"Gabo ", periodista

Gabriel García Márquez achieved more than anyone else, that blurry and capricious line between reality and fiction would forever be confused, without falling into transgressions of the rigorous statutes of either in terms of truth, and being aware that violating those sacred codes of literature and journalism is something an intelligent reader does not forgive. The symbiosis without conflict between these two worlds is something that 'Gabo' harmonizes naturally and resolves in the simplest way: reality in these tropics, in that broad and diverse Macondo which is all of Latin America, often surpasses fiction in absurdity and fantasy, and fiction can easily become reality. Some academics have tried to separate these two worlds on the thesis that journalism for 'Gabo' is merely a starting point on the prosperous path of literary narrative. They forget that intertwined in the decades when literature was a priority are also the interviews and articles produced for Alternativa magazine, columns in El País, Madrid, and that amazing report which is The Adventure of Miguel Littín, Covert in Chile, among other things. Additionally, the journey he takes in the world of the press shows a very complex and complete cycle, from the humble 'bricklayer' (in good Colombian terms) at El Universal, Cartagena, in '48, to a shareholder and owner of the media, such as the QAP News and Cambio magazine, where at the end of the 20th century he was still writing reports and publishing profiles of Shakira or Hugo Chávez. We now present a document of enormous historical, academic, and journalistic value, about the tutelary presence and the legacy of seven decades of Gabriel García Márquez in Colombian journalism. 

PRÓLOGO 
SESIÓN INAUGURAL: MEMORIA COMPARTIDA 
¿QUIÉN ES GARcíA MÁRQUEZ? 
LOS AÑOS DE FORMACIÓN, EL UNIVERSAL, 
EL HERALDO (1948-1952) 
EL ESPECTADOR (1954-1955) 
UNA AGENCIA LLAMADA PRENSA LATINA ALTERNATIVA, EL PERIODISMO pOLÍTICO (1974-1980) 
MIGUEL LITTÍN, CLANDESTINO EN CHILE
QAP Y CAMBIO 
¿LITERATURA O PERIODISMO?: RELATO DE UN NAUFRAGO, CRÓNICA DE UNA MUERTE ANUNCIADA Y NOTICIA DE UN SECUESTRO 
"GABO", EL MAESTRO DEL NUEVO PERIODISMO IBEROAMERICANO 
EL PERIÓDICO IDEAL 
PERFILES DE LOS PARTICIPANTES