Rodrigo Moita de Deus
Rodrigo Moita de Deus | |
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 Rodrigo Moita de Deus, 2020 | |
| Born | Rodrigo Moita de Deus 21 November 1977 Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Language | Portuguese |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Notable works | Será que as mulheres ainda acreditam em príncipes encantados? |
Rodrigo Moita de Deus (Lisbon, 21 November 1977) is a Portuguese analyst, opinion maker and writer.
Career
[edit]Rodrigo is a writer that started a career as a journalist. He worked in the weekly outlets "Euronotícias" and "O Semanário". Later, he joined the establishment team of the Champalimaud Foundation,[1] an institution dedicated to cancer medical research. In 2006, he was one of the founders of the portuguese blog "31 da Armada".
In 2009, together with other monarchists and members of the "31 da Armada" blog, he climbed the front balcony of Lisbon's Municipality[2] and changed the Portuguese national flag for one from of the last period of the portuguese monarchy. This action led to his arrest.[3] After this, in 2011, he created "Vader do Fraque", a fictional character inspired on Darth Vader for the national electoral campaign. "Vader do Fraque" followed the then Prime minister of Portugal, José Sócrates, to all public campaign events, aiming at delivering a 83 billion euros bill – equivalent to the government debt accumulated by Sócrates government.[4][5][6]
He made a career in marketing and Public Relations, having founded the Public relations agency Nextpower StorySellers in 2008, which he directed until 2019.[7][8] In 2016, he was one of the creators of the News Museum, a museum located in Sintra, dedicated to news, media, and Communication.[9]
Rodrigo has been a regular prime time commentator on Portuguese television. He participated in "Noites Marcianas", at SIC; "Combate de Blogs" at TVI; "5 para a Meia Noite", RTP, and on "O Último Apaga a Luz", aired also on RTP. Rodrigo is a regular speaker about topics related to Communication, he participated in TEDx conferences,[10][11] Estoril Conferences,[1] at Future European Leaders,[12] and at the Global Forum "Communication on Top"[13] at the Davos Forum, in Switzerland.
Rodrigo published his first book at the age of 23, "Será que as mulheres ainda acreditam em príncipes encantados?",[14] that became part of the Portuguese National Reading Plan. At the age of 25 he published "O Vigarista: o Homem do Ano",[15] a novel that anticipated, in 2003, the complex connections between business and politics, in the early 2000s. He coauthored several books, namely, "O Acidental" (2005);[16] "Frases para ter em carteira" (2006);[17] in 2015, and "Novo Dicionário da Comunicação".[18]
In 2022 Rodrigo Moita de Deus published "Pax English".[19]
Works
[edit]- Será que as mulheres ainda acreditam em príncipes encantados?, Lisboa, Bertrand Editores, 2001
- O Vigarista: o homem do ano, Lisboa, Bertrand Editores, 2002
- O Acidental, Lisboa, Hugin, 2005
- Frases para ter em carteira, editora Livramento, 2006
- Novo Dicionário da Comunicação, Chiado Editora, 2015
- Pax English, Dom Quixote, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rodrigo Moita de Deus | CE 2011". Estoril Conferences (in European Portuguese). 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ Oliveira, Maria José (10 August 2009). ""Darth Vaders" do blogue 31 da Armada hastearam bandeira da monarquia na Câmara de Lisboa". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "Monárquico constituído arguido". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ ""Vader do Fraque" tenta cobrar dívida de 83 mil milhões – DN". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ "'Vader do Fraque' agredido numa acção de Sócrates (COM VÍDEO) – Política – Correio da Manhã". 2011-09-14. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ ""Vader do Fraque" agredido em acção de Sócrates > Política vídeos > TVI24". 2011-09-06. Archived from the original on 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- ^ NextPower, Rodrigo Moita de Deus, senior partner da. "Briefing – A NextPower saiu do armário". www.briefing.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "NEXTPOWER | Story Sellers. – A estória". nextpower.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "NewsMuseum nominated for European Museum of the Year". NewsMuseum. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "TEDxRSM explores the effects of change". www.rsm.nl. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Universidade de Coimbra – Notícias – TEDxCoimbra 2011". www.uc.pt. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Revista de Partes". www.revistadepartes.pt. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Briefing – Dois oradores portugueses no primeiro Fórum global de Comunicação de Davos". www.briefing.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "Será que as mulheres ainda acreditam em príncipes encantados?". www.aletheia.pt. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "O Vigarista, Rodrigo Moita de Deus – Livro – Bertrand". www.bertrand.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "BNP – O acidental". bibliografia.bnportugal.gov.pt. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Frases Para Ter na Carteira – Livro – WOOK". www.wook.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ Novo dicionário da comunicação – NewsMuseum (in Portuguese).
- ^ Fidelizarte. "Novidades LeYa para Janeiro". Portal da Literatura (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-13.
