By Adriana Prado
President Dilma Rousseff’s new column, “Conversation with the president,” debuted in 170 newspapers nationwide on Feb. 8. In her first article, she discussed support for families of Brazilian soldiers stationed in Haiti, privatizing mail services, and anti-hunger programs, Estado de S. Paulo explains.
Of the publications that are syndicating her column, 104 are daily newspapers and one is distributed in the United States, though the Press Secretary's Office did not list the specific papers.
Rousseff took over the presidency from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last month, and her column replaces his weekly “The President Responds,” Portal Terra adds.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
