Elaíze Farias

Elaíze Farias is a Brazilian journalist. She is known for her reporting on indigenous and environmental issues in the North Region of Brazil.

Biography Farias was born and raised in Parintins, Amazonas. Her maternal family is Mawé. She moved to Manaus, the state capital, at the age of 17, and studied journalism at the Federal University of Amazonas.

While Farias was still a student, she started her journalism career, initially as a culture reporter for various local news outlets in Manaus. In 2003, she decided to focus on social issues, with her early articles reporting on citizens in Manaus' struggles accessing water and electricity.

In 2017, Amazônia Real was named as one of Latin America's top 100 digital news startups by SembriaMedia. In 2018, it was awarded the King of Spain International Journalism Award for the Most Outstanding Outlet in Ibero-America. In 2025, to mark the 20th anniversary of ABRAJI's first conference, Farias and Brásil were recognised as two of 21 "icons of Brazilian journalism"; they were among three journalists commemorated from the North Region, alongside Lúcio Flávio Pinto, who also wrote for Amazônia Real.

In 2022, Farias received the Vladimir Herzog Award in recognition of her work reporting on human rights in Brazil.

Farias has also been awarded the Embratel Press Prize, the Onça-Pintada Prize for Journalism and the Fapeam Prize for Scientific Journalism.