Production and appreciation of school newspapers in Brasília in the columns of journalist Yvonne Jean (1962-1968)This study aims to investigate the behind-the-scenes production and appreciation of school newspapers for elementary school in Brasília based on the columns of journalist Yvonne Jean, published from 1962 to 1968 in the Correio Braziliense newspaper. Methodologically, the editions available in Hemeroteca Digital da Biblioteca Nacional were searched by the keyword “Yvonne Jean.” This descriptor was used to locate the columns written by the journalist. After a thorough reading of more than 600 columns, a summary was made of the information they provided about school newspapers. A second reading, this time of the summarized material, showed that the journalist approached the subject from two perspectives: the process of producing the newspapers and the appreciation of their content, which is why they are addressed from this standpoint in this study. The results of school newspaper production showed that they referred to a whole pedagogical experience lived by the children, which involved them in the process of gathering information, writing, printing, and selling advertising space in the school newspaper. They did, of course, have the help of adults, but they were undoubtedly the protagonists in this process. The appreciation of the newspapers showed a series of tips and suggestions from Yvonne Jean to these young editors to improve their editorial enterprise and motivate them in this pedagogical experience of the school press.
History of education; School newspapers; Brasília; Yvonne Jean