Bernardo Esteves Gonçalves da Costa is a Brazilian journalist who works primarily in the field of environment and science. He is a contributor to Piauí Magazine [1] and coordinates the podcast A Terra É Redonda ( lit. 'The Earth Is Round'). [2]
Esteves completed his Ph.D. investigating controversy and denialism on the Portuguese-language Wikipedia, with a special focus on the topic of climate change denial. [3] He has also published an article on contribution dynamics in entries related to the 2009 swine flu pandemic. [4] In 2018, he was awarded the IMPA Journalism Prize for his piece on the particle accelerator Sirius. [5] [6] In 2020, Esteves was a finalist for the Vladimir Herzog Journalism Award for his podcast A Terra É Redonda. [7] In 2022, he spoke at the invitation of the first Brazilian conference on Wikimedia projects on the topic of disinformation on Wikipedia. [8]