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.
Career
He was a columnist for Veja magazine, editor-in-chief of R7 and host of the journal of Record News.
He was the main interviewer of the Roda Viva program between 2010 and 2014.
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.
Fight with Glenn Greenwald
In 2019, Augusto attacked American journalist Glenn Greenwald live on air.
Awards
He won the ExxonMobil Journalism Award four times.
Nunes was included in a selection of the six most important journalists in Brazil, according to Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).
References
- "Entrevista com Augusto Nunes - Contraponto". www.brasilparalelo.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- 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.
- "Augusto Nunes - Que fim levou?". Terceiro Tempo. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- "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.
- "Augusto Nunes assume a direção de redação do portal R7.com". R7.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- 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.
- "Rightwing columnist smacks journalist Glenn Greenwald on Brazil radio show". the Guardian. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- "'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.
- "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.
- "Jovem Pan pede desculpas a Glenn Greenwald por agressão de Augusto Nunes". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- "Augusto Nunes - Que fim levou?". Terceiro Tempo. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- Redação. "Augusto Nunes". Portal dos Jornalistas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-28.