Evaristo Costa

{{short description|Brazilian journalist}}

{{Portuguese name|Costa|Merigo}}

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| name = Evaristo Costa

| image = 09 03 2020 Cerimônia de Lançamento da CNN Brasil (49642485341) (cropped 2).jpg

| caption = Evaristo Costa at CNN Brazil.

| birth_name = Evaristo de Oliveira Costa Merigo

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|30}}

| birth_place = São José dos Campos (SP), Brazil

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| education = Universidade Braz Cubas

| occupation = Journalist and Anchor

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| years_active= 1995–present

| credits = Jornal Hoje anchor
(2014–17, 2021-present)
CNN Séries Originais presenter
(2020–present)

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Evaristo de Oliveira Costa Merigo, commonly known as Evaristo Costa (born September 30, 1976, in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian journalist.{{cite web|url=http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfis/talentos/evaristo-costa/trajetoria.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305224357/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfis/talentos/evaristo-costa/trajetoria.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016|title=Carlos Tramontina|work=Memória Globo|publisher=Organizações Globo|accessdate=4 April 2016|date=18 January 2014}}

He graduated in Social Communication at Universidade Braz Cubas in Mogi das Cruzes. Costa started working as a journalist in 1995, when he was still in college and worked in a TV producing studio during two years, then moving to TV Vanguarda, initially as a producer and then working as reporter and presenter. In September 1999, he was transferred to TV Globo, where he was a reporter for the TV show Mais Você, hosted by Ana Maria Braga.

In 2001, Costa moved to SPTV, a São Paulo local news program. Then he presented the weather forecast of Globo Rural, SPTV, Bom Dia Brasil and Jornal Nacional until 2 February 2004, when Costa became co-host of the midday news program Jornal Hoje with Sandra Annenberg{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/jornalhoje/0,,16025,00.html|title=Apresentadores do Jornal Hoje|publisher=G1|accessdate=4 April 2016}}

In February 2015 Costa briefly joined the Fantástico team, replacing Tadeu Schmidt during the holidays.{{cite web|url=http://f5.folha.uol.com.br/colunistas/fernando-oliveira/2015/12/1721115-globo-faz-danca-das-cadeiras-no-jornalismo-e-evaristo-costa-vai-parar-no-fantastico.shtml|title=Globo faz dança das cadeiras no jornalismo e Evaristo Costa vai parar no 'Fantástico'|publisher=Fernando Oliveira - Folha de S. Paulo|date=19 December 2015|accessdate=4 April 2016}}

At the end of 2017, he had resigned his 14-year contract from Rede Globo to move to United Kingdom, where he currently lives in Cambridge.{{cite web|url=https://veja.abril.com.br/entretenimento/esposa-de-evaristo-costa-confirma-mudanca-para-a-inglaterra|title=Esposa de Evaristo Costa confirma mudança para a Inglaterra|publisher=VEJA|accessdate=2 August 2017}}

He is currently hired by CNN Brazil.[https://emais.estadao.com.br/noticias/tv,evaristo-costa-e-william-waack-sao-contratados-pela-cnn-brasil,70002855884 Evaristo Costa e William Waack são contratados pela CNN Brasil]