Luísa Rogério

Maria Luísa Rogério
Born
Rogério

Luanda
CitizenshipAngola
Occupationjournalist
Employers
  • AMUJA
  • Angolan Journalists' Union
  • Rede Angola
  • Jornal de Angola
Notable work
  • Raad Somali
Awards
  • African Federation of Journalist
  • Comissão da Carteira e Ética Profissional (CCE; English Professional Ethics Commission)

Maria Luísa Rogério is an Angolan journalist.[1] She also serves as the head of the country's Card and Professional Ethics Commission[1][2] and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists since 2019.[3][4]

Career

Rogerio began working in journalism in the late 1980s,[1] starting in 1985 as an intern in the state-owned Jornal de Angola.[5]

In 1999 and 2000, she was executive director of AMUJA, the association of women journalists in Angola.[6] Between 2004 and 2015, Rogerio was the secretary general of the Angolan Journalists' Union.[3] In 2013, she was elected vice-president of the African Federation of Journalists.[3] In 2019, she was made leader of the newly created Comissão da Carteira e Ética Profissional (CCE; English: Card and Professional Ethics Commission), an independent law body which accredits journalists in Angola, monitors journalists' performance, and addresses violations of ethics in journalism.[2]

Rogerio has covered a variety of stories both at home and abroad, including the Lusaka Protocol and the 2018 DRC general election.[1][3] She has written for Jornal de Angola and Rede Angola.[7]

She has consistently spoken out against press censorship in Angola and advocated for freedom of the press.[8][9][10][11] She has also supported the ability of foreign journalists to work in and report from Angola.[12]

Personal life

Rogerio was born in Luanda. She is a single mother to three children.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Angola: "Covering conflict zones came so naturally that before I knew it I was already there"". International Federation of Journalists. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  2. 1 2 "Jornalistas angolanos têm agora órgão fiscalizador da ética profissional". Voice of America (in Portuguese). 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Luamba, Manuel (2019-06-27). "Luísa Rogério, jornalista angolana de projeção internacional". Deutsche Welle (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Angola sobe, restantes PALOP descem no Índice Mundial da Liberdade de Imprensa". RFI (in Portuguese). 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  5. ↑ Trindade, Alice (2026), "Angolan Contemporary Crónicas: A Constructive Lens", in Trindade, Alice; Soares, Isabel (eds.), From Transatlantic to Global, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 33–49, doi:10.1007/978-3-032-11627-7_3, ISBN 978-3-032-11626-0, retrieved 2026-06-27
  6. ↑ Victoria, Alvaro (2020-10-31). ""Que linha editorial é esta que privilegia os interesses de quem está no poder?" - Luísa Rogério, presidente da CCE". Novo Jornal (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  7. ↑ Trindade, Alice; Soares, Isabel (2022). "From the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean: Topics and Topoi in Portuguese Language Crónica of Twenty-first Century Africa". The Routledge Companion to World Literary Journalism. Routledge. p. 426. ISBN 9780429331923.
  8. ↑ "AFS - Luísa Rogério: "O aumento da censura é extremamente preocupante"". Voice of America (in Portuguese). 2014-05-02. Archived from the original on 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  9. ↑ Zamba, Leonel (2022-12-16). ""O que está a acontecer aqui é um sinal claro de que o exercício da profissão é cada vez mais perigoso" - Luísa Rogério, presidente da CCE". Novo Jornal (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  10. ↑ Cascais, António (2011-05-16). "Angola nova proposta de lei poderá violar liberdade de informação". Deutsche Welle (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  11. ↑ José, Manuel (2022-10-13). "Jornalistas angolanos admitem sair às ruas em protesto contra cerco à sua actividade". Voice of America (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-04-08. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  12. ↑ José, Manuel (2012-08-22). "Angola: CNE adopta regras problemáticas para credenciamento de jornalistas". Voice of America (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  13. ↑ "Angola Fala Só: Bilhete de Identidade de Luísa Rogério". Voice of America (in Portuguese). 2014-05-01. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
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