Reporter, editor and director, he was one of the best of his generation; your professional bio would also be a funny story
Carlinhos Brickmannone of the greatest journalists of his generation, appeared on the editorial board of Newspaper under 18, looking for work, and reacted badly when told to go to the secretary. He wanted to speak to a boss. But the secretary was a boss, responsible for the front page, choosing the most important news and coordinating the daily closure of the newspaper. Not even that the young candidate knew about it. But he was hired, received the first instructions and in a short time he began to take care of the international section almost alone, selecting the news, preparing the final text of each article, choosing the illustrations and defining how the pages would be designed.
In addition to showing an enormous capacity for work, the newcomer soon demonstrated an unusual talent in producing very well done, streamlined, fluent and amusing texts, sometimes seasoned with a black humor that was not always convenient, but appreciated in that editorial staff.
Carlinhos Brickmann has proven to be efficient as editor of Nacional, but without getting stuck in the newsroom. Editors typically took to the streets for coverage and left for reporting in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, where federal agencies still operate. They also often went to other states and even abroad. The combination of editor, reporter and columnist roles was common.
Covering and editing were particularly complicated tasks. THE Military dictatorship, established in 1964, imposed censorship, withdrew newspapers from newsstands when something inconvenient for the regime was printed, and the repression of journalists, like other criminal citizens, could be dangerous. OR Stadium and JT began to live with the presence of censors in the newsroom, committed to reading all the material before graphic processing. Writing texts specifically designed to break this control was a challenge and fun. Carlinhos Brickmann engaged as much in this task as in producing reports and news undesirable for those in power.
In his decades of work, Brickmann has traveled widely and, while competent as an editor, has always distinguished himself above all as a reporter. Also in this activity he demonstrated his collegiality and his generosity. A competitive journalist committed to producing exclusive material can also be supportive and collaborative with colleagues.
Special moments of solidarity occurred in the coverage of a presidential election in a South American country. She never told that story. If anyone got to know her, it was through the narration of a third person. During this coverage, a colleague from another newspaper, with serious personal problems, was unable to do his job. Carlinhos Brickmann started producing two covers. In addition to writing his report, he wrote a second one, signed with the name of this colleague and sent to the competing newspaper. Another companion, an inevitable witness to this story, told it discreetly and the matter remained hidden. Carlinhos, it seems, never learned of the indiscretion.
Carlos Brickmann’s professional biography would provide material for a good journalism textbook, with excellent chapters on reporting, content evaluation, editing, and text quality. But it would also be an entertaining story, filled with the humor and good humor of a figure as rigorous in his personal standards as he was sympathetic and generous. The column name kept in recent years, fat lead, is a demonstration of that good spirit. Carlinhos has never reacted badly to the fat image of him. He was amused when Maurício de Souza introduced an elephant called Ernâni into his comics, a fun homage to Carlos Ernâni Brickmann, a boy, after all, big on the outside and even bigger on the inside.
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
