Ricardo Costa (journalist)

Ricardo Paiva Costa (Lisbon, 1968) is a Portuguese journalist.

Biography

Costa has worked for SIC television network as a host in several television programs, including Expresso da Meia-Noite, with Nicolau Santos. Since 2011, he is the director of Expresso. He is son of Orlando da Costa, a writer, and Inácia Martins Ramalho de Paiva and brother of António Costa, politician and the mayor of Lisbon Municipality, by his father's first marriage to Maria Antónia Palla, journalist.

Personal life

He is divorced from Cláudia Borges, journalist, with whom he has three children.[1] Before starting his career in journalism and became a noted media personality, Costa studied for a degree in communication at the New University of Lisbon, but did not graduate.

References

  1. (Portuguese) Ricardo Costa é o novo director do «Expresso», Agência Financeira (September 13, 2010)