Renato Martins
São Paulo
As seen in:
Folha de S.Paulo,
G1 Globo,
MSN Brasil,
Color Research & Application,
Nature,
Terra,
Wiley Online Library,
arXiv,
Frontiers,
The Conversation
and
Covers:
financial markets, sex workers' rights, world news, economics
Doesn't Cover:
fashion, science
Journalist, activist for sex workers' rights
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
After a few part-time jobs (in a museum, in a science magazine), I joined Folha de S. Paulo as a staff writer (foreign news desk).
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Oh yes, Remingtons.
How is social media changing news?
Big newsapers will disappear. It will be a long agony
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To shake people's perception of reality by showing what they don't know
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
At home, Libreoffice; at the workplace, Phoenix.
What's your favorite social network?
facebook
Who do you wish followed you?
Gareth Porter
Why did you become a journalist?
I was a engineering student in the late 70's when I decided to rebel both against my father and the military regime.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Not at the high school. At FAAP engineering school. The paper was called O Xabu.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
I covered the Seoul Olympics in '88, interviewed Alberto Fujimori in 1992 and Fawzia Koofi in 2010.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
follow your instincts
When's the best time to pitch you?
Gareth Porter
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