Americo Gonçalves (died 2014) was an Angolan journalist.[1]
Life
editIn the 1990s Gonçalves founded the weekly newspapers Angolense and later A Capital.[1]
As editor-in-chief of Angolense, in 2000 he and another news editor were convicted of defaming a provincial governor whom the newspaper had accused of incompetence. He received a three-month suspended sentence.[2]
Gonçalves was awarded the Maboque Journalism Prize in 2010 for his services to Angolan journalism.[1]
He died on 2 August 2014.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Angola: Media Ministry Regrets Journalist Américo Gonçalves' Death". Angopop. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Two journalists convicted of defaming official; two others begin trial". Committee to Protect Journalists. 12 December 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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