Edite Soeiro Explained

Edite Soeiro
Birth Name:	Edite Castro Soeiro
Birth Date:	March 31, 1934
Birth Place:	Province of Angola
Occupation:	Journalist

Edite Castro Soeiro (March 31, 1934 – July 27, 2009^[1]) was a Portuguese journalist, notable as one of the first women to attain a senior position on Portuguese journalism.^[2] She was born in Angola, where she worked for the Benguela weekly O Intransigente in the 1950s before moving to Portugal and working for the publications Flama, Notícia, O Jornal and Visão, amongst others.^[3]

In 2006 Soeiro received a Merit Award from the Portuguese Journalists' Association.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://abaciente.blogspot.com/2010/07/27-de-julho-de-2009-morreu-edite-soeiro_26.html
2. News: Morreu jornalista Edite Soeiro . https://web.archive.org/web/20090730021106/http://tsf.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Vida/Interior.aspx?content_id=1319017 . dead . 30 July 2009 . . 27 July 2009 . 1 September 2010 .
3. News: Profissionais destacam as qualidades da jornalista Edite Soeiro . https://web.archive.org/web/20090801232639/http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Media/Interior.aspx?content_id=1319878 . dead . 1 August 2009 . . 29 July 2009 . 1 September 2010 .
4. News: Prémios Gazeta de Jornalismo entregues hoje nas ruínas do Convento do Carmo . Barlavento . 13 September 2006 . 1 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100808075536/http://www.barlavento.online.pt/index.php/noticia?id=9084 . 8 August 2010 .