Jornal do Brasil mobilizes a certain idea of singular journalism, based on a series of values (independence, freedom, boldness, credibility), symbols of a pattern longed for by the journalistic community re-signified in the long run by memory actions strongly marked by nostalgia. Starting from narratives about the journalistic being and doing, recurring both in the pages of the newspaper and in the history of the press – material that depends anyway on testimony from journalists –, the taking of Jornal do Brasil as a paradigm is analyzed in view of the profound transformation of the journalistic ethos.