Mezali contributed to creating the Algerian press, and his long career in official organs began in 1963 after
Algerian independence was regained.
L'Ouvrier Algérien Mezali began his journalistic career in the periodical "L'Ouvrier Algérien" affiliated with the
Union générale des syndicats algériens (UGSA), which was later taken over by the
General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA). Mezali was among the journalists who launched the first issue of this publication dated 17 August 1962. Mezali contributed to building the Algerian press building by joining in efforts to build its key structures.
El Moudjahid In 1965, Mezali joined the daily
El Moudjahid, a press organ launched that year which brought together some of the best French-speaking Algerian journalists of the time. Mezali preferred to cover lectures and debates led by leading figures in thought and dialectics in the 1960s and 1970s. His enthusiasm for the journalistic profession led him to also work at the
Algeria Press Service (APS) and the Révolution Africaine, positioning himself as an Algerian press pioneer during the post-independence period.
Television Mezali was a collaborator of
Gillo Pontecorvo's team who directed the film
The Battle of Algiers and was the main literary assistant of his close friend
Saadi Yacef in his book about the
Battle of Algiers (1956–1957). Mezali was the
studio floor manager of the Casbah Film company's cinematographic epic in 1966. He also participated in television productions as a media professional. He was among the journalists who instilled a dynamic of democratic openness in the only TV channel existing in Algeria.
Horizons When Horizons newspaper was launched on 1 October 1985, Mezali was appointed to supervise the society section of this French-speaking daily, several of whose journalists came from the editorial staff of El Moudjahid and Algérie-Actualité.
L'Observateur After a brief stint in the daily Le Nouvel Hebdo, Mezali left after a disagreement over the newspaper's editorial positions. He then served as director of the monthly review L'Observateur published in Algiers from 1 March 1991, until November 1991. ==Books==