[1] He entertained a weekly column at news magazine IstoÉ,[2] and in 2002 authored the book Copacabana Palace.

At the same time, he began teaching at the College of the City of Rio de Janeiro, where he was involved in editing the monthly newsletter.

He hosted a radio news program on BandNews FM, served as an anchor on the news program Jornal da Band, wrote a column for the newspaper O Dia in Rio de Janeiro, and a weekly column in the magazine Isto É.

[4][5][6] Boechat voiced a jaguar newscaster in the Brazilian version of the American animated film Zootopia (Zootropolis).

[4][6] Four days later, the Legal Medical Institute published that a politraumatic head injury caused the death of the journalist.