Ricardo Gonçalves

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Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves
Born (1981-01-24) 24 January 1981 (age 42)
Wollongong, New South Wales
Other namesRichard Goncalves; Ric G
Alma mater University of Wollongong
Occupationtelevision journalist
Years active1998-present
Known forpresenting news bulletins and programs on SBS
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Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves (born 24 January 1981) [1] is a Portuguese Australian television journalist and presenter, best known for his work at SBS. [2]

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As of July 2022 Gonçalves is the network's finance editor where he presents a nightly finance report on SBS World News each weeknight and also fronts the SBS On the Money Podcast. [2]

He also anchors SBS World News Late . [2]

Since 2016, Gonçalves has hosted Small Business Secrets. [3] [4]

Career

Gonçalves commenced his television career at WIN Television in Wollongong, where unpaid work experience led to him becoming a casual WIN News reporter in 1998 while he was studying commerce at the University of Wollongong. [5]

In 1999, Gonçalves set up a website to offer advice to high school students about study techniques which led to Gonçalves assisting Channel 7 current affairs program Today Tonight with a number of education-related reports. [6]

Gonçalves commenced working as a business journalist for finance expert David Koch's production company Palamedia in 2001. [2] Based at Channel 7 in Sydney, he provided content for Seven, Sky News Australia and 2GB. [6]

He moved to Melbourne in 2004 where he worked as a reporter for National Nine News on Channel 9 and as a volunteer breakfast news presenter on LGBTIQ+ community radio station Joy FM where he was known on air as "Ric G." [2]

Gonçalves returned to Sydney in 2007 where he produced and anchored coverage for the Sky News Business Channel. [2]

He joined SBS in 2010. [7]

In April 2020, Gonçalves unusually had to take over from Janice Petersen halfway through an SBS World News bulletin due to Petersen's vision deteriorating caused by an object in her eye. [8]

Personal life

Gonçalves was born in Wollongong, New South Wales. His parents had migrated to Australia from Portugal in the late 1970s. [9] Portuguese was his first language during his early childhood. [1]

He attended Edmund Rice College in Wollongong, where he was school captain. [6]

Throughout his early career, Gonçalves called himself by the name of Richard which his teachers had preferred to use instead of Ricardo. [9] Gonçalves continued to use the name Richard while also anglicising his surname to enhance his career prospects due to the lack of cultural diversity on Australian television. [9]

Gonçalves appeared on a 1998 episode of Australian game show Wheel of Fortune. [2]

Gonçalves successfully auditioned for an Australian pop group called Sneaky Deep in 2000, and recorded a three-track demo CD with the group. [10] However, he was let go from the group after approximately six months after being told his vocal abilities weren't developing enough. [10] After Gonçalves left the group, they signed a publishing deal with Warner Music Australia but disbanded soon after. [10]

Gonçalves is known for his love of Eurovision and in 2018 was appointed as Australia's spokesperson for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, taking over from Lee Lin Chin. [11]

He is an Australia Day ambassador. [12] [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gonçalves, Ricardo (24 January 2012). "Australia Day - From Ricardo, to Richard, to Ricardo". MEMOricardo. Retrieved 12 July 2022. 31 years ago today, I was born to a wonderful Portuguese immigrant family, in a hospital in Wollongong on the South Coast of New South Wales, with a full birth name of Ricardo Jorge Goncalves (Jorge, pronounced George, not Hor-hay)... it's my birthday today, two days before Australia Day. That's pretty Aussie hey?
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About Ricardo". Ricardo Gonçalves. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (29 July 2016). "Being a "finance nerd" pays off for Ricardo Goncalves". TV Tonight .
  4. ↑ Puvanenthiran, Bhakthi (27 July 2016). "Small Business Secrets looks at migrants triumphing in the small business world". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Graham, Ben; Chung, Frank (28 February 2019). "SBS presenter Ricardo Goncalves says unpaid work pays off". news.com.au . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Gonçalves, Ricardo (26 February 2019). "Unpaid work experience: It pays". Ricardo Gonçalves. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (27 April 2010). "Ricardo Goncalves joins World News Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Knox, David (8 April 2020). "Ricardo Goncalves 'saves the day'". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 Goncalves, Ricardo (2 July 2018). "Richard or Ricardo? How your name impacts your media job prospects". Mumbrella . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 3 Gonçalves, Ricardo (1 May 2018). "'My secret history as a pop star': Ricardo Goncalves". SBS Eurovision. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  11. ↑ Knox, David (1 May 2018). "Ricardo Goncalves is Australia's Eurovision spokesperson". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  12. ↑ Goncalves, Ricardo (26 January 2017). "Australia Day Ambassador: Jan 26 'about celebrating our nation's diversity'". SBS News . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Deare, Steven (25 January 2017). "SBS TV host Ricardo Goncalves gives Australia Day message". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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