Edite Soeiro

Edite Soeiro
Born	Edite Castro Soeiro March 31, 1934 Province of Angola
Died	July 27, 2009(2009-07-27) (aged 75)
Occupation	Journalist

Portuguese 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]

References

^ http://abaciente.blogspot.com/2010/07/27-de-julho-de-2009-morreu-edite-soeiro_26.html ^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Morreu jornalista Edite Soeiro". TSF. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
^ "Profissionais destacam as qualidades da jornalista Edite Soeiro". Jornal de Notícias. 29 July 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
^ "Prémios Gazeta de Jornalismo entregues hoje nas ruínas do Convento do Carmo". Barlavento. 13 September 2006. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.