Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves | |
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Born | |
Other names | Richard Goncalves; Ric G |
Alma mater | University of Wollongong |
Occupation | television journalist |
Years active | 1998-present |
Known for | presenting news bulletins and programs on SBS |
Television |
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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]
As of July 2022 [update] 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]
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]
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]
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?
Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves | |
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Born | |
Other names | Richard Goncalves; Ric G |
Alma mater | University of Wollongong |
Occupation | television journalist |
Years active | 1998-present |
Known for | presenting news bulletins and programs on SBS |
Television |
|
Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves (born 24 January 1981) [1] is a Portuguese Australian television journalist and presenter, best known for his work at SBS. [2]
As of July 2022 [update] 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]
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]
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]
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?