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Lucia Mesquita is a postdoctoral researcher at CICANT – Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies at Lusofona University, Portugal. At CICANT, she integrates the MeLCi Lab – Media Literacy and Civic Cultures Lab and works on the research project "Youth, News, and Digital Citizenship – YouNDigital" (PTDC/COM-OUT/0243/2021). She is a research associate in the DMSO group (Digital Media and Society Observatory) at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil. She also served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society (Fujo) at Dublin City University, Ireland, as part of the TeaMLit project – Teacher Training in Digital Education and Media – funded by the European Media and Information Fund (EMIF). Previously, she was an Early-Stage Researcher in the JOLT ETN Project on 'Harnessing Digital and Data Technology for Journalism', a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Training Network funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020. She completed her Master's in Communication Studies, emphasising Journalism, at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) of the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Additionally, she is a journalist, having graduated from the Methodist University of São Paulo in 2001 in Brazil.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Lucia Monteiro Mesquita

Citation names

  • Mesquita, Lucia
  • Mesquita, L.
  • Lucia Mesquita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B812-41D3-F732
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2674-330X

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+353) 0833740684 (Personal)

Addresses

  • R. de Augusto Rosa 24, Porto, Portugal, 4000-098, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Journalism and Social Media

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/10/01 - 2024/10/24
Concluded
A Inteligência Artificial vai transformar a Escola (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in Educaçao
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal

NAU – Ensino e Formação Online para Grandes Audiências, Portugal
2024/10/01 - 2024/10/24
Concluded
ecologias de e-Learning: Abordagens inovadoras para o ensino e a aprendizagem na era digital (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in Educaçao a distância
Coursera Inc, United States

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
2024/10/01 - 2024/10/01
Concluded
Make Education more Media Literate (Outros)
Media & Learning Association, Belgium
2024/05/03 - 2024/05/04
Concluded
Formação Profissional de Seminário "Literacia para os Media e Jornalismo" (Outros)
Major in Media and Information Literacy
Centro Protocolar de Formação Profissional para Jornalistas, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2022/10/01
Concluded
Communication (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Journalism
Dublin City University, Ireland
"Collaborative journalism and normative journalism: intersections and implications of normative roles in the collaborative action of journalists, media practitioners and news organisations in Latin America" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/10/01 - 2019/05/01
Concluded
Communication (Mestrado)
Major in Journalism
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
"The Impact of Collaborative Journalism in the exercise of the profession today" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1998/01/01 - 2001/12/31
Concluded
Comunicaçao (Bachelor)
Major in Jornalismo
Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, Brazil
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
CICANT – Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies, Portugal
2022/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
2023/06/01 - 2024/07/30 Science and Technology Management Centro Universitario Feevale, Brazil
Centro Universitario Feevale, Brazil
2023/02/01 - 2023/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Dublin City University - Glasnevin Campus, Ireland

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2015/09/01 - 2016/10/30 Encarregado Geral Operacional (Assistente Operacional) KPMG LLP Canada, Canada
2010/01/01 - 2015/08/31 Encarregado Geral Operacional (Assistente Operacional) KPMG LLP, United States
1999/09/01 - 2000/06/30 Carreiras / Categorias Subsistentes Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada, Cultura e Novas Tecnologias
UIDB/05260/2020
Post-doc
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2024/04/01 - 2025/06/30 Jovens, Notícias e Cidadania Digital
PTDC/COM-OUT/0243/2021
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Mesquita, Lucia; Sanseverino, Gabriela Gruszynski; de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Carpes, Giuliander. Corresponding author: Mesquita, Lucia. "Reshaping Journalism Practices through Collaboration: An Analysis of Three Collaborative Projects in the Americas*". In Geo Spaces of Communication Research, 127-141. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
    10.1108/s2050-206020240000026011
  2. Lucia Mesquita; Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos; Amalia Nurul Muthmainnah. "Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge: Technological Innovation Triggers by Google Grants". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-39940-4_5
  3. de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia. "In a Search for Sustainability: Digitalization and Its Influence on Business Models in Latin America". In Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South, 55-96. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65860-1_3
  4. de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia. "A Challenging Future for the Latin American News Media Industry". In Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South, 229-262. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65860-1_8
  5. Mesquita, Lucia; Fernandes, Kamila. "The New Praxeology of Digital Journalism in Latin America: Media Organizations Learn How to Walk by Running". In Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South, 23-53. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65860-1_2
  6. de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia. "The Strategic Value of Data Journalism". In Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South, 97-136. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65860-1_4
Journal article
  1. Mesquita, Lucia; de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "Google news initiative innovation challenge in Latin America: business models between path dependence and power relations". Journal of Media Business Studies (2024): 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16522354.2024.2402630.
    Published • 10.1080/16522354.2024.2402630
  2. Elega, Adeola Abdulateef; Munoriyarwa, Allen; Mesquita, Lucia; Gonçalves, Isabella; de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "Empowerment Through Sustainable Journalism Practices in Africa: A Walkthrough of EcoNai¿+¿ and Ushahidi Digital Platforms". Journalism Practice 0 0 (2024): 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2024.2399567.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/17512786.2024.2399567
  3. Munoriyarwa, Allen; de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia; Elega, Adeola Abdulateef. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "The philanthrocapitalism of Google News Initiative in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East – Empirical reflections". International Journal of Cultural Studies 0 0 (2024): 1-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13678779241265734.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/13678779241265734
  4. Elega, Adeola Abdulateef; de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "Geojournalism, data journalism and crowdsourcing: The case of Eco-Nai+ in Nigeria". Journalism 25 7 (2024): 1538-1558. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14648849231225324.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/14648849231225324
  5. Mesquita, Lucia. "Collaborative Journalism and Normative Journalism: Lessons from Latin American Journalism". Anàlisi 68 (2023): 27-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/analisi.3541.
    Open access • Published • 10.5565/rev/analisi.3541
  6. Lucia Mesquita; Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos. "Blurred Boundaries of Journalism to Guarantee Safety: Approaches of Resistance and Resilience for Investigative Journalism in Latin America". Journalism Studies (2023): https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2185078.
    10.1080/1461670X.2023.2185078
  7. Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos; Lucia Mesquita; João Guilherme de Melo Peixoto; Isadora Camargo. "Digital News Business Models in the Age of Industry 4.0: Digital Brazilian News Players Find in Technology New Ways to Bring Revenue and Competitive Advantage". Digital Journalism (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2037444.
    10.1080/21670811.2022.2037444
  8. Lucia Mesquita; Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos. "Collaborative Journalism from a Latin American Perspective: An Empirical Analysis". Journalism and Media 2 4 (2021): 545-571. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2040033.
    10.3390/journalmedia2040033
  9. de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "Data Journalism Beyond Technological Determinism". Journalism Studies 22 11 (2021): 1416-1435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670x.2021.1944279.
    10.1080/1461670x.2021.1944279
  10. de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Mesquita, Lucia. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "Data Journalism in favela: Made by, for, and about Forgotten and Marginalized Communities". Journalism Practice 17 1 (2021): 108-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2021.1922301.
    10.1080/17512786.2021.1922301
Preprint
  1. de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe; Gonçalves, Isabella; Quiles, Marcos G.; Mesquita, Lucia; Ceron, Wilson; Maria Clara Couto Lorena. Corresponding author: de-Lima-Santos, Mathias-Felipe. "Visual Political Communication in a Polarized Society: A Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Presidential Elections on Instagram". 2023.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/27 Collaborative journalism and cross-border collaborations for newsafety: Navigating security and solidarity mechanisms in cooperative practices in Latin American news media ECREA - 10th European Communication Conference
European Communication Research and Education Association (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2024/09/23 Learning media competencies by doing things with media: a case study on a digital newsroom for young people II Conference Young people and news: Breaking boundaries across Europe
ECREA Audience and Reception Studies and Children, Youth and Media sections (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
2023/09/14 The Philanthrocapitalism of Google News Initiative in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East – Empirical Reflections Future of Journalism Conference 2023
Cardiff University (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
2023/09/14 Cross-border collaborative investigative journalism education in three European countries: Experiences, challenges and benefits Future of Journalism Conference 2023
Cardiff University (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
2023/06/29 The Philanthrocapitalism of Google News Initiative in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East – Empirical Reflections Global Perspectives on Platforms and Cultural Production workshop
University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2023/06/27 Platform Cooperatives in Latin America: An Empirical Study of Political and Democratic Action in Communication and Journalism Global Perspectives on Platforms, Labor and Social Reproduction, New Media and Digital Culture
University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2023/05/25 Google news initiative: technological innovation triggers by Google grants 73nd Annual ICA Conference theme Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication
International Communication Association (Toronto, Canada)
2023/05/24 News Media and Big Tech Platforms: Business Models Between Path Dependence and Power Relations MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN GLOBAL LATINIDADES - Pre-ICA
GLOBAL LATINIDADES - Pre-ICA (Toronto, Canada)
2022/06/22 It’s hard to choose’: The critical role of fact-checking initiatives in choosing what to debunk Global Fact 9
OsloMet, IFCN (Oslo, Norway)
2022/05/26 The business of supporting journalism ICA 72nd Annual Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (Paris, France)
2022/05/26 The Entanglements between Data Journalism, Collaboration and Business Models: A Systematic Literature Review 72nd Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (Paris, France)
2022/05/25 Collaborative Journalism and Normative Journalism: Lessons from Latin American journalism MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN GLOBAL LATINIDADES - Pre-ICA
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN GLOBAL LATINIDADES - Pre-ICA (Paris, France)
2022/05/25 Blurred Boundaries of Journalism to Guarantee Safety: Approaches of Resistance and Resilience for Investigative Journalism in Latin America MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN GLOBAL LATINIDADES - Pre-ICA
MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN GLOBAL LATINIDADES - Pre-ICA (Paris, France)
2021/09/22 It’s hard to choose’: The critical role of fact-checking initiatives in choosing what to debunk Future of Journalism 2021
Cardiff University - The School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
2021/08/05 Digital News Business Models in the Age of Industry 4.0 AEJMC 2021 MMEE Conference
AEJMC · Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (United States)
2021/08/04 Collaborative journalism: reshaping the way that we do journalism Brazil-US Colloquium on Communication Studies
Emerald Studies in Media and Communications (United States)
2021/05/27 Data Journalism Beyond Technological Determinism 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/27 The Three Spheres of Newsafety 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/27 Collaboration as Social Capital for Social Justice 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/27 The strategic value of data journalism 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/27 The New Praxeology of Digital Journalism in Latin America: Media Organizations Learn How to Walk by Running 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/27 In a search for sustainability: Digitalization and its influence on business models in Latin America 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/27 Digital news business models in the age of Industry 4.0 71st Annual ICA Conference
International Communication Association (ICA) (United States)
2021/05/26 The New Praxeology of Digital Journalism in Latin America: Media Organizations Learn How to Walk by Running 71st Annual Pre-ICA Conference - Digital Media in Latinx & Latin America Pre-Conference
Digital Media in Latinx & Latin America ICA Pre-Conference (United States)
2019/09/12 The future of journalism is collaborative FUTURE OF JOURNALISM CONFERENCE 2019
Cardiff University (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
2019/05/01 The impact of collaborative journalism in the exercise of the profession 2019 COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM SUMMIT
Montclair State University, Center for Cooperative Media (Philadelphia, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/06/01 - 2024/07/30 A Work of Chance? The Construction of Accidental Consumption of News on Instagram
Co-supervisor
Communication (Master)
Centro Universitario Feevale, Brazil

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/05 - 2023/10/06 Face-to-face Meeting and Progress TeaMLit Project
Meeting
TeaMLit Project Meeting
Media & Learning Association, Belgium

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/11/01 - 2020/06/30 During my PhD studies and work as an Early-Stage-Researcher, I was able to carry out my 'secondment' (internship) at the University of Navarra, under the supervision of Professor Ramón Salaverría, which resulted in the publication of the book 'Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America', edited by Prof. Ramón Salaverría and Dr Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos. The book explored innovative data and digital technology approaches to enhance journalistic practice. Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2023 The Bob Franklin Journal Article Award
Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom
2021 3rd PLACE STUDENTS BEST PAPER
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, United States