Journalism was a door to ‘meet and talk with very special people’

Portuguese journalist and author Ana Margarida de Carvalho gave a talk yesterday afternoon at the Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) titled “From Journalism to Literature.” Carvalho was in town for the seventh edition of The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival. Speaking to an audience almost exclusively composed of students enrolled in Portuguese language courses, the award-winning author addressed the impact of her 25-year journalism career on her current occupation. “Journalism gave me [an opportunity] to get in touch with many things, sometimes with quite horrible things and tragedies… but also gave me a chance to meet and talk with very…