Journalist Elizabeth Carvalho, Globo’s correspondent in Europe for ten years, has resigned and will leave the channel on the 31st after more than 20 years. The announcement was confirmed by Director General of Journalism Ali Kamel in an internal communiqué syringes had access.
He has been a correspondent for Globo and GloboNews on the European continent since 2012. He spent two years in Berlin, Germany, and then moved to Paris, France. She resigned two years ago but stayed until the end of this year to cover the last French presidential election.
“On 12/31 Beth completes this cycle with Globo. She hasn’t spelled out exactly what new challenge she’s taking on (I know a book and a movie are on the horizon). But I’m sure the result will be wonderful, for them and for their audience”.
During this time he devoted himself to documentaries and documentary series on topics that shape our century, Kamel said in a statement.
“I quote the series on the eurozone, which revealed the paradoxes of a Europe that, despite being united by a common culture and currency, sees a fierce rivalry thanks to precisely these two factors. The series was able to understand Brexit better than he years came later. His last big job was a dip in the last French presidential election.”
The general director for journalism also stressed that the journalist specializes in “breathtaking reports”. and quoted two of hers while running the branch of the defunct After all magazine.
“In 1985 he dove into the fiftieth anniversary of the 1935 communist uprising when, among other things, he had a brilliant interview with Luiz Carlos Prestes. He later went to Manuelzão to retrace the steps of Guimarães Rosa de Grande Sertão Veredas and Corpo de Baile. I still have that edition today, a cross between a profile of an emblematic figure and a literary essay”.
Before it came to TV Globo in the 90s, it went through various editorial offices: Jornal do Brasil, Veja Magazine, After all Magazine, O Globo and the State of São Paulo. He also worked for the French newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique. Elizabeth Carvalho worked in Darcy Ribeiro’s office in the 1980s when he was Rio’s Deputy Governor and Minister of Culture. Masters in International Political Economy.
Read Ali Kamel’s full announcement:
There is no one at Globo I have worked with longer professionally than Elizabeth Carvalho. I met her in 1983 when Rádio Jornal do Brasil hired me to monitor the activities of anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro, then Lieutenant Governor and Minister of Culture under Leonel Brizola. Beth was his press assistant and devoted herself masterfully to facilitating contacts between Darcy and the journalists at a time when many media outlets were skeptical about his ambitious project: to build the Passarela do Samba in just four months, with the goal of putting this expensive yearbook behind to let assembly and disassembly of the metal stand. Darcy was a whirlwind of ideas and the office was seething. Mission accomplished, Beth resigned with a sentence that became an anthology: “God doesn’t need a press secretary.” Many saw it as a criticism of Darcy, but no: it was just an acknowledgment of Darcy’s genius, summed up in Beth’s always exquisite text (Darcy and they always admired each other).
Although very young, Beth by that time already had a lot of experience working for the country’s most important vehicles: correspondent in Paris for Jornal do Brasil, assistant editor for arts and shows for Veja, reporter and later editor for the newspapers in the Bairro de O .Globo, reporter for O Estado de S. Paulo. Just this week, while watching the documentary “Dunas do Barato”, I saw Evandro Mesquita refer to her as “a girl” who, in 1975, when the pier of Ipanema was demolished, wrote a summary report for Veja about this generation, still bearing fruit today: “The Last Summer of the Counterculture” (she appears on the beach, notepad in hand, and draws a realtime generational profile).
Stunning reporting has always been your forte, and I say that because I’ve witnessed some of it. In 1985, when I left Rádio Jornal do Brasil, Beth ran the branch of the magazine After all, a project that I still consider modern (the magazine was run in São Paulo by Fernando Mitre and Sandro Vaia and always opened with a lengthy prelude report) . Beth called me to work at the branch and I could see from there that she really enjoyed going into the field. As late as 1985, he was immersed in the fiftieth anniversary of the 1935 communist uprising when, among other things, he had a brilliant interview with Luiz Carlos Prestes. He later went to Manuelzão to reconstruct the steps of Guimarães Rosa de Grande Sertão Veredas and Corpo de Baile. I still have that issue, a cross between a profile of an emblematic character and a literary essay. He won an award with Former Guerrillas, which recreated the history of those who took part in the armed struggle with accounts of how they lived at the time of the report.
Realizing that in the end she would not be able to uphold the integrity of the project she promised, Beth left the magazine (I would leave and switch to Veja soon after). A little later, at Jornal do Brasil, Beth was on the team that would launch the winning section of the city that mixed police, general issues, fashion and trends. It was a success.
She worked at TV Manchete and Band, both as a journalism editor, screenwriter and special programs editor. When I came here in 2001, I found her at GloboNews as editorinchief and presenter of the Milênio program. There he wanted to bring the program closer to topics relevant to Latin America and the surrounding countries. There were more than a hundred interviews, all relevant, and I’ll just name a few: Evo Morales, Nestor Kischner, Michel Bachelet, Julian Assange, Eduardo Galeano. Beth is fluent in English, French and Spanish and does not jump from question to question in a preset script during the interview, instead listening to what the interviewee says and going from there, stepping aside the script when necessary. It’s the basic rule of the good conversationalist, because listening is more important than just asking, but not everyone practices the rule correctly. beth, yes
In 2012, Beth was invited to Europe as a correspondent, first to Berlin for two years and then to Paris. During this time he devoted himself to documentaries and documentary series on topics that shape our century. I mention the series on the Eurozone, in which he exposed the paradoxes of a Europe united by a common culture and currency, but seeing a fierce rivalry thanks to those very two factors. It wasn’t a foreshadowing, but those who watched the series could better understand Brexit when it came years later. His last major work was an insight into the last French presidential elections. He told the dilemmas of France in that decade through the feelings of each candidate’s supporters and they were accurate and sensible decisions. The result is the continuity of the series: even ten years from now, its relevance as an explanation of the past will remain.
Beth told me two years ago that she wanted to end her cycle at Globo. I, who have known Beth for so many years, knew then and there that her decision would not be changed. It was taken and that was it. But I asked for a longer period of time, right up until the end of the year when the French presidential election is taking place, which she has covered so well. On 12/31 Beth closes this cycle with Globo. She hasn’t given me any details yet on what her new challenge will be (I know a book and a movie are on the horizon). But I’m sure the result will be wonderful, for her and her audience.
On behalf of Globo and on my own behalf, I thank her for all these years. Beth doesn’t like to hear that, but she’s a paragon of a pro. I’ve always learned a lot from her. And I will keep learning.
Thanks,
Ali camel