Ernesto Paglia announced in the last week of 2022 his departure from TV Globo, after 43 years of service to the broadcaster. One of the greatest journalists in Brazil, his Italian surname has a strong presence in the regions of Lazio and the Sicilia.
According to the website Cognomix, the surname Paglia derives from nicknames linked to the word “straw” and, therefore, to commerce or proximity to places with many barns.
The surname Paglia is spread throughout the Italy. Among its variants, Pagli is Tuscan; Paietta has possible lineage in the province of Varese; Paiola it is mainly from Veneto; Paiotta, rare, has some presence in Puglia and Pajetta is from Lombardia and Veneto.
Popularity
There are approximately 2252 Paglia families in Italy, the regions with the most occurrences are the following: Lazio (609), Sicily (361) and Emilia-Romagna (300).
The surname Paglia is 354th in popularity in the Lazio region, 49th in the province of Enna (Sicily region) and the most popular in the city of Calascibetta, also located in the province of Enna, Sicily.
Ernesto Paglia's career
Ernesto George Paglia was born in São Paulo on April 9, 1959, the son of an Italian journalist Gerardo Paglia and Argentina Haida Alcira Frias Paglia.
When he was just 11 months old, his family moved to Argentina, his mother's homeland. However, three years later, her father got a job at one of the country's newspapers. Associated Diaries and the family returned to São Paulo. In his youth, Ernesto Paglia and his family lived in Ribeirão Preto, in the interior of the state of São Paulo.
At 17, Ernesto went to the capital and graduated in journalism at University of São Paulo (USP). He also studied Social Sciences at the same university, although he did not graduate. In 1979, he got his first job, at Rádio Jovem Pan. Two and a half months later, he joined São Paulo journalists' strike and was fired.
The beginning on Rede Globo
But the strike did not only result in disappointments. If one door closed, another opened, precisely because of people he met during the movement, such as the journalist Carlos Monforte, from Globo in São Paulo.
It was Monforte who introduced him to Dante Matiussi, head of reporting. Thus, his career at the broadcaster began in June 1979. His schedule was from midnight to seven in the morning, considered the “back door” at the time.
From 1980 onwards, Ernesto Paglia began to follow his victorious path at Globo, by participating in the coverage of the metalworkers' strike in São Bernardo do Campo, led by the then union leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the same year, he was part of Globo's traveling team that followed the coverage of Brazil's first visit. Pope John Paul II to Brazil.
In 1982, Ernesto Paglia was sent to Spain for its first World Cup coverage. He also covered the 1986 (Mexico), 1990 (Italy), 1994 (USA), 2002 (Japan/Korea), 2006 (Germany), 2010 (South Africa) and 2014 (Brazil) World Cups.
In the area of sports, he also participated in the teams sent by Globo to the Olympics in Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Beijing (2008), Rio de Janeiro 2016 and the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro (2007)
Globo Repórter and London
Ernesto Paglia was appointed in 1983 to join the team at Central Globo de Jornalismo that renewed the language of the Globo reporter.
He worked exclusively for the program for the next three years. In 1984, he made a documentary report about deputy chief Mário Juruna, directed by Mônica Labarthe and script by Fernando Gabeira.
In 1986, at the age of 27, he became one of Globo's youngest international correspondents, based in the broadcaster's office in London.
Sent to Baghdad, he covered the Iran-Iraq conflict. He remained in this position until 1989, when he returned to Brazil to work primarily for the National Journal.
He returned to being a correspondent in London in the period 2000/2001, when he covered the Second Palestinian Intifada and the US invasion of Afghanistan.
Ernesto Paglia at Globo News
In 1996, Ernesto Paglia contributed to the first programming schedule of the new news channel Globe News. Over the next three years, she formatted and ran the weekly interview program “Painel”.
Between 2010 and 2014, he was part of the team that developed TV Globo's first journalistic miniseries, the project Globo Mar. With a journalistic documentary format, the program focused on issues related to the sea.
The work at the helm of Globo Mar was recognized by Brazil's navy with the decorations “Order of Naval Merit” (2011) and “Mérito Tamandaré” (2015).
In 2010, in the five weeks leading up to the first round of elections presidential, worked in the JN no Ar project, which aired on Jornal Nacional.
Ernesto Paglia traveled aboard an executive jet and, as necessary, a turboprop, to a municipality drawn each night, between the 26 states and the Federal District, for reports on local problems.
This marathon in search of the country's reality was recorded in the book “JN’s Logbook on the Air – Crossing the country in historical coverage”, authored by you.
Awards
Ernesto Paglia received the “Communicate Award” in the best TV reporter category in 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2017, and the title of “Master of Journalism” for the number of awards accumulated.
He also won the Seville International TV Award, Spain, in 1984, for the documentary report “Mário Juruna”, for Globo Repórter.
Personal life
Ernesto Paglia has been married for over 26 years to his fellow journalist Sandra Annenberg. The couple are the father of the girl Elisa Annenberg Paglia, of 19 years.
Sandra published a text in honor of Ernesto on her social networks. In the message, she highlights that the partnership with your husband began professionally, when the director of the Fantástico program asked her to start following “the best reporter in brazilian tv".
Elisa Paglia also paid tribute to her father on social media. “A dedicated professional, who always gave his best in everything he did. I am who I am today example you gave me on how to treat my colleagues, how to behave with elegance and, at the same time, have fun. I have your sense of humor, and I hope, 1/4 of the work ethic you have.”, wrote the daughter.
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