Language Portuguese, English Role Journalist Name Bernardo Kucinski | Notable awards Jabuti Prize 1997 Nationality Brazilian | |
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Occupation Journalist, professor, political advisor Genre Essay, Journalism, Novel Nominations Portugal Telecom Prize for Romance Books Lula and the Workers, Brazil - state and struggle, Politics Transformed: Lula and t, K | ||
Sala de Visita - Entrevista com Bernardo Kucinski
Bernardo Kucinski (born 1937, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian journalist and political scientist, professor at the University of São Paulo, and collaborator with Brazil's Workers' Party. He served as advisor to the President of the Republic during the first term of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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- Sala de Visita Entrevista com Bernardo Kucinski
- Education
- Journalist and publisher
- Academic
- Political advisor
- Awards
- Works
- References
Education
Kucinski graduated in Physics at the University of São Paulo (USP) between 1967 and 1968. He returned in 1986 and joined the staff of the USP School of Communications and Arts. In 1991, he earned a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo, with a thesis on alternative media in Brazil during the period, 1964-1980.
Journalist and publisher
Bernardo Kucinski is one of the most experienced and respected journalists in the current Brazilian scene. Although he graduated in Physics, he entered journalism with the encouragement of Raimundo Pereira, a friend. By force of circumstances (in this case, the military regime that governed the country), he moved to England. In London, between 1971 and 1974, Kucinski was producer and host of the BBC, and a correspondent of journal Opinião first and after Gazeta Mercantil, dedicated to deepen their training in economics.
Returning to Brazil in 1974, Kucinski participated in the founding of alternative newspapers including Em Movimento and Tempo (which was the first publisher in 1977). Thereafter, he worked as editor of Gazeta Mercantil and was a correspondent for the The Guardian, Euromoney, and Latin America Political Report. He also contributed to the science magazine, Ciência Hoje.
Academic
In 1986 he joined the staff of the University of São Paulo as a professor in the School of Communications and Arts. In 1991, he presented his doctoral thesis, Revolutionary Journalists.
Political advisor
In 2002, with the victory of the candidate of the Workers Party, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Kucinski becomes a special advisor to the Ministry of Social Communication of the Presidency. He left this employment in 2006.