Minister Paulo Pimenta, from the Special Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic (Secom), announced this Saturday (4) two more names to compose the new management of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC). Journalist, writer and translator Eric Nepomuceno will take over the company’s superintendence in Rio de Janeiro, while journalist and former São Paulo state deputy José Américo (PT) will lead the EBC’s superintendence in São Paulo.
Eric Nepomuceno will be the superintendent of the @ebcnarede in RJ. @joseamerico_sp will be the superintendent in São Paulo. @heliomdoyle the President of @ebcnarede. This is the team chosen by me and by @LulaOficial to coordinate and recover public and governmental communication in Brazil
— Paulo Pimenta (@Pimenta13Br) March 4, 2023
“Eric Nepomuceno will be the superintendent of the EBC in RJ. José Américo will be the superintendent in São Paulo. Hélio Doyle the President of the EBC. This is the team chosen by me and Lula to coordinate and recover public and governmental communication in Brazil”, posted Pepper on social media.
Eric Nepomuceno translated works by important Latin American writers, such as Jorge Luís Borges, Júlio Cortázar and Gabriel Garcia Marques. These works earned him three Jabuti Awards, the most important in Brazilian literature. He was also awarded for an investigation into the Eldorado dos Carajás massacre. Nepomuceno worked as a journalist in the Brazilian and international media and occasionally still works as a columnist in different publications. He is the author of works such as Memories of a September in the square, Forty dollars and other stories, Hemingway in Spain, the word never It is Wednesday.
José Américo Dias was a state deputy in São Paulo for two terms, after four as councilor in the capital, where he arrived he presided over the City Council between 2013 and 2014. Journalist graduated from the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) , worked in large vehicles such as Folha de S. Paulo It is Diário do Comércio.
Affiliated with the PT since its foundation, José Américo was president of the PT in São Paulo between 2008 and 2009, and held the National Communication Secretariat and the National Executive of the party. In the last elections, he ran for a term of federal deputy and when he was substitute.
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the journalist Helio Doyle was named CEO of the EBC last month. Doyle took over after the transition period of journalist Kariane Costa, employee representative on the company’s Board of Directors since 2021. of the House.
Other names already announced by the government include screenwriter Antonia Pellegrino, who will be the company’s content director, and journalist Flávia Filipini, director of the government’s communication area. Journalist Nicole Briones was announced as Superintendent of Social Networks; and Jean Lima, general director of EBC.