Departures of note

Sônia Pinheiro was a Brazilian journalist and social columnist who became a reference in the social column genre in the state of Ceará. Born in Natal, she moved to Fortaleza and began her career in the 1970s, building a trajectory of more than five decades across the state's main news outlets. She started as a reporter at the newspaper O Estado, covering both the social and police sections, and later worked at Correio do Ceará and Tribuna do Ceará. At Diário do Nordeste she was a pioneer of the vehicle's social columnism and created the DN-Gente supplement. She also held a daily social column at O Povo, signed special pages for the magazine O POVO People Luxo, and wrote the Tapis Rouge column at O Otimista. Her work was recognized with honors including the title of Cidadã de Fortaleza in 2016, the Medalha Boticário Ferreira from the city council, and in 2022 the Medalha da Ordem Alencarina do Mérito Judiciário do Trabalho from the Regional Labor Court of the 7th Region. Her death was mourned by colleagues and professional entities such as the Associação Cearense de Imprensa and the Sindicato dos Jornalistas Profissionais no Estado do Ceará.