Fátima Gomes Bernardes (born 17 September 1962) is a Brazilian journalist and TV host.[1] She joined Rede Globo in 1987 as the host of RJTV, the regional news from Rio de Janeiro, and became widely known in 1989 when she hosted Jornal da Globo, the late night news program. She also hosted Fantástico, Jornal Hoje, and Jornal Nacional, where she was the news anchor from 1998 to 2011.[2]
Bernardes hosted the morning talk show Encontro from 2012 to 2022. Encontro. She continued working with Globo until 2024 when she left the channel.[3]
Bernardes studied journalism at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She began working for the Brazilian newspaper O Globo in 1983. In February 1987, she joined Rede Globo as a news presenter, and in a few months she was hosting RJTV, Globo's regional news program for the state of Rio de Janeiro. In May 1989, she hosted late night news program Jornal da Globo alongside Eliakim Araújo, and from July 1989, with William Bonner, who she eventually married the following year.[1]