About Alexandre Le Voci Sayad
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Alexandre Le Voci Sayad is a journalist, educator, and author. He holds a master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics from PUC-SP (Brazil) and a specialization in digital business from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently pursuing a PhD in lifelong learning policies and AI at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain.
Sayad is the director of ZeitGeist, an innovation hub for education, culture, and media that develops global projects for corporations, governments, and the education sector. He also serves as a media literacy consultant for UNESCO, both at its headquarters in Paris (France) and its regional office in Montevideo (Uruguay).
On television, he hosts the program Idade Mídia on Canal Futura, currently in its fifth season. He is also a columnist for Revista Educação. Sayad has authored and contributed to over twenty books in the fields of educa7on, technology, and communication, including a young adult novel. His most recent publication (2023) is Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking.
He began his career as an education reporter, including a project with the BBC. In mainstream media, he has contributed to Folha de S. Paulo, served as a columnist for O Estado de S. Paulo, and was a presenter at BandNews FM. He later transitioned to the education sector, co-founding and directing Cidade Escola Aprendiz, an award- winning initiative with Gilberto Dimenstein. For over two decades, he has worked as a researcher and policy consultant on media literacy and strategies to combat disinformation.
Sayad has also consulted on the creation of institutes, foundations, and corporate advisory boards, including the Claro Institute. Internationally, he served for five years as Chair of UNESCO's Media and Informa5on Literacy Alliance.
He is currently a board member of the International Council for Media Literacy (IC4ML), Digital Communication Network (DCN), European Association of Viewers Interests (EAVI) and the scientific council of Comunicar, a leading academic journal published by the University of Huelva, Spain. In Brazil, he is a board member of Educamídia (Instituto Palavra Aberta and Google.org), ABPEDUCOM (Brazilian Association of Educommunication Professionals), MIL Journal (UNICAMP), and Bett Educar.
Sayad has lectured in 20 countries and at over a dozen universities around the world. More information: alexandresayad.com | linkedin.com/in/alexandresayad