Brazilian Association of Journalism Researchers

The Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo (SBPJor) is a Brazilian scholarly association that brings together researchers in the field of journalism. It is described in public data as an academic publisher based in Brazil, and its own website presents it as the national body for journalism research, running an annual national conference, a young-researchers meeting, a book publishing arm, awards, and advocacy positions on journalism education and professional regulation. SBPJor's core activity is convening and publishing. Its annual Encontro Nacional is the association's flagship gathering; the site references the 24th edition and the 25th edition's host-city selection process, and the 22nd edition was held for the first time in Brazil's North region, at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Alongside the main conference it runs the Encontro de Jovens Pesquisadores em Jornalismo (JPJor), aimed at early-career researchers, whose 16th edition is referenced on the homepage. The association also organizes "Sessões Coordenadas" and research-network sessions, and it publishes guides and manuals for its members. Publishing is a second pillar. SBPJor operates its own imprint, the Editora da Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores de Jornalismo, named Editora Luiz Gonzaga Motta, which publishes scientific and didactic works in journalism written exclusively by associated researchers, with the stated aim of providing open access to academic debate in the field. Its catalogue includes both authorial books (livros autorais) and volumes produced from its annual meetings, often co-published with Editora Fi and released as PDF e-books with ISBNs. Titles include works on testimonial journalism, the cultural construction of journalists' daily lives, transmedia special reporting, and the future of journalism amid epistemic crisis and disinformation. The association also runs recognition and community programmes. The Prêmio Adelmo Genro Filho (PAGF) is its research award, with an annual call for entries and a named honoree each year. It maintains mailing groups and newsletters, offers member benefits such as publisher discount coupons, and issues public statements — for example, in defence of the requirement of a journalism degree (diploma) for professional practice, and notes of mourning for figures in Brazilian journalism. SBPJor is a non-profit academic membership organization rather than a commercial company; it has no listed status and no disclosed parent company. Its identity is bound up with the Brazilian journalism research community, its conferences, its awards, and its open-access book publishing programme.

The Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo (SBPJor) is a Brazilian scholarly association dedicated to journalism research. Public data describes it simply as an academic publisher based in Brazil, while its own materials show a broader role as the national convening body for journalism researchers. The association's annual Encontro Nacional is its central institution. By the mid-2020s the meeting had reached its 24th edition, with a call for the 25th edition's host city issued in 2026. The 22nd Encontro Nacional was notable for being held for the first time in Brazil's North region, at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), a step the association frames as part of widening the geographic reach and decentralisation of its meetings. The 21st Encontro Nacional, held in 2023 at the University of Brasília's Darcy Ribeiro campus, coincided with the association's 20th anniversary and was accompanied by the 13th Encontro de Jovens Pesquisadores em Jornalismo (JPJor); that edition featured conferences, workshops, book launches and more than 170 papers, and its themes centred on epistemic crisis, disinformation and the role of women journalists. The JPJor, aimed at younger researchers, continued alongside the main meeting, reaching its 16th edition by 2026. Publishing grew into a second institutional pillar. SBPJor established its own imprint, the Editora da Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores de Jornalismo, named Editora Luiz Gonzaga Motta, to publish scientific and didactic works in journalism written exclusively by associated researchers, with the explicit goal of creating an open-access space for academic debate in the field. The catalogue has two main lines: authorial books (livros autorais) and volumes drawn from the annual meetings. Authorial titles include "O que resta dos fatos: testemunho e guinada afetiva no jornalismo" by Ana Cláudia Peres, on testimonial journalism; "Paradoxo do Cotidiano" by Gerson de Souza, on culture, memory and the identity of journalists in Uberlândia; and "Reportagem Especial Transmídia" by Marcos Carvalho Macedo, on scripting transmedia reporting. Conference-derived volumes include "Jornalismo e Territórios: Fluxos, Hegemonias e Resistências", marking the association's 21 years and the 22nd Encontro Nacional in the Amazon context, and "O futuro do jornalismo: crise epistêmica, desinformação e o protagonismo das mulheres jornalistas", documenting the 21st Encontro Nacional and 13th JPJor. Several of these are co-published with Editora Fi and released as PDF e-books with ISBNs. The imprint is overseen by an editorial council whose president is listed as Mara Rovida, alongside members Alciane Baccin, Demétrio de Azeredo Soster, Felipe Moura de Oliveira, Frederico Tavares and Marta Regina Maia. Beyond conferences and books, SBPJor runs recognition and community programmes. The Prêmio Adelmo Genro Filho (PAGF) is its research prize, with annual calls and named honorees; the association also publicises the Vladimir Herzog Prize, a major Brazilian journalism award, and its honorees. It maintains email groups and newsletters, publishes guides and manuals, offers member benefits such as discount coupons from publishers, and issues public positions — including a statement in defence of the mandatory journalism degree for professional practice, and notes of mourning for Brazilian journalism figures. The association also runs an "Escola SBPJor" and "SBPJor em Redes" programming strand. SBPJor is a non-profit academic membership organisation. It has no listed status and no disclosed parent company, and its identity is defined by its community of Brazilian journalism researchers, its annual meetings, its awards and its open-access publishing programme.

• Association reaches its 20th anniversary, marked by the 21st Encontro Nacional and 13th JPJor at the University of Brasília

• 22nd Encontro Nacional held for the first time in Brazil's North region, at UFPA

• 24th Encontro Nacional and 16th JPJor calls for works announced

• Call issued for host city of the 25th Encontro Nacional

• Prêmio Adelmo Genro Filho 2026 entries opened

• Second edition of Escola SBPJor announced

Non-profit national scholarly association and academic publisher for the Brazilian journalism research community, emphasizing open access to academic debate and defence of journalism education.

• O que resta dos fatos: testemunho e guinada afetiva no jornalismo

• Paradoxo do Cotidiano: As implicações da cultura no processo de construção do cotidiano

• Reportagem Especial Transmídia: como roteirizar produções com o mapa midiático-temático

• Jornalismo e Territórios: Fluxos, Hegemonias e Resistências

• O futuro do jornalismo: crise epistêmica, desinformação e o protagonismo das mulheres jornalistas

1. 1SBPJOR – Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismosite.sbpjor.org.br
2. 2Sobre a editora – SBPJORsite.sbpjor.org.br
3. 3Livros autorais – SBPJORsite.sbpjor.org.br
4. 4Livros da associação – SBPJORsite.sbpjor.org.br
5. 5Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Jornalismo – Wikidatawikidata.org