Ernesto McCausland Sojo (January 4, 1961– November 21, 2012) was a
Colombian journalist, writer and filmmaker.
Career
McCausland began in journalism in 1982, as a reporter of crime stories for his home town newspaper
El Heraldo.
He later started to work in the genre of
narrative journalism
Narrative Journalism, also referred to as literary journalism, is defined as creative nonfiction that contains accurate, well-researched information. It is related to immersion journalism, where a writer follows a subject or theme for a long per ...
, becoming one of the best in multiple fields such as press, radio and TV in Colombia. At the same time, he conducted "Mundo Costeño", a
narrative journalism
Narrative Journalism, also referred to as literary journalism, is defined as creative nonfiction that contains accurate, well-researched information. It is related to immersion journalism, where a writer follows a subject or theme for a long per ...
program on the regional channel
Telecaribe
Telecaribe is a regional television network for the Caribbean region of Colombia.
History
The station was set up in the early 1980s in Valledupar, Colombia and was created by a local entrepreneur named Jose Jorge Dangond. It started as an unlice ...
, where he highlighted the customs and traditions of the Colombian Caribbean Region.
In the mid-1990s he worked as a news anchor for the QAP television news. Since 2007 he hosted ''A las 11'', an interview program on
Telecaribe
Telecaribe is a regional television network for the Caribbean region of Colombia.
History
The station was set up in the early 1980s in Valledupar, Colombia and was created by a local entrepreneur named Jose Jorge Dangond. It started as an unlice ...
. Since 2008 he worked as co-anchor of
Canal Caracol
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow unde ...
's "El Radar", program. McCausland conducted the
Vallenato Legend Festival
The Vallenato Legend Festival ( es, Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata) is one of the most important musical festivals in Colombia. The festival features a vallenato music contests for best performer of accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca ...
on several occasions. He was a collaborator for Colombia's "SoHo" and Spain's "Interviú" magazines. He was also a columnist for El Heraldo.
Since 1998, he led his own production studio
La Esquina del Cine where he worked with some of the most talented young producers in the Colombian Caribbean Region.
McCausland won several journalistic awards during his professional career.
Books
Some of his best works in the genre of narrative journalism are included in his book ''Las Crónicas de McCausland'' (Espasa, 1996). His writings have also been included in such compilations as ''Antología de grandes reportajes colombianos'' (Alfaguara) and ''Antología de grandes crónicas colombianas'' (Alfaguara) by
Daniel Samper.
He published two novels, ''Febrero escarlata'' (Planeta, 2004) and ''El Alma del Acordeón'' (Intermedio, 2006).
Filmography
McCausland has directed three films
El último CarnavalChampeta Paradise
an
Siniestro
which won the award as the best Colombian film of 2000. He has also directed 14 short films and several documentaries.
Awards
*Simón Bolívar, "Urrá, Los Costos del Retraso" – El Heraldo 1983.
*Simon Bolívar, "De la Calle a la Gloria" – Mundo Costeño, Telecaribe, 1987.
*India Catalina, Mejor Programa Telecaribe – Mundo Costeño, 1988.
*Postobón, "Didí en Medellín" – Mundo Costeño, 1989.
*Gama, Mejor Programa Telecaribe – Mundo Costeño, 1989.
*CPB, "Dos Vidas, Un Mineral" – Mundo Costeño, 1991.
*Simón Bolívar, "La Promesa del Campeón" – Mundo Costeño, 1993.
*Simón Bolívar, "Efraín Camargo" – QAP Noticias, 1996.
*Mincultura, Película "Siniestro", Colombia, 2000–2001.
*India Catalina TV, Toda una vida. 2004El Tiempo, India Catalina Awards 2004 (In Spanish)
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References
External links
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1961 births
2012 deaths
People from Barranquilla
Colombian film directors
Colombian television journalists
Colombian documentary filmmakers