He died this Sunday (16) night at the age of 90. Ethevaldo Siqueira, the father of technology journalism in Brazil. Born in Monte Alto on August 1, 1932, the journalist was admitted to the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in São Paulo, where he was treated for leukemia.
Ethevaldo worked from print to website for the Estado de São Paulo newspaper Estadão from 1967 to 2012. He started out as a journalist, reporter and has also held positions as editor, special correspondent, columnist and blogger.
Recently, Ethevaldo Siqueira Mundo Digital presented its column, on Rádio Eldorado FM of Grupo Estado. His last appearance on the show took place last Friday (14). The journalist also maintained the website of the same name.
in your career, won the Esso Award twice, the first in 1969, the second in 1978, both with studies on technology. Between the 1970s and 1990s, Ethevaldo covered the advancement of telecommunications and founded and directed the magazines Revista Nacional de Telecomunicações (RNT) from 1979 to 2001 and TelePress Latinoamérica from 1991 to 2001.
The reporter wrote at least six books on technology and was professor of Information Technology and Telematics in the Journalism Course at the University of São Paulo’s School of Communications and Arts (ECA-USP), where he studied from 1986 to 1996. journalism.
Ethevaldo Siqueira leaves behind a wife, two children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. This Monday (17) he will be buried in the Bom Pastor Cemetery in Ribeirão Preto (SP).
Source: Tec Mundo
