EBC carries out extensive journalistic coverage of the 2022 Elections

Focusing on the provision of services to society and in the interest of the citizen, the vehicles of Brazil Communication Company (EBC) provide extensive journalistic coverage of the 2022 Elections. Since March, the TV Brazila Brazil Agency and the National Radio they report daily the main facts related to this year’s election and broadcast thematic reports marked by credibility, balance and impartiality. EBC carries out extensive journalistic coverage of the 2022 Elections

Next Sunday, voters will choose their candidates for president and vice president of the Republic, 27 governors, 27 senators, 513 federal deputies, in addition to state and district. Voting takes place on October 2, in the first round, and on October 30, in the case of a second round.

Information on the candidates’ agenda, the profile of each one of them and the disclosure of government plans registered with the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) are among the main subjects guided in the special coverage of the vehicles of the EBC. Throughout the program, exclusive articles can also be checked regarding, for example, the attributions of each elective office, numbers and profiles of voters, party conventions, election logistics, female candidacies, accessible voting for people with special needs, clarifications from the TSE, voting in transit, biometrics and the role of the polling station.

In addition to the official pages of TV Brazil, Brazil Agency and National Radiothe public can find this content on the channels EBC on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube, on the profiles @tvbrasil, @agenciabrasil and @radionacionalbr. Interactivity is also a hallmark of the vehicles’ coverage on social networks, through the hashtags #TVBrasilnasUrnas, #AgênciaBrasilnasUrnas, #NacionalnasUrnas and #Eleições2022 (already used by the TSE).

TV Brasil on voting day

In the first and second rounds of the elections, the journalistic programming of the TV Brazil it has factual coverage on the streets, electoral courts and in the studios of the public broadcaster. From 7:00 am, hourly bulletins are broadcast, with live information from the TSE, in Brasília, and from the Regional Electoral Courts of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and entries from reporters from TV Brazil and broadcasters affiliated with National Public Communication Network (RNCP). The bulletins bring the movement at polling places, useful information for voters, the beginning of the vote count, voting by authorities and the four main candidates for the Presidency of the Republic and state governments, etc.

Starting at 5 pm, at the Brasília studio, presenters Katiúscia Neri and Roberto Camargo, command the special news of polls, together with journalist Paulo Leite, who also presents the direct attraction of the TSE, in the federal capital. The three share coverage of the vote count across Brazil with journalists Annie Zanetti, in São Paulo, and Munike Moret, in Rio de Janeiro. The coverage is increased by the rotation of reporters, special bulletins, in addition to citizen services articles, and interviews with authorities.

On Sundays of both shifts, the TV Brazil it also airs the special program on counting from 5 pm, until the total counting of votes. At the channel’s studio in Brasília, Katiúscia Neri and Roberto Camargo receive professor and political scientist Ricardo Caldas for analysis and comments on the numbers obtained, results at the polls, party composition in the National Congress, political scenarios, among other topics related to the election.

Also during the program, a counter in the corner of the screen will announce in real time, together with the TSE, the total number of votes in each of the 27 federative units and for the Presidency of the Republic.

Agência Brasil eyeing the elections

In the first round of the elections, the journalistic coverage of the Brazil Agency It starts very early, at 5:30 am, with an opening story that provides information on the numbers of voters, candidates and polls.

Throughout October 2, journalists from Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo show the movement in the polling stations. the website of Brazil Agency will be constantly updated with varied contents, including the moment of voting of the 11 candidates for president, dissemination of ballots from the electoral courts and balance sheets of the Integrated Center for National Command and Control, in Brasília.

At the end of the voting, the teams monitor the counting of votes for the production of reports to be distributed free of charge to hundreds of newspapers, news sites and publications abroad.

The online news will publish articles with statements from candidates going to the second round or those elected in the first round, both in the presidential election and in the gubernatorial races in Brasília, Rio and São Paulo. Other reports will indicate the results of the elections for senator and federal deputy, which parties lost or gained space in the National Congress and data from the TSE on abstentions, null and blank votes.

Live flashes on Rádio Nacional and MEC

THE National Radio is also present, on the network, in the coverage of the 2022 Elections on October 2, from 7 am, with the participation of reporters from the broadcaster itself and other affiliates of the National Public Communication Network (RNCP).

Every half hour, live flashes inform the movement of voters in the cities, provide services to listeners, from the opening to the closing of polls, in addition to recording incidents, security and traffic bulletins, the operation of public transport, in addition to what opens and what closes on voting days.

At National AM DF and OC da Amazônia the special network program with the TV Brazil starts at 5pm. In the National FM and MEC FM the musical program continues live with flashes every 30 minutes with direct verification from the TSE.

The broadcasts of content about the election end on Rádio Nacional after the official announcement of the TSE of the result of the first round.