Geneton Moraes Neto

{{Short description|Brazilian journalist and writer (1956–2016)}}

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Geneton Moraes Neto (13 July 1956 – 22 August 2016) was a Brazilian journalist and writer from Pernambuco.{{Cite web|last=Mergulhão|first=Alfredo|date=22 August 2016|title=Jornalista Geneton Moraes Neto morre aos 60 anos vítima de um aneurisma|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2016/08/1805960-jornalista-geneton-moraes-neto-morre-aos-60-anos-vitima-de-um-aneurisma.shtml|access-date=23 August 2016|work=Folha de São Paulo|language=pt}}

Neto worked as a journalist for over 40 years in print and television. Among other roles, he was a correspondent for O Estado de São Paulo and a prominent figure at GloboNews, where he edited Jornal Nacional.

Neto's book {{Language with name/for|pt|Dossiê Brasília: os segredos dos presidentes|Brasília Dossier: Presidential Secrets}}, first published in 1997, is a series of interviews with former presidents of Brazil.{{Cite journal|last1=Bisol|first1=Laísa Veroneze|last2=Silva|first2=Denise Almeida|date=2013-12-01|title=História e ficção no Livro-reportagem Dossiê Brasília – Os segredos dos presidentes de Geneton Moraes Neto|url=http://portaldeperiodicos.unisul.br/index.php/Critica_Cultural/article/view/2243|journal=Revista Crítica Cultural|language=pt|volume=8|issue=2|pages=371–377|doi=10.19177/rcc.v8e22013371-377|issn=1980-6493|doi-access=free}}

He died of an aortic aneurysm.{{Cite web|date=2016-08-22|title=Morre, aos 60 anos, o jornalista e escritor Geneton Moraes Neto|url=https://www.reporterdiario.com.br/noticia/2224589/morre-aos-60-anos-o-jornalista-e-escritor-geneton-moraes-neto/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Repórter Diário|language=pt-BR}}