''Observatório da Imprensa'' (
Portuguese for ''Press Observer'') is a Brazilian
website
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, and also
television
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and
radio
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programs, which focuses on the analysis of the current state of the
mass media
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in the country.
History
''Observatório da Imprensa'' was launched in April 1996 as a website, edited by
Alberto Dines
Alberto Dines (February 19, 1932 – May 22, 2018) was a Brazilian journalist and writer.
Biography
With a career spanning over five decades, Dines directed and launched several magazines and newspapers in Brazil and Portugal. He has taught jou ...
. It was an initiative of the Institute for the Development of Journalism (Projor) and an original project of the Laboratory for Advanced Studies in Journalism (Labjor) of the
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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Established in 1962, Unicamp was designed from scratch as an integrated Research institute, researc ...
(Unicamp). It is currently funded by the
Ford Foundation
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.
In May 1998, ''Observatório da Imprensa'' was launched as a weekly TV program, hosted by Dines and produced by public broadcasters
TV Cultura
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and TVE Brasil (currently
TV Brasil
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). On 2008, the
São Paulo State
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* Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of ...
government, which maintains TV Cultura, announced that it would cancel the program, which is currently produced by federal government-run TV Brasil only.
In May 2005, ''Observatório da Imprensa'' was launched as a radio program, broadcast daily on public and educational networks. The programs are available in the website as
podcast
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s.
Broadcast
''Observatório da Imprensa'' is broadcast on several public and educational radio and television networks throughout Brazil.
Television
Radio
External links
Observatório da ImprensaObservatório da Internet
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1998 Brazilian television series debuts
2005 radio programme debuts
Media analysis organizations and websites
Public radio programs
Radio programs about the media
Criticism of journalism
Talk radio programs
Television series about the media
Brazilian radio programs
Brazilian news websites