Faculdade Cásper Líbero (FCL) or Cásper Líbero College is a private college in São Paulo, Brazil. Founded in 1947 by Brazilian journalist Cásper Líbero, it is the oldest journalism school in Latin America. The university offers courses on journalism, broadcasting, advertising and public relations.
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | May 16, 1947 |
| President | Welington Andrade |
| Address | Av. Paulista, 900 , , Brazil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Website | casperlibero |
Currently it offers courses in advertising, public relations and radio, TV and internet as a complement to the area of social communication, in addition to an interdisciplinary research center, postgraduate programs, and university extension. The college occupies four floors of the building where the Cásper Líbero Foundation operates. In addition to conventional classrooms, its educational structure is supported by the preservation of the Prof. José Geraldo Veiria library, which has a collection of 49,000 books, 580 periodicals, 4,270 films in an area of 625 m2, in the editing islands equipped with specific audio and video editing software, in the two radio laboratories with acoustic coating, three TV laboratories, digital photo laboratory, photographic laboratory, nine computer laboratories equipped with PC and Apple lines, multi-sports court, Aloysio Biondi Room and the Cásper Líbero Theater.
Faculdade Cásper Líbero also develops postgraduate programs at master's and specialization levels, maintains an interdisciplinary research center and promotes the provision of free and university extension courses.[1] Faculdade Cásper Líbero is a leading communications school in Brazil. It ranked as the best private communications school in the country on Folha de S. Paulo's University Ranking.[2]
History
editAccording to the founder, lawyer, journalist and businessman Cásper Líbero, the first school of Journalism in Brazil, Faculdade Cásper Líbero was founded in 1943, but only started operating in 1947, due to legislative and bureaucratic issues.[3] It was the second institution in Latin America to have a journalism course.[4][5][1]
In 1972, it introduced courses on advertising and public relations. In 2002, it introduced a broadcasting course. The university is located at 900 Paulista Avenue.
Admissions
editAll students are admitted through a competitive entrance exam, usually consisting of 90 multiple-choice questions and a written essay. Students may also earn extra points depending on their performance on the ENEM exam.
Library
editThe José Geraldo Vieira Library opened in 1948, one year after the inauguration of the Journalism school. The collection management system underwent a modernization process in June 2008, making it possible to access online services. With an area of 625 m2, the Library contains a collection of 49,000 books, 580 periodicals, 4,270 films and several online and CD-ROM databases, in addition to having a Documentation and Research Center where you can find the newspaper library, the audiovisual collection, the Gazeta collection of historical newspapers, the collection of books from Cásper Líbero's personal library and other rare materials.[6][7]
Students have a large historical collection to consult. Several editions of the old Gazeta Esportiva are preserved on site, television materials stored in past formats (Quadruplex videotape, U-matic, Betacam, among others.) and a vast disco with rarities, primarily of Brazilian music.[8]
Professors
editAlumni
edit- Bianca Santana
- Cesar Tralli
- Clóvis Rossi[9]
- Clóvis de Barros Filho
- Gilberto Dimenstein
- Gugu Liberato
- Maria Julia Coutinho
- Mari Palma
- Mônica Bergamo
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Professor da Faculdade Cásper Líbero lança o livro "A Revista no Brasil do Século XIX"". Inteligemcia. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Faculdade Cásper Líbero (FCL) - Perfil de Universidades e Faculdades - Ranking Universitário Folha - 2018".
- ^ "Revista PJ:Br - Jornalismo Brasileiro". usp.br.
- ^ https://perio.unlp.edu.ar/archivoperio/node//18
- ^ "Quem Somos". casperlibero.edu.br.
- ^ "Faculdade Cásper Líbero". Super Vestibular.
- ^ "Biblioteca Prof. José Geraldo Vieira". Página da biblioteca no site oficial da faculdade.
- ^ "Acervo Cásper Líbero". Página do acervo no site oficial da Fundação.
- ^ "Revered Folha reporter Clóvis Rossi dies at 76". 14 June 2019.
External links
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