Augusto Nunes

Augusto Nunes in 2014.

Augusto Nunes da Silva (born September 25, 1949; Taquaritinga, state of São Paulo) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and commentator. He is one of Brazil's main conservative journalists.[1]

Career

He was a columnist for Veja magazine, editor-in-chief of R7 and host of the journal of Record News.[2]

Augusto Nunes (right) interviewing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (left).

He was the main interviewer of the Roda Viva program between 2010 and 2014.[3]

Currently he works at Jovem Pan, being a commentator on the program Os Pingos nos Is and host of Direto ao Ponto, as well as writing for Revista Oeste.[4][5][6]

Fight with Glenn Greenwald

In 2019, Augusto attacked American journalist Glenn Greenwald live on air.[7][8][9][10]

Awards

He won the ExxonMobil Journalism Award four times.[11]

Nunes was included in a selection of the six most important journalists in Brazil, according to Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).[12]

References

1. "Entrevista com Augusto Nunes - Contraponto". www.brasilparalelo.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
2. REDAÇÃO (2021-07-28). "Augusto Nunes pede demissão da Record News dois dias após estreia em jornal". Notícias da TV (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
3. "Augusto Nunes - Que fim levou?". Terceiro Tempo. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
4. "Augusto Nunes, comentarista político - Opinião Jovem Pan – Jovem Pan". Augusto Nunes, comentarista político - Opinião Jovem Pan – Jovem Pan (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
5. "Augusto Nunes assume a direção de redação do portal R7.com". R7.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
6. Gente, iG (2021-07-19). "Augusto Nunes e Camila Busnello assumem o comando do Jornal da Record News". Portal iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
7. "Rightwing columnist smacks journalist Glenn Greenwald on Brazil radio show". the Guardian. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
8. "'Esse tapa foi mais fraco que o do meu filho de 10 anos', diz Glenn sobre agressão de Nunes". Telepadi (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
9. "Em nota, Augusto Nunes diz: 'Cedi à voz dos instintos e à honra ferida'". R7.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
10. "Jovem Pan pede desculpas a Glenn Greenwald por agressão de Augusto Nunes". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
11. "Augusto Nunes - Que fim levou?". Terceiro Tempo. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
12. Redação. "Augusto Nunes". Portal dos Jornalistas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-28.