Alternative journalism and media education: Lado B do Rio and the Petrobras competition

Abstract

Alternative journalism, with its role in the public agenda, is capable of carrying out media constructions regarding information, presenting perspectives based on the fact itself transmitted. Through the concept of education or media literacy, it is possible to project a role for the journalistic profession as a driving force for individuals' competence and reflections on current issues. In this context, the objective of this article is to identify elements of media education in the journalistic production of Lado B do Rio about the 2023.1 contest of the company Petrobras. As secondary objectives, the work also proposes the observation of the contextualization of the theme and the articulation of media construction in different media formats. As a methodological procedure, the case study is adopted as a possibility, from a more restricted focus on the characteristics of the empirical object, to contribute to future reflections on the role of alternative journalism in the development of media education.