Alejandro Querejeta Barceló Journalistic chronicle has a social, historical and cultural tradition

Abstract

The well-known writer, journalist, professor and deputy editor of the hour newspaper, Alejandro Querejeta Barceló (Cuba, 1947), receives me in his office. At that moment, his cane was resting on the side of the chair. But with his broad smile and a harmonious look, the teacher set out to communicate his knowledge about the journalistic experience and his reflections on the chronicle, and its importance as a journalistic genre. In addition, Alejandro Que reja Barceló has a Bachelor of Arts degree, specializing in Hispanic Language and Literature (Central University, Santa Clara, Cuba). In 1968 he started as a reporter in the newspaper Ahora de Holguín and then in the newspaper Sierra Maestra, in Santiago de Cuba. Currently, he is a professor of Journalism at the San Francisco University of Quito. Collaborator with CIESPAL, in several of his workshops, seminars and forums, and with his magazine Chasqui. He has also studied the work of the poet Jorge Carrera Andrade, and has dedicated research on the work and the figure of Benjamín Carrión.