Departures of note

Sônia Carneiro began her career in 1971 and spent 32 years at Jornal do Brasil and Rádio Jornal do Brasil, remaining there until 2003. She worked as a reporter, assignment chief, and head of the radio outlet's Brasília bureau.

As a political correspondent, she covered the National Congress and the Planalto Palace, reporting on the Diretas Já movement, Brazil's National Constituent Assembly, the PC Farias parliamentary inquiry, and the impeachment proceedings of President Fernando Collor. Her work during the Constituinte was also preserved in testimony for TV Senado.

In 1992 she received the Prêmio Imprensa Estrangeira from the Association of Foreign Correspondents in Brazil. She died on September 20, 2026, in Brasília, at age 74.