Ricardo Gandour is a Brazilian journalist and media consultant. He directed major newsrooms and media companies in Brazil, like CBN Radio Network, Grupo Estado (Estadão daily newspaper) and O Diário de S.Paulo. Gandour also worked for Infoglobo and Folha de S.Paulo. He is Master in Science of Communication at USP University and teaches Journalism at ESPM. Gandour is member of the board of Instituto Palavra Aberta (NGO dedicated to freedom of expression), Columbia Global Center Brazil and WAN-IFRA LatAm.