Rita Freire

Rita de Cassia Freire Rosa is a Brazilian journalist and a communication rights activist. She coordinates the Ciranda International Shared Communication initiative and represents the network on the WSF International Council and the World Free Media Forum International Mobilization Group. She is the editor of the Arquimedia Agency for journalism and digital technologies and a member of the Brazilian Women and Media network. In 2013, she became the first civil society representative to chair the Curator Council of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação, the governing body of the public communication company, later being elected to the vice-presidency and then to the presidency of the collegiate.