Berenice Seara

Berenice Seara
Berenice Seara in 2015 at the Federal Senate of Brazil
Born
CitizenshipBrazilian
EducationFluminense Federal University
OccupationJournalist
AwardsRoberto Marinho Award for Journalistic Merit (2015)

Berenice Seara is a Brazilian journalist.[1][2] She became known for her column Extra, Extra! in the newspaper Extra and for her radio commentary on CBN.[1][3][4]

Biography

Berenice Seara, in 2015, at the Federal Senate, receiving the Roberto Marinho Award for Journalistic Merit, alongside Senator Cristovam Buarque (PDT)

Berenice was born in the city of Rio de Janeiro.[5] She earned a degree in journalism from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF).[5] She began her journalism career in the section of the newspaper O Globo dedicated to covering daily life in Rio de Janeiro.[5][6] After a stint at Grupo Globo, she moved to Jornal do Brasil, where she continued to cover daily life in Rio de Janeiro.[7]

In 2004, he founded the column Extra, Extra!, dedicated to covering Rio de Janeiro state politics in the newspaper Extra, which became one of the publication’s leading columns.[2][3][8]

In 2012, he began providing commentary on the Extra, Extra! column on CBN, through the program CBN Rio, offering brief insights into Rio de Janeiro state politics.[9]

In 2015, she was awarded the Roberto Marinho Prize for Journalistic Merit, an honor bestowed by the Brazilian Federal Senate.[10] The ceremony was presided over by Renan Calheiros (PMDB) and attended by former President José Sarney (PMDB), where Berenice was one of the recipients of the award, along with journalists Gerson Camarotti and José Brayner.[11][12]

In 2023, she was fired from Grupo Globo after more than three decades with the company, along with radio host and journalist Carlos Andreazza, with whom she co-hosted the program CBN Rio.[3][13][14][15] The following year, she was one of the founders of the news portal Tempo Real RJ, which provides news coverage of Rio de Janeiro.[16]

Honors

  • Roberto Marinho Award for Journalistic Merit, presented by the Brazilian Federal Senate in 2015.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Extra, Extra na CBN, com Berenice Seara". Central Brasileira de Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 6, 2026. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Ribeiro, Ana (December 14, 2006). "O jornal Extra e a construção de identidade do jornalismo popular através da hierarquização das reportagens" (PDF). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2026. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Freire, Quintino Gomes (November 6, 2023). "A Lamentável saída de Berenice Seara do Extra - Bastidores do Rio". Diário do Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on May 16, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  4. ↑ Seara, Berenice (August 31, 2018). "Extra, Extra! Na CBN: Manifesto provoca divergências dentro do PSOL e PT". Extra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 "Conselho do Prêmio Jornalista Roberto Marinho de Mérito Jornalístico - Agraciados em 2015 - Órgãos do Parlamento - Senado Federal". Senado Federal do Brasil. Archived from the original on November 1, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ Seara, Berenice (October 3, 2022). "Cláudio Castro teve uma vitória avassaladora". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ Seara, Berenice (June 25, 2001). "Favelas terão legislação urbanística". Jornal do Brasil. 101 (77): 16. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  8. ↑ Oliveira, Camilla (2011). "Zé Lador o boneco cidadão e os sentidos produzidos no jornal Extra" (PDF). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 24, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  9. ↑ "CBN 30 Anos: década de 2010". Memória Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-09-01. Archived from the original on May 3, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  10. 1 2 "1ª SESSÃO LEGISLATIVA ORDINÁRIA DA 55ª LEGISLATURA - Em 29 de setembro de 2015". Senado Federal do Brasil. September 29, 2015. Archived from the original on August 24, 2026. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  11. ↑ Calgaro, Fernanda (October 29, 2015). "Senado entrega prêmio Roberto Marinho de Mérito Jornalístico". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 15, 2026. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Senado concede Prêmio Roberto Marinho de Mérito Jornalístico". Diário da Manhã (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 29, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2026. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Para reduzir custos, Organizações GLOBO demitem Carlos Andreazza, da CBN, e Berenice Seara, do EXTRA". Agenda do Poder (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 6, 2023. Archived from the original on July 23, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Grupo Globo faz novas demissões em série; lista tem Carlos Andreazza e Berenice Seara". Brasil 247 (in Brazilian Portuguese). November 6, 2023. Archived from the original on December 5, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ Soares, Viny (November 6, 2023). "Extra, Extra! Acabou, mas a jornalista Berenice Seara garante que continua ativa no jornalismo". Archived from the original on March 6, 2026. Retrieved August 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Quem Somos - Tempo Real". Tempo Real RJ (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 1, 2024. Archived from the original on March 11, 2026. Retrieved August 24, 2026.