Yesterday, Maria Júlia "Maju" Coutinho (previously the weather presenter on Globo's
Jornal Nacional
) made her debut as presenter of the network's national midday newscast,
Jornal Hoje
, which also saw some visual changes, with a refreshed set (now with a smaller desk and the presenter standing throughout the entire broadcast), graphics and music, as well as more changes to the format (due to the competition with the editions of Record TV's
Balanço Geral
across the country - especially the one in São Paulo, Brazil's largest media market - constantly beating them on the ratings, Globo has intensified crime coverage on
JH
over the past few months, and now the program has persistent lower-thirds throughout each story, not unlike its more tabloid competitors).