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Eudora Ribeiro is the project manager of Journalism Science Alliance, a programa co-funded by the European Union, and a researcher at ICNOVA - Instituto de Comunicação da NOVA. She holds a PhD in Communication Sciences, specializing in Media and Journalism Studies, from NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH). Her research focuses on the news coverage of suicide in Portugal. Prior to her doctoral studies, she obtained a master's degree in Journalism, and she has served as a journalist for 14 years in several Portuguese media, namely SIC, a television network, Diário Económico, one of the leading economic Portuguese newspapers, and Lusa, the national news agency.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Eudora Maria de Castro Ribeiro

Citation names

  • Ribeiro, Eudora

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8A18-E188-E826
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9796-9672

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 Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/10 - 2024/09/30
Concluded
 Ciências da Comunicação (Doutoramento)
Major in Estudos dos Media e do Jornalismo
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Suicide in the media and suicidal behaviour in Portugal – contribution to responsible coverage" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom por Unanimidade
2011/10/17 - 2013/06/17
Concluded
 Ciências da Comunicação (Mestrado)
Major in Jornalismo
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Notícias Ao Minuto, um projecto com futuro?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003/10/15 - 2008/02/25
Concluded
 Ciências da Comunicação (Licenciatura)
Major in Jornalismo e Comunicação Estratégica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09 - 2025/05 Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) Agrupamento de Escolas de Terras de Larus, Portugal
Agrupamento de Escolas de Terras de Larus, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/05 - Current Gestão de projeto Journalism & Science Alliance Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
2018/12/17 - 2020/12/31 Jornalista - Secção de Economia Lusa Agência de Notícias de Portugal SA, Portugal
2017/04/03 - 2018/09/12 Jornalista - Secção de Multimédia Lusa Agência de Notícias de Portugal SA, Portugal
2013/08/20 - 2017/03/31 Jornalista e Editora Plot Content Agency, Portugal
2012/09/03 - 2013/08/15 Jornalista e Editora Notícias ao Minuto, Portugal
2008/08/01 - 2012/08/15 Jornalista e Editora Diário Económico, Portugal
2007/07/09 - 2008/07/31 Jornalista SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação SA, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - Current Suicide in the media and suicidal behaviour in Portugal – contribution to responsible coverage
SFRH/BD/143780/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Ribeiro, Eudora. "Death in pandemic context: prohibition or spectacle". Paper presented in XII Congresso SOPCOM, Lisboa, 2022.
    In press
Journal article
  1. Eudora Ribeiro; António Granado. "Assessing the quality of suicide reporting in Portugal: 6 case studies of celebrities and non-celebrities over 25 years". International Review of Psychiatry (2024): https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2024.2327391.
    10.1080/09540261.2024.2327391
  2. Ribeiro, Eudora; Granado, António. "Psychiatrists' Perceptions of the Role of Journalists in Suicide Reporting and Prejudices about Mental Illnesses in Portugal". Journal of Community Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-024-01343-8.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10900-024-01343-8
  3. Ribeiro, Eudora; Granado, António; João Gomes; Filipe Ramos. "Suicide mortality in Portugal after 4 mediatized suicides from 1996 to 2020". Heliyon 9 10 (2023): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20753.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20753
  4. Ribeiro, Eudora; Granado, António. "Suicide, a Topic that Opens a Debate on What Journalism is for: A Study on Portuguese Journalists' Perceptions". Journalism Studies 23 11 (2022): 1377-1395. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2091642.
    Published • 10.1080/1461670X.2022.2091642
  5. Ribeiro, Eudora. "Suicídio nos media: Perceção dos estudantes de jornalismo sobre as regras para uma cobertura responsável do suicídio". Observatorio (OBS*) 15 1 (2021): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS15120211683.
    Open access • Published • 10.15847/obsOBS15120211683
  6. Ribeiro, Eudora. "Fighting suicide during COVID-19: Lessons from past pandemics and recessions". VoxEU.org - CEPR's policy portal (2020): https://voxeu.org/article/fighting-suicide-during-covid-19.
    Open access • Published
  7. Ribeiro, Eudora. "COVID-19: Pandemics, recessions, and suicide – lessons from the past and points to the future". Covid Economics, Vetted and Real-Time Papers 36 (2020): 45-79. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-36.
    Open access • Published
Newspaper article
  1. Ribeiro, Eudora. "Suicídio e doença mental: 10 psiquiatras ajudam a combater o estigma", Notícias Ao Minuto, 2022, https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/2064525/suicidio-e-doenca-mental-10-psiquiatras-ajudam-a-combater-o-estigma.
  2. Ribeiro, Eudora. "Tabu e preconceitos: O psiquiatra é um 'bicho papão'?", Notícias Ao Minuto, 2022, https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/pais/2064548/tabu-e-preconceitos-o-psiquiatra-e-um-bicho-papao.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Suicide in the media and suicidal behavior in Portugal – contribution to a responsible news coverage". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/175099.
  2. Ribeiro, Eudora Maria de Castro. "Notícias Ao Minuto, um projecto com futuro?". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10366.
Website
  1. Ribeiro, Eudora. Como noticiar o suicídio. 2021. https://comonoticiarsuicidio.fcsh.unl.pt/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/04/13 "Divórcio" não é a resposta: psiquiatras apelam a mais diálogo com jornalistas para prevenir suicídio ["Divorce" is not the answer: psychiatrists call for more dialogue with journalists to prevent suicide] XIX Simpósio da Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia [XIX Symposium of the Portuguese Society of Suicidology]
Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia [Portuguese Society of Suicidology] (Porto, Portugal)
2023/04/13 Cobertura noticiosa do suicídio em Portugal: estamos no caminho certo? [Suicide reporting in Portugal: are we on the right path?] XIX Simpósio da Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia [XIX Symposium of the Portuguese Society of Suicidology]
Sociedade Portuguesa de Suicidologia [Portuguese Society of Suicidology] (Porto, Portugal)
2022/04/27 Reporting suicide? Yes, but only on celebrities, social phenomena, and mental health promotion, say Portuguese journalists American Association of Suicidology (AAS) 55th Annual Conference
American Association of Suicidology (Chicago, United States)
2021/10/22 Falar de suicídio nos meios de comunicação social [Talking about suicide in the media] Session aimed at higher education professionals and students in the area of social communication, health professionals and other professionals from ULSNA (Local Health Unit of North Alentejano, EPE) and the community in general, dedicated to the topic Talking about suicide in the media.
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior de Educação de Portalegre (Portalegre, Portugal)
2021/09/10 Como noticiar o suicídio [How to report suicide] World Suicide Prevention Day Conference
Direção-Geral da Saúde (DGS) - Programa Nacional para a Saúde Mental (Beja, Portugal)
2021/06/14 Suicide in the media: Deaths as a taboo vs. Death as a spectacle Conference on Death, Dying, Technology and Human Mortality
University of Bath, Centre for Death & Society (CDAS) (Bath, United Kingdom)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2026/02/04 - 2026/02/04 Participação em mesa redonda no 5º Encontro regional de LVT do Programa Mais Contigo
Conference
 5º Encontro regional de LVT do Programa Mais Contigo