Nos trilhos do jornalismo ponta-grossense, o FENATA é uma locomotiva cultural

Abstract

This research explores the fields of Cultural Journalism and historical memory, investigating how the National Amateur Theater Festival (FENATA), held in the city of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, has been covered in the local newspapers. It identifies the journalistic coverage given to the festival editions in 1973 (1st), 1982 (10th), 1992 (20th), 1997 (25th), 2002 (30th), 2012 (40th), and 2022 (50th), and its implications for Cultural Journalism in Ponta Grossa. The theoretical framework is based on studies of the field, culture, and cultural studies, grounded in the works of Pierre Bourdieu (1987), Ana Carolina Escosteguy (2018), and Sérgio Luiz Gadini (2009). The methodological approach adopted is qualitative, based on documentary research, in which a quantitative survey of the mentioned cultural journalistic product was conducted. This research includes 157 editions of newspapers documented in 1,525 digital images, demonstrating how the scheduling of each decade’s commemorative editions took

place, relating the highlights and editorial patterns given to the festival, both in front- page headlines and the layout quadrants used by the editorial teams, thus highlighting

the characteristics of the journalistic material. It was observed that the thematization and scheduling of FENATA, within the scope of the journalistic content found, are characterized by the use of the informative genre, represented mainly by news, notes, and event programming. A complete absence of specialized theater criticism was also noted, considering the lack of space for texts with analysis and cultural criticism of the event. Finally, it was observed that the publications, for the most part, result from “suggested agendas” designed by the press office of the event’s promoting organization, in publications institutionally constructed to offer an entertainment agenda to the public.