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Sofia Moutinho
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
freelancer journalist
Media Types
Print
Online
Data
Biodiversity Media Initiative
2022

Biography

Sofia Moutinho is an award-winning Brazilian science journalist based in Rio de Janeiro. She has more than ten years of experience covering the environment, science, and health (with a focus on vulnerable communities). Her bylines include Science, Nature, The Guardian, Scientific American, The Center for Public Integrity, among others. She worked as a reporter fellow with Columbia Journalism Investigation's series "Hidden Epidemics," looking into how climate change affects human health. Her work was awarded 1st place in the 2020 American Association of Health Care Journalists Award, 1st place in the 2020 Dateline Awards, and an honorable mention in the 2020 National Press Foundation's kes Award. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Science Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor in Journalism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. 

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A grassland landscape with a tree in the foreground

The 'Brazilian Savannah': Severe Drought and Heat if Deforestation is not Stopped

SciDev.Net | Sofia Moutinho
A man boils leaves over a large pot

Medicinal Knowledge Vanishes as Indigenous Languages Die

Science| Sofia Moutinho

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