- Ernesto Paglia
Ernesto Paglia is a
Brazil ian televisionjournalist currently working for TV Globo.Biography
Paglia studied Journalism at the School of Communications and Arts at the
University of São Paulo . He began working at 19, while still in the third year of Journalism School, (which normally requires 4 years in Brazil). Paglia was hired as reporter byJovem Pan radio, but lasted only 3 months in this first job. He was fired after taking part in a strike lead by the Journalist Union of S.Paulo in May 1979. Immediately after this firing, he began working as nightshift reporter for the S.Paulo branch ofTV Globo , the main Brazilian commercial television network. In 1980, only one year later, Paglia was being assigned to important news stories, such as the São Bernardo's metalworkers' strikes that opposed the military regime and brought to prominence the future two-term president, then union leader Luís Inácio Lula da Silva. The same year, Paglia joined one of two itinerary crews created by Globo to cover the first visit ofPope John Paul II to Brazil.Career
In 1982, Paglia was sent to Spain for his first
FIFA World Cup coverage. Despite his self-admitted disinterest in football (soccer), Paglia was sent to 5 more World Cup tournaments (Mexico (1986), Italy (1990), USA (1994), Japan/S. Korea (1998)), and Germany (2006)), mostly doing feature stories but also covering football events. Paglia also integrated the crews sent by Globo to theOlympic Games of Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Beijing (2008) and the Rio (2007) Pan American Games.In 1983, Paglia was assigned as one of the special reporters at
Globo Repórter , during the complete restructuring of the weekly Brazilian main news documentaries program. During the next 3 years, he worked exclusively for the prestigious news show. Since then, after Globo decided to assign "special reporters" to a pool instead of keeping an exclusive team for Globo Repórter, Paglia has been involved in the production of more than 60 documentaries, mostly covering environmental issues. Travelling extensively for Globo Repórter's productions, Paglia has visited the Artic and Antarctica twice, and has been to Asia, Middle East, Africa and South America.In 1986, Paglia became one of the youngest ever Globo's international correspondents, based at the prestigious
London Bureau. During the next three years, he would cover European current affairs, Brazilian interests in the region and Africa, and theIran-Iraq war , visitingBagdad andBasrah . In 1989, Paglia returned to Brazil to work, primarily, for the main nightly news bulletin on Brazilian televison, Globo's "'Jornal Nacional ] ".Paglia took part in shaping the first news only Brazilian television channel, [Globo News] , creating and presenting the weekly news review talk show "Painel" for 3 years. He left again for London in 2000, for another 2 year long period as international correspondent, when he covered the
Palestinian Intifadah and the American invasion of Afghanistan. He was awarded "best Brazilian TV reporter" by the Comunique-se Journalistc Award twice, in 2004 and 2007.Personal life
Paglia has 3 children and is married to television journalist Sandra Annenberg.
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