Journalist Alberto Dines dies at age 86.
One of the biggest names in Brazilian journalism, Alberto Dines, died at the age of 86 on Tuesday morning (22); he had been hospitalized for ten days at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo; the wake is expected to take place in São Paulo; in addition to working for decades in some of the country's main media outlets, Dines was the founder of the Press Observatory, in 1996, which became a critical reference for Brazilian journalism.
247 - One of the biggest names in Brazilian journalism, Alberto Dines, died at the age of 86 on Tuesday morning (22). He had been hospitalized for ten days at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo. The wake is expected to take place in São Paulo. In addition to working for decades in some of the country's main media outlets, Dines was the founder of the Press Observatory, in 1996, which became a critical reference for Brazilian journalism.
He began his career as a film critic for the magazine "A Cena Muda" in 1952. The following year, he took a position as a reporter for the magazine "Visão," covering art, theater, and film. Subsequently, he also ventured into political journalism. In 1957, he joined the production team of the magazine "Manchete," where he worked as an assistant director and editorial secretary. He resigned from the publication after disagreements with the owner, Adolpho Bloch.
In 1959, he began directing the second section of the newspaper "Última Hora". The following year, he took over as editor of the magazine "Fatos e Fotos" and collaborated with the newspaper "Tribuna da Imprensa", belonging to "Jornal do Brasil". Shortly afterwards, he was invited to direct "Diário da Noite", owned by Assis Chateaubriand.
From 1962 until 1973, Dines was editor-in-chief of "Jornal do Brasil." There, he was responsible for a profound restructuring that led the newspaper to consolidate its position at the forefront of the national press in the 1970s. After a period in the United States, he took over as head of the "Folha de S. Paulo" branch office, from which he left in 1980 to collaborate on the weekly "O Pasquim." He also served as editorial secretary and deputy editorial director of Editora Abril.
He was a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio (PUC-Rio) from 1963 to 1966. Invited as the patron of a graduating class at the institution shortly after the enactment of AI-5 during the military regime, the journalist criticized censorship and ended up being arrested and subjected to an inquiry. Dines also created the Laboratory for Advanced Studies in Journalism at Unicamp, in Campinas, and received the title of recognized expertise in history and journalism from USP.