Current Issues: Raúl Zurita

One of my favorite types of literature is Poetry. I used to read a lot, but since I'm in University I don't read very often. Chile is recognised globally by it's poetess, and most of my favorite are from here, like Nicanor Parra and Gabriela Mistral.

Now, I want to write about Raúl Zurita, a Chilean poet winner of Literature National Award. He published a long poem about Camilo Catrillanca, a Mapuche killed by Carabineros. The poem were published on Facebook and had a lot of controversy and dissemination, specially on social media.

The issue of the poem were the murderer of a Mapuche, the react of the authorities and the serious situation of the police force of the country. I think it's important that the artists and the literature take part of what happens in a society, because they are the voice of who has not. The art has an a very important position.

The poem was an artistic form to confront the President. And I am sure that it will inspire so many to demand explanations to the government for this crime. For example, the face of Camilo Catrillanca were project in Baquedano inspired by his verse "QUE SU ROSTRO DE 24 AÑOS CUBRA EL HORIZONTE".

Post Graduate Studies

All of my life I've been absolutely sure about what I was going to study. Since I was a kid I thought about Journalism. I read a lot of magazines and books, so I think the decision to study that were so natural.

Now I have to take another decision about my future. Post Graduate studies are very important in a proffesional, so it's almost required to have at least, one. I don't know what is my direction in the journalism yet, but I think it's strategic communication or social communication.

They are my options because I think that I am great in that areas, and because they are fun to work with, at least for me. I confess that I am not very informed about other Post Graduate studies, but they are my options for the moment.

I know that it's an important decision, but for the moment, I'm not very worried about it. I think in the next years I will learn more about this theme.

My Future Job

I went trough very difficult times a few months ago because I wasn't very decided about my future. But in February, I took one of the most important decisions of my life: the career of Journalism.

Now that I am at University, I started to think about my future job. It's difficult too because I like almost all of the areas of my career, but I think I would like to work in television or radio. I would choose those areas because they are the most popular platforms in the audience, so it would be fun stay in contact with a lot of people.

I think the television is on crisis, so I think I would give new perspectives about this new age of communications in this "Digital Era".

So, even when I'm not absolutely sure, radio and television are my favorite mass media. It would be very fun work there.