The Government of the Azores promotes a visit with the directors of media organizations of the United States and Canada to the region, from May 16 to 20, with the goal to deepen the knowledge on the current reality of the Azorean society and to stimulate a closer informative proximity between the nine islands and the diaspora.<\/p>\n
This initiative, organized by the Regional Directorate for the Communities, counts on the participation of 13 directors of media organizations that serve the largest Azorean communities of North America.<\/p>\n
From the United States, the representatives of the newspapers Portuguese Times and O Jornal<\/em> and the radios Voz do Emigrante<\/em> and WJFD, from the State of Massachusetts, as well as the newspaper Portuguese Tribune and Televis\u00e3o Portuguesa da Calif\u00f3rnia<\/em> \/ R\u00e1dio Portuga USA<\/em>, from the State of California, and SP Television, from the State of New Jersey, will travel to the Azores.<\/p>\n From Canada, representatives of the newspaper Correio da Manh\u00e3 Canada<\/em>, Radio CIRV and Festival Portugu\u00eas TV<\/em>, from the province of Ontario, and also the newspaper A Voz de Portugal<\/em> \/ R\u00e1dio Center-Ville<\/em> \/ A Voz de Montreal TV<\/em>, the newspaper Lusopresse \/ LusaQ TV and Montreal Magazine TV, from the province of Quebec, will attend.<\/p>\n The island of Terceira will be the first stopping point of the delegation, where they will be received by the Vice-President of the Government of the Azores, Artur Lima, within the Lajes Air Base agreement, and by the City Council presidents of Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, \u00c1lamo Menezes, and Praia da Vit\u00f3ria, V\u00e2nia Ferreira. Beside these commitments, the media directors visit the Radio Clube de Angra<\/em> and Di\u00e1rio Insular<\/em>.<\/p>\n On the third day of the visit, on May 18, in the island of S\u00e3o Miguel, the delegation presents their compliments to the President of the Government of the Azores, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Bolieiro, at the Pal\u00e1cio de Sant\u2019Ana. In the morning they will meet the Diocese of Angra administrator, Canon H\u00e9lder Fonseca Mendes, concerning the Holy Spirit Worship in the Azores and, in the afternoon, they will meet the presidents of the Economic and Social Council of the Azores, Gualter Furtado, of the Azores Tourism Association, Carlos Morais and of the Board of Directors of SATA Group, Lu\u00eds Rodrigues.<\/p>\n On the following day, after visiting RTP\/A\u00e7ores<\/em> and the Ponta Delgada City Council, where they will be hosted by the president Pedro Nascimento Cabral, takes place the Meeting of Media from the Azores and North America.<\/p>\n The last day of the program, May 20, will be dedicated to visits to the facilities of the newspapers A\u00e7oriano Oriental<\/em>, Correio dos A\u00e7ores <\/em>and Di\u00e1rio dos A\u00e7ores<\/em> and to the city of Ribeira Grande, for a meeting with the City Council president, Alexandre Gaud\u00eancio, with a stop at the Emigrant Square and the Azorean Emigrants Association.<\/p>\n The group ends the visit with a meeting with the Rector of the Sanctuary of the Lord Holy Christ of the Miracles, Canon Adriano Borges, before the official opening of the festivities.<\/p>\n Within the visit of the director of press organizations from the United States and Canada to the Region, the Regional Directorate for the Communities promotes a work meeting of Media from the Azores and North America.<\/p>\n The meeting occurs on May 19, starting at 4 p.m., at the meeting room of Pal\u00e1cio da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o, in Ponta Delgada, and aims to create an opportunity for reflection and debate on \u201cThe New Challenges of Transatlantic Communication\u201d.<\/p>\n The first panel, under the title \u201cFrom Press to Internet\u201d, will have as initial speakers Armando Mendes (Di\u00e1rio Insular<\/em>), Diniz Borges (Portuguese Tribune), Eduardo Vieira (Correio da Manh\u00e3 Canad\u00e1<\/em>), Francisco Resendes (Portuguese Times), Osvaldo Cabral (Di\u00e1rio dos A\u00e7ores<\/em>) and Paulo Sim\u00f5es (A\u00e7oriano Oriental<\/em>).<\/p>\n On the second panel, dedicated to \u201cRadio and Television\u201d, the initial communications are on charge of Carlos Brito (SPT Television), Bon Falcone (Festival Portugu\u00eas TV<\/em>), Norberto Aguiar (LusaQ TV), Paulina Arruda (R\u00e1dio WJFD), Pedro Ferreira (R\u00e1dio Clube de Angra<\/em>) and Rui Goulart (RTP A\u00e7ores<\/em>).<\/p>\n The two panels are followed by debates that counts with the participation of all guests from the United States of America and Canada and the media representatives headed on the island of S\u00e3o Miguel. The Meeting will be chaired by the Regional Director for the Communities, Jos\u00e9 Andrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Government of the Azores promotes a visit with the directors of media organizations of the United States and Canada to the region, from May 16 to 20, with the goal to deepen the knowledge on the current reality of the Azorean society and to stimulate a closer informative proximity between the nine islands and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n