Trivia

He's a journalist.

He's also a writer. He wrote books like: "A filha do Capitão", "O Codex 632" (2005) and "A fórmula de Deus" (2006).

Started to work in 1980 in Rádio Macau.

Worked in BBC from 1987 to 1990.

He won 3 awards from CNN: Best News Breaking Story of the Year (1994); Best News Story of the Year for the Sunday (1998); and Contribution Achievement Award for all his work (2000).

He and his wife are parents of two girls: Catarina (b. 1991) and Inês (b. 1998).

His father is a doctor and his mother is a pharmacist. The got divorced when José was a child.

Has a five years younger brother named João Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos. He's married to Mafalda Vilarigues and they have three children named Mariana (b. 2003), Nuno and Afonso (twins b. 2006).

Lived in Mozambique for the first ten years of his life.

Fluent in Portuguese and English.

Supports Benfica.