Journalist Kariane Costa is named new head of EBC
The inauguration ceremony of the new president of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), journalist Kariane Costa, will take place Monday (Jan. 16) at the company’s headquarters in Brasília. Costa will be in charge of leading the government transition of Brazil’s public broadcasting company to a new administration.“Responsible for the transition to a new management—to be implemented in the coming months—she is also going to serve as acting director-general, with the challenge of restoring EBC’s public, democratic, and plural character,” a text published by the company says, while reaffirming the organization’s role in the country’s complementary system of public, private, and state networks.The event will be attended by the head of the President Lula’s Communication Secretariat, Minister...