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How is the media reacting in Brazil? If only they showcased him alongside the famous footballers...

I come from India which is fanatic about Cricket. You would think media will understand the need to give India's chess grandmasters the same exposure as cricketers, but in reality it is mostly run as a business :(

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Unfortunately little to no reaction at all, and I don't think there will be more coverage, specially after a plane crashed today carrying a presidential candidate.

Actually, I think the coverage was decent until now (at least on the web), but, yeah, the death of Eduardo Campos will definitely eclipse the award.

I agree. He was in every news TV show, including the biggest of them "Jornal Nacional". Also very good coverage of IMPA, the math institute behind his education.

But sure, now with the sad news about Eduardo Campos he will be nowhere to be seen. I hope in the next months and years he is remembered and popularized (is that a word?).

> is that a word?

yes

It was on Globo's Jornal Nacional a few hours ago:

http://g1.globo.com/educacao/noticia/2014/08/pesquisador-bra...

That's as prime time as you can get on brazilian TV.

He'll get a lot of calls from every channel, newspaper and magazines.

I was actually surprised at the coverage, at least in online newspapers. There hasn't been any coverage on the first woman to win the prize, though...

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