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Adriana Carranca is a Brazilian writer and journalist. She has extensively covered the war in Afghanistan and important events in Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Haiti, Mexico, USA, Great Britain, Uganda, Congo, South Sudan, among others. She started her career at Globo TV, followed by Veja magazine, and as a Special Reporter and Columnist for one of the largest Brazilian newspapers O Estado de S. Paulo. Later she wrote a weekly column for O Globo, and now comments twice a week at the radio station CBN, from Globo group and with nationwide reach
She has a major in Journalism and a masters degree in Social Policies and Development at the London School of Economics (LSE), as well an MA in Journalism at Columbia University.
She won the Jabuti award in 2017, (the most recognized literary award in Brazil) in the Digital Children's Book category, after being finalist in 2016.
She has been appointed as correspondent in New York, in 2006, as fellow of the Dag Hammarksjöld Scholarship, of the Correspondents Association of the UN.
She is "Jornalista Amiga da Criança", a title given by the National Agency for Children's Rights to journalists that significantly contribute to the advocacy of youth and children rights. She has participated in the foundation of the Brazilian Investigative Journalism Association (Abraji).
In 2012 she was awarded a fellowship at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, at Oxford University, UK. She is the co-author of the book "O Irã sob o chador" ("Iran under the Chador"), published in 2010 by Globo, reaching the finals of the Jabuti award (the most recognized award in Brazil) in the Reporting category. She is also author of the book "O Afeganistão depois do Talibã" ("Afghanistan After the Taliban"), published in 2011 by Civilização Brasileira/Record.
Winner of the Líberdo Badaró award in 2013, Grand Prize; and in 2014, International Reporting. She was also finalist of the Esso Award in 2014.
Since 2017, Adriana has moved to New York, where she concluded her masters degree at Columbia University in May/2018. She was awarded at the Overseas Press Club and with a Fellowship to work as a researcher in the Global Migration Project. During this period she published articles in The Atlantic, The New York Times and Columbia Journalism Review
