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a Earth It announced on Tuesday (29) that it will make a significant change in its press leadership in 2024. Starting in January, Riccardo Vilella will be Globo’s new General Manager of Press. Until then, Vilela will be succeeded by Executive Director of Press Ali Kamel, who will assume the newly created role of coordinator of the Grupo Globo editorial board, chaired by Joao Roberto Marinho.
Kamel has been in charge of Jornalismo da Globo since 2009. According to the broadcaster, the move comes in response to Ali Kamel’s desire to leave executive duties and day-to-day activities after 34 years at Grupo Globo, 22 of which are at Globo and in leadership positions. A full order, according to a letter written by Paolo Marinho, Globo’s chief executive, happened last year.
Ali’s partner since 2005, when he arrived at Globo, Ricardo Vilela was policy editor, executive editor, editor-in-chief of Jornal da Globo, coordinator of Jornal Nacional, head of the newsroom in São Paulo, and head of the newsroom in Brasília, where he’s been for two years. Executive Press Council.
Riccardo Villela has been working hard behind the scenes. It was he who took an interest in the layoffs that occurred at the station between April and May, involving the press.
Because of Kamel’s departure, further changes will occur in Globo’s journalism department. In January, Vilela’s vacant position will be headed by Miguel Azaid, current director of GloboNews. Vinicius Menezes, the current Regional Director of Press in Rio de Janeiro, will lead the news channel. Marcio Sternick will be the newsroom leader in Rio de Janeiro.
Read Paolo Marinho’s letter informing him of the change:
Dear difference,
In July last year, Ali Kamel and Joao Roberto Marinho called me to talk about plans for the future. After an intense 34 years devoted to executive jobs at Grupo Globo, 22 of them at Globo, he said he would like to slow down. After the initial surprise, and since Ali is at the peak of his ability to think about journalism and run newsrooms, we try to understand his motives.
First, the desire to experience a different routine than the daily challenges of leadership positions in journalism. Ali never lacked enthusiasm for this profession. The degree of his commitment and dedication has always been intense, and his list of accomplishments is enormous. It was only natural that the day would come when you wanted more time for other activities.
Secondly, ensuring the presence of advanced professionals who are able to continue practicing journalism on the basis of pluralism, impartiality, and the search for accurate fact-finding. Ali is the creator of the team. He has a rare ability to explain every move, always backed up by a thorough analysis of facts and opinions. This characteristic greatly facilitated the detailing of his succession, which we will talk about later.
After all, this is a partnership that is hard to let go of. Ali was always a calm, upright and decisive companion. Over the past 22 years, he has coordinated coverage of six presidential elections and five municipal elections. Among the many projects, such as “Caravana JN”, “JN no Ar”, “The Brazil I Want for the Future” and “Brazil in the Constitution”, was also his daring idea in 2002 to interview the president. Candidates during the “Journal Nacional”, an unprecedented event which today has become a highly anticipated and informative central event in election campaigns.
In all major events, national and international, we could always count on the certainty that our journalism, with him in the foreground, would cover the facts as well as we desired. But anyone who knows Ali well knows that of all the coverage he’s covered over the years, the one he’s been asked the most, both professionally and emotionally, has been the pandemic. When journalism needed it most and our teams needed it most, the working conditions imposed by reality were the hardest.
Under his leadership, the volume of television news increased, a daily program dedicated to the epidemic was created from scratch within 24 hours, and the news space increased dramatically. Colleagues disease. In the midst of this great commitment from all teams, Ali, in addition to closely supervising the journalistic work itself, began adding two new tasks to his routine. He wrote daily or called fellow patients or their relatives, looking for news one by one.
And at night, he sent everyone a report entitled “Our Colleagues”, which includes a transparent balance of patients and recoveries. Many of our colleagues remember this gesture with affection. After leaving Globo’s General Directorate of Press, Daily Activities and Executive Functions, Ali will, at the invitation of João Roberto Marinho, take over the newly created position of Coordinator of the Grupo Globo Editorial Board.
In a recent conversation, Joao, who chairs the board with much involvement, summed up his decision this way: “I have worked with Ali since the early 1990s, and there has been a professional relationship of great trust and respect. The board, my idea” is to continue to rely on your ability to think and analyze. And I’m convinced that will be very positive for the whole group.”
To succeed Ali as Director General of Press effective January 1, 2024, we have invited a colleague who has been at his side in recent years. Ricardo Vilela arrived at Globo in 2005, after ten years of experience in print journalism, having worked for “Jornal do Brasil” and for “Veja” and “Playboy” magazines. He was political editor, executive editor and editor-in-chief of the Journal da Globo.
He coordinated the Journal Nacional and headed the editorial office in São Paulo before taking up journalism at Globo in Brasília. Like Ali, it was in Brasilia that he experienced some of the most important press coverage of his life. There, he ran the editorial room of the newspaper “O Globo” in the capital in 1992, during Fernando Collor’s ouster. Vilela ran the Globo newsroom in Brasilia during the turbulent years of 2013 to 2018. In 2019, he moved to Rio – and since 2021, he has been closely assisting Ali as Executive Director of Press.
Instead of Vilela, we invited Miguel Azaid, Director of GloboNews. Miguel is what we would call home silver. He has been a journalist at Globo since 1994. He has been a producer for local newspapers in Rio, executive editor and editor-in-chief of “Bom dia Brasil”.
In 2012, he was invited to take over the Regional Department of Journalism in Rio, a position in which he has handled important coverage such as preparing the city to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Since 2018, Miguel has run GloboNews, leading coverage of last year’s elections and expanding live coverage to 20 hours. Daily.
Over the next few months, Ali, Vilela and Miguel will work together on the transition. On behalf of myself and my family, I would like to thank Ali for the years of dedication and commitment that have helped us write the history of Globo so far. I wish him, Filila and Miguel success in their new roles in the years to come.
Paolo Marino
Globo CEO
