[4] Between 1977 and 1988, he focused his activities on radio and print, producing and presenting the Programa do Zuza, on Rádio Jovem Pan AM; he also worked as a popular music critic for the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, wrote for the magazines Som 3, Nova and other publications in Brazil and abroad.
In 1997, he coordinated the Enciclopédia da Música Brasileira (Encyclopedia of Brazilian Music), and in 1982, alongside Tárik de Souza, he planned and coordinated the third edition of the collection História da Música Popular Brasileira (History of Brazilian Popular Music), by Editora Abril.
Zuza also directed and produced music festivals and artists tours: he directed in the 1970s the series of concerts O Fino da Música, at the Anhembi Convention Center, in São Paulo, featuring artists like Canhoto, Elis Regina, Elizeth Cardoso, João Bosco, Ivan Lins, and Alcione.
In the 1980s, he directed the three editions of Guarujá Summer Festival, featuring Jackson do Pandeiro, Patativa do Assaré, Luiz Gonzaga, Jorge Ben Jor, Raul Seixas, Djavan, Beto Guedes and Alceu Valença.
In 2018 he was elected for the chair n.º 17 of Academia Paulista de Letras, replacing the Portuguese literature scholar Massaud Moisés.