Maria Júlia "Maju" dos Santos Coutinho Moura (born 10 August 1978) is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter, and commentator.
Biography
Coutinho holds a degree in Journalism from
Faculdade Cásper Líbero and was a trainee at
Fundação Padre Anchieta, where she went through various positions until she became a reporter.
In 2005, she started presenting the ''
Jornal da Cultura'' with Heródoto Barbeiro. Later, she was transferred to the ''Cultura Meio-Dia'' television news show, which she presented with Laila Dawa and Vladir Lemos. In 2007, she moved to
Rede Globo
TV Globo (stylized as tvglobo; , ), formerly known as Rede Globo de Televisão (; shortened to Rede Globo) or simply known as Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965 ...
where she initially returned to the reports.
In 2013, Coutinho was successful as a
meteorology
Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...
presenter and became the holder of the station, eventually presenting the climatic forecasts of
Jornal Hoje and
Jornal Nacional. It also covered the weather forecasts for ''
Hora Um da Notícia'' and ''
Bom Dia Brasil'', being replaced by
Izabella Camargo.
In April 2015, she was displaced for the live presentation of the weather forecast of ''
Jornal Nacional''. In 2015, she became part of the
SPTV (
pt) host family. In January 2016 was chosen by the team of the newspaper
O Globo
''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the leading daily newspaper in the country and the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate.
Founded by journalist Ir ...
like personality of the year in the category Segundo caderno/+TV. In March 2016, Maju received the Faz Diferença award. On June 10, 2017, she took over as the occasional presenter of ''
Jornal Hoje''.
Career
Controversies
On July 3, 2015, Maria Júlia Coutinho came to be the target of racist comments. The hashtag #SomostodosMaju (#WeAreAllMaju) had wide repercussions in social networks and the case was exposed in the ''
Jornal Nacional'' by the anchors
William Bonner and
Renata Vasconcellos
Renata Fernandes Vasconcellos (born June 10, 1972) is a Brazilian newscaster and journalist
A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to t ...
in her own presence.
Awards
References
1978 births
Living people
Mass media people from São Paulo
Afro-Brazilian people
Brazilian television news anchors
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Cásper Líbero College alumni