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Lisbon Municipal Medal of Cultural Merit – November 15, 20
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Lisbon awards Medal of Cultural Merit to Dennis Redmont
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Lisbon’s cultural uplift has an increasingly foreign hand
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An evening with the President: the world and Portugal according to Marcelo
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“Portugal struggled to become the center of world attention.” The Carnation Revolution in the eyes of foreign correspondents
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Portinglês: Navigating the Quirks of Portuguese-English Interchange
Saturday, November 4th, 2023 | Articles | Comments Off on Portinglês: Navigating the Quirks of Portuguese-English Interchange
Associated or Assossiated?
Organization or Organezation?
Found or fund?
The answer to these questions is encapsulated in one word: Portinglês, the problems of Portuguese-English and vice versa.
Although Portuguese people learn languages quite smoothly, there are mistakes they easily make when speaking English. In this episode of Palavras Cruzadas for Portuguese public radio station RTP, we find out with Dalila Carvalho, what words and expressions put Portuguese people in trouble: “th” noise, “nh” sound, and the so-called false friends.
Click here not to miss my funniest episode, with jokes and anecdotes.
Words under siege: The power of language in war reporting
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 | Articles | Comments Off on Words under siege: The power of language in war reporting
Covering a war requires great care in the choice of words and expressions. Language can be a minefield with many pitfalls that jeopardize journalists’ impartiality. A poorly chosen word in a media context can result in swift denunciations by listeners, viewers, and readers.
What is the difference between war and armed conflict? When is it appropriate to speak of invasion and when of military operation? What words to avoid when reporting on war? Is it okay to use the word terrorist or is it too politicized? How does the Associated Press Stylebook, a journalism “bible” that is consulted when covering a particularly insidious war such as the current one in Israel, work?
I answer all these questions, and more, on the radio program “Palavras Cruzadas” on Portuguese public radio station RTP.
Click here to listen to episodes hosted by Dalila Carvalho.
A Man Who Always Gets Lucky Twice
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“A Man Who Always Gets Lucky Twice.” This is the title of my second episode of Palavras Cruzadas, RTP’s radio program hosted by Dalila Carvalho, focused on the choice and use of words. Each week, the host invites her guests to explain why they use certain words rather than others, this is because the words we use every day say more about us than what we look like.
The first two of seven episodes with me as guest aired today. Click here to listen to them.
Stay tuned to make sure you don’t miss the next episodes in which I tell a 360-degree story, starting from my interrogation with PIDE, to my travels with 3 different popes, and ending with the interview I managed to snag with General Antonio de Spinola.
A man who got lucky twice, or the iconic foreign correspondent in Lisbon or a visionary about the future of media? Or perhaps all three? To find out, follow all the episodes in which I am a guest on the program.
More than 50 years of papal visits to Portugal: my analysis
Sunday, August 6th, 2023 | Articles | Comments Off on More than 50 years of papal visits to Portugal: my analysis
I was a guest on Portugal’s leading news network, SIC Noticias.
It was a unique opportunity to analyze more than 50 years of papal visits to Portugal, which I have witnessed since 1967: a massive turnout this time, lasting five days, for a small country with a big global footprint.
The next challenge in Asia: South Korea 2027.
Click here to rewatch my interview.