Guilherme Canela holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Brasília (UnB) and a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of São Paulo (USP). He coordinates the programmatic area of the Communication and Information Sector of the UNESCO Montevideo Office. He coordinated the media and journalism research area of the News Agency for Children’s Rights (ANDI) for 8 years. During this period he was responsible for several surveys that evaluated the news media’s coverage on issues related to children such as children’s education, violence, health, sexual abuse, human and social development, drugs, participatory democracy, entrepreneurial social responsibility, human rights, amongst others. He is the co-author of 10 books published by ANDI about these topics (Series Media and Social Mobilization, Cortez Publisher) and several brochures, magazines and discussion texts. He was a research consultant for the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders and for the Ayrton Senna Journalism Award. He was also a senior member of the Working Group of the Ministry of Justice to Provide Advisory Services to the Regulation of TV Programs’ Rating System and associated researcher at the Nucleus for Studies of Media and Politics of the University of Brasilia.