Augusto Nunes da Silva (born September 25, 1949; Taquaritinga, state of São Paulo) is a Brazilian journalist, writer and commentator. He is one of Brazil's main conservative journalists.[1]
He was a columnist for Veja magazine, editor-in-chief of R7 and host of the journal of Record News.[2]
He was the main interviewer of the Roda Viva program between 2010 and 2014.[3]
Currently he works at Jovem Pan, being a commentator on the program Os Pingos nos Is and host of Direto ao Ponto, as well as writing for Revista Oeste.[4][5][6]
In 2019, Augusto attacked American journalist Glenn Greenwald live on air.[7][8][9][10]
He won the ExxonMobil Journalism Award four times.[11]
Nunes was included in a selection of the six most important journalists in Brazil, according to Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).[12]