Vince Medeiros was born in Brazil and has lived and worked in Australia, the United States and Britain, where he was awarded an MA degree in media from Goldsmith’s College, London. He is currently an editor at Adrenalin magazine.

Recent articles

The stereotype of surfers as lazy and apolitical is belied by a long, turbulent history of ocean-based activism, says Vince Medeiros

Brazilian landless workers, Indian child labour campaigners, Canadian media activists all carried their hopes to the fifth World Social Forum. openDemocracy’s Porto Alegre team – Caspar Henderson, Solana Larsen, Vince Medeiros – talked to them.

As 150,000 participants from around the world prepare for the fifth World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil from 26-31 January 2005, Vince Medeiros critically examines western media coverage of this global event.