Maria Júlia "Maju" dos Santos Coutinho Moura (born 10 August 1978) is a Brazilian journalist, television presenter, and commentator.
Biography Coutinho holds a degree in journalism from Faculdade Cásper Líbero and was a trainee at Fundação Padre Anchieta, where she went through various positions until she became a reporter.
In 2005, she started presenting the Jornal da Cultura with Heródoto Barbeiro. Later, she was transferred to the Cultura Meio-Dia television news show, which she presented with Laila Dawa and Vladir Lemos. In 2007, she moved to Rede Globo where she initially returned to the reports.
In 2013, Coutinho was successful as a meteorology presenter and became the holder of the station, eventually presenting the climatic forecasts of Jornal Hoje and Jornal Nacional. It also covered the weather forecasts for Hora Um da Notícia and Bom Dia Brasil, being replaced by Izabella Camargo.
In April 2015, she was displaced for the live presentation of the weather forecast of Jornal Nacional. In 2015, she became part of the SPTV (pt) host family. In January 2016 was chosen by the team of the newspaper O Globo like personality of the year in the category Segundo caderno/+TV. In March 2016, Maju received the Faz Diferença award. On June 10, 2017, she took over as the occasional presenter of Jornal Hoje.
Career YearTitleFunctionTV station2005–06Jornal da CulturaMainTV Cultura2006–07Cultura Meio-Dia2007–12Various TV newsReporterRede Globo2013–14Globo RuralWeather forecast2013–15Bom Dia São Paulo2013–15Bom Dia Brasil2014–15Hora Um da Notícia2014–15Jornal Hoje2014–presentJornal Nacional2015–presentSPTV2016–presentCriança EsperançaPresenter of the Mesão da Esperança2017–2019Jornal HojeMain Eventual2019–2021Jornal NacionalFantástico2019–presentJornal HojePresenter2021–presentFantástico
Controversies On July 3, 2015, Maria Júlia Coutinho came to be the target of racist comments. The hashtag #SomostodosMaju (#WeAreAllMaju) had wide repercussions in social networks and the case was exposed in the Jornal Nacional by the anchors William Bonner and Renata Vasconcellos in her own presence.
Awards YearAwardCategoryResultsReferences 2015 Troféu Observatório da Televisão Best Girl in Weather Forecast 2016 Troféu Observatório da Televisão Best Girl in Weather Forecast
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