is a Portuguese journalist, who writes about society, culture and human rights for the independent journalism platform Gerador. She has also worked at a local newspaper and contributed content to a number of media outlets, including Público newspaper, Shifter, Mensagem de Lisboa and Amnesty International. In 2023 she received the Health Journalism Prize, awarded jointly by APIFARMA and the Journalists’ Club, for article ‘Safe Abortion in Portugal: 15 Years of a Law that Took Women off the Defendant’s Bench’.
Radio waves may travel indefinitely through space, but maintaining a record of live transmissions requires dedicated archival practices. In Portugal, where an outdated legal deposit law only safeguards printed material, even historically important broadcasts are recorded over. Could a new law based on a French model be the answer to libraries saving priceless material from obscurity?