Observatório da Imprensa


Observatório da Imprensa is a Brazilian website, and also television and radio programs, which focuses on the analysis of the current state of the mass media in the country.

History

Observatório da Imprensa was launched on April 1996 as a website, edited by Alberto Dines. It was an initiative of the Institute for the Development of Journalism and an original project of the Laboratory for Advanced Studies in Journalism of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. It is currently funded by the Ford Foundation.
On May 1998, Observatório da Imprensa was launched as a weekly TV program, hosted by Dines and produced by public broadcasters TV Cultura and TVE Brasil. On 2008, the São Paulo State government, which maintains TV Cultura, announced that it would cancel the program, which is currently produced by federal government-run TV Brasil only.
On 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 podcasts.

Broadcast

Observatório da Imprensa is broadcast on several public and educational radio and television networks throughout Brazil.

Television

Radio