Sandra Felgueiras

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Sandra Felgueiras
Born
Portugal
Education NOVA University Lisbon (BA in social communication)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • TV presenter
Years active1999–present
Employer TVI/ CNN Portugal
Known forInterview with Kate and Gerry McCann

Sandra Felgueiras is a Portuguese TV presenter and journalist. She is best known for interviewing Kate and Gerry McCann about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. [1] [2] [3]

Career

Felgueiras previously worked for Cofina Media, as director of the magazine Sábado , and for RTP, where she spent around 21 years, nine of which she was responsible for coordinating and presenting the investigative program Sexta às 9 on RTP1. [4]

Felgueiras interned at SIC and the newspaper Expresso in 1999, and she was briefly with Barcelona Television in Spain the year before. She holds a degree in social communication from NOVA University Lisbon.[ citation needed ] Her first major high-profile case was covering the disappearance of the English girl Madeleine McCann in 2010, during which she interviewed the child's parents; she also appeared in the Netflix docu-series about the case. After a 21-year career at RTP, her departure was marked by controversy following the cancellation of Sexta às 9 by the network's news management. [4] In 2022, Felgueiras launched the program Investigação Sábado, broadcast on CMTV. [5] Later that year, she left CMTV and joined TVI/CNN Portugal, where she currently presents the Jornal Nacional and the investigative journalism segment Exclusivo. [6]

Felgueiras was ranked by Executiva as the 20th most influential woman in Portugal in 2021. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sandra Felgueiras interviews McCann couple for RTP1". Joana Morais. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Panorama, Madeleine McCann: 10 Years On , retrieved 6 May 2017
  3. ↑ "Sandra Felgueiras 'Ask the dogs' Interview London November 2009". mmknowthetruth.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sandra Felgueiras leaves Cofina and joins TVI". Observador (in European Portuguese). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Sábado director Sandra Felgueiras among the most influential women in the country". Sábado (in European Portuguese). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Exclusivo com Sandra Felgueiras" [Exclusive with Felgueiras]. TVI Player (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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