for the screenplay of Petitet (2019). He has been coordinator of the Journalism degree, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Communication at UAB and assistant director of the Arts Santa Mònica museum in Barcelona, where he created a transmedia art and communication project. Professor Vidal Castell is also director of the master’s degree in Literary Journalism, Communication and Humanities at UAB, and he has taught postgraduate classes in three other university master's degrees. He collaborates as an analyst in press, radio, and television, and as a literary critic for the newspaper Ara.