Sergio Moraes Castanheira Brandão is a Brazilian TV

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and

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, born in

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, in 1949. He is the International

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of the Ver Ciência - International Exhibition of Science on TV, a festival of

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about

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, which takes place annually in

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, since 1994. The main objective of the Ver Ciência is to promote the dissemination of scientific culture and

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through

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. Sergio M C Brandão's career as science communicator began at the

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, in London, where he worked from 1974 to 1981 as producer, reporter and presenter of radio programs broadcast to Brazil, mainly on science and technology subjects. His career on television began in 1981 at the Globo TV network, as reporter for prime time programmes such as "

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" and "

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". In 1984 he participated in the creation of the first regular (weekly) science

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in Brazil, which was broadcast continuously until 2014 by the Globo TV network. For his dedication to

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, Sergio M C Brandão has won awards in Brazil and abroad, such as the Prêmio José Reis de Divulgação Científica (1986), an honor given annually by the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Primo Rovis Prize (1991) of the Trieste International Foundation for the Progress and Freedom of Science (Italy), and two nominations by the

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to UNESCO's

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for best science communicators.

References

*Jornal O GLOBO online (O GLOBO newspaper online)2008 and 2007 *Jornal Jovem/Estação Ciência USP 2008 *Casa da Ciência/UFRJ (House of Science/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) *

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(SÃO PAULO)2009 *Jornal Correio da Bahia (Salvador), "A Ciência na TV", por Nelson Pretto, Telma Rocha e Bianca Santan

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Brazilian television journalists Living people Brazilian science communicators Mass media people from Rio de Janeiro (city) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Brazil-tv-bio-stub