2017-07-262017-07-262012-12PIMENTEL, Aldenor da Silva; TEMER, Ana Carolina Rocha Pessôa. Newsmaking in portuguese: uma discussão das hipóteses de Gaye Tuchman no contexto brasileiro. Teoria crítica social para leitura crítica da mídia. Comunicação & Informação, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 2, p.116-132, jul./dez. 2012. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/ci/article/view/23116/14149>.e- 1415-5842http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/12206This article aims to discuss the spread of ideas of the American sociologist Gaye Tuchman in the area of Communication, in Portuguese speaking countries, especially in Brazil. Therefore, we conducted a literature search of her studies in Portuguese and of publications about her. We will discuss her concepts and we will use it to analyze the news coverage of summary executions of criminal suspects and accused of rape and murder of children and women.porAcesso AbertoTeorias do jornalismoGaye TuchmanNewsmakingJornalismo criminalTheories of journalismJournalism criminalTheories of journalismArtigo10.5216/c&i.v15i2.23116