Edite Soeiro
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Born
March 31, 1934
Edite Castro Soeiro
March 31, 1934
DiedJuly 27, 2009 (aged 75)
OccupationJournalist
Edite Soeiro | |
|---|---|
| Born | Edite Castro Soeiro March 31, 1934 |
| Died | July 27, 2009 (aged 75) |
| 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 in 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, among others.[3]
In 2006, Soeiro received a Merit Award from the Portuguese Journalists' Association.[4]