The presenter cries when reporting his colleague’s death: “He taught me how to hold the microphone”

Marcelo Cosme expressed gratitude to Julieta Amaral, the first black woman in the Rio Grande do Sul television news video

Fate is sometimes treacherous. It puts us in extremely dramatic situations. On duty on Saturday (26th), on GloboNews’ “Jornal do Meio-Dia”, Marcelo Cosme had to break the news of the death of a friend and great supporter of his career.

As soon as he started reading the news about Julieta Amaral, he was overcome with emotion and ended up crying, comforted by his study partner, Leilane Neubarth. (Watch the video at the end of this text.)

Victim of cancer at the age of 62, Julieta Amaral broke the taboo by becoming the first black reporter and presenter of television journalism in Rio Grande do Sul.

“She was my colleague, my boss, my mentor when I was an intern,” said Cosme, who also began her career at RBS, a Globo affiliate in RS.

“About 3 months ago I didn’t know about the disease and in an issue of ‘Em Pauta’, about black women, I was able to thank her for how important she was in my life,” she said, her voice choked with emotion.

“Julieta was the woman who taught me how to hold the microphone. One day I made my presentation debut and she looked at me and said, ‘Today you are going to present ‘Bom Dia Rio Grande’ because you have to learn’.”

Marcelo also gave information capable of increasing everyone’s sadness: Julieta died without knowing her first granddaughter, who will be born in just two weeks.

On his Instagram profile, the presenter posted a message. “I would spend hours writing what I learned from her. The biggest lesson he taught me was that journalism is about helping people! Julieta has always done community journalism, on the street, in front of the door, in schools, in hospitals, in nurseries, in universities (…). He always said “people help people”. And he has helped improve and transform many people’s lives by reporting! He made history, he made a difference for thousands of people,” reads an excerpt.

— Mari Evang (@evangelmari) October 26, 2024

Source: Terra

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