Vozes do sertão: memórias e histórias de jornalistas em formação

Abstract

This work presents the construction of a reportage book based on the life stories of students from the Journalism course at the State University of Piauí, at the Professor Barros Araújo campus. The city of Picos, the third largest in the state, is a regional reference in the educational field. The Journalism course was implemented in 2002, as a result of the mobilization of local press professionals, with the aim of training qualified communicators in the Piauí hinterland. The research, of an experimental and qualitative nature, has as its main objective to investigate the life narratives of students from the last five years, relating their trajectories to the social memories of the course. The theoretical foundation is anchored in three axes: memory (GERK; BARBOSA, 2018; FERREIRA, 2022; NORA, 1993), life narratives (BOURDIEU, 1996; SILVA, 2007) and biographical reportage book (CRUZ, 2021; ARAÚJO; FERREIRA, 2021). The methodology adopted is a qualitative approach, with a descriptive level. The method used is that of life stories, having the biographical interview as the main data collection technique. The research involves three types: bibliographic, documentary (with emphasis on diaries and letters), and field research, the latter being the most relevant. The results fully achieved the proposed objectives. Life trajectories marked by challenges, affections, and transformations were described, evidencing the persistence of the students; Events that impacted the academic path and the way of being in the world were narrated, revealing significant memories; and the deep relationship between individual narratives and the social memories of the course was perceived, which, when shared, become collective. Thus, the reportage book is consolidated as a product that preserves and values these voices, constituting itself as a source of memory, research, and inspiration for future generations of journalists trained in the interior of Piauí.