Thais Folego Gama

Editor-in-Chief

Thais Folego is a 2019 Professional Fellow from Latin America with ICFJ. 

Thais Folego is a Brazilian journalist with 12 years of experience at some of the nation’s most respected newspaper publications. 

She has a degree in journalism from Faculdade Cásper Líbero and she also holds an MBA in Financial Economic Information from the BM&FBovespa Institute. She has also completed an extension course in financial market operation from Saint Paul School. 

During the first 10 years of her career, she was focused on economic journalism. Recently, she has transitioned from mainstream media into independent journalism. Currently, she is editor-in-chief of AzMina, a digital news magazine with the mission of bringing independent journalism towards gender equality.