Journalism in the United States: interview with Adriana Manfredini

“Media coverage of human rights and minorities issues is improving, but there is still a lot to explore”, she says. Photo: courtesy

Adriana Manfredini is a Brazilian journalist and researcher, with a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences from Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Since 2017, she lives in Seattle, in the United States, where she researches stories and news articles published in the late 19th century by American female journalists, translating those texts into Portuguese.

In Brazil, she worked for 10 years as a magazine reporter, and then another 10 years as a communication analyst for a corporate public relations department. In 2018, she published the e-book Crônicas de Essepê, with short stories about São Paulo, where she lived for 25 years. “Media coverage of human rights and minorities issues is improving, but there is still a lot to explore”, she says. Find out more in the interview below.

Enio Moraes Júnior — What does Trump’s departure and Biden’s arrival at the White House mean to journalism?

Adriana Manfredini — The last months of the Trump administration were shaken by crises and political instability, culminating in the storming of the United States Capitol, on January 6th. This situation mobilized a great effort of news coverage. After Joe Biden took office on January 20th, things have calmed down. And then, audiences have dropped for cable and broadcast news as well as for mainstream…