Bernardo Kucinski


Bernardo Kucinski 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.

Education

Kucinski graduated in Physics at the University of São Paulo 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.

Career

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, 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. Thereafter, he worked as editor of Gazeta Mercantil and was a correspondent for 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.

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