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LUIS CARDADOR

Producer/Journalist

 

I'm an independent producer, writer and multimedia journalist who worked as a producer and presenter for the Portuguese-language service of the BBC World Service radio for the last six years.

There I interviewed senior political leaders and high-profile academics and journalists from within and without my coverage area - Portuguese-speaking Africa - and have published articles in the BBC World Service's World Agenda Magazine. Since joining the BBC's Portuguese for Africa service, I have worked as a producer, presenter, editor and newsreader, writing news reports, packages and other broadcast material on a daily basis, in one of the most exciting, fast-paced media environments in the world. 

I worked for the BBC for 11 years, the first five as a chief sub-editor for BBC Monitoring, translating, editing and writing analysis pieces on world news and current affairs. During my time at BBC Monitoring I specialized in vernacular media from the European, Latin American and African regions, a job that also took me to Nairobi, Kenya, where I worked in the local BBCM bureau.

 

During my broadcasting years I visited the Amazon to explore the present and future of this vast, yet fragile ecosystem. This work received the 2008 AIB's Media Excellence Award for Best Creative Radio Feature.

 

Ballet and opera are two of my long-life passions and, in my spare time, I contribute to international dance publications, such as Danceviewtimes and Danstidningen. I also work as a freelancer voice-over artist, translator and media analyst.

luiscardador@gmail.com

 

 

  

 

Photos:

BBC Para África's team 10-2005                                           Meal of a lifetime in Mombasa, 2005                                                                                                   

Bird-watching In Lake Nakuru, Kenya, 09-2005                     Mingling with the locals in the Mara (I still have                                                                                         the tartan cloth on the right!), 09-2005

View from above, Masai Mara, 09-2005                           Farewell night to BBCM team in Nairobi, 10-2005

Meeting singer Carmen Souza at Momo's, London                Dwarfed by an ancestor in Silves, Portugal,

02-2008                                                                           07-2007

With our indefatigable "carioca" fixer Úrsula                       Photo opportunity for the fearless BBC team sporting the colours of the "Caprichoso" ox in                     about to board the 'Dom Nestor' for the Amazon Parintins, Amazon state, 05-2008                                      River descent. Can you spot me? 05-2008

Verifying the truth of the matter about 'Bolsa                     One too many mics...! At a fish farm           Floresta' in Manaus, Amazon state, 05-2008                       in Parintins, Brazil, 05-2008

Working well into the night aboard the 'Dom                            Literally, a stand-up on deck! Amazon River, Nestor'... and not afraid of the mosquitoes!                             05-2008                                               Amazon River, 05-2008

Receiving the AIB's Media Excellence Award                           In action at the BBC studios, 12-2008            with Teresa, 12-11-2008

With our loyal listener in Bissau, Lafu Baldé                        Interviewing presidential candidate Henrique (centre) and our stringer Salvador Gomes                            Rosa 06-2009

Interviewing presidential candidate Zinha Vaz                         At Henrique Rosa's headquarters                     in one of Bissau's markets 06-2009                                                    

With Dr Agostinho Macedo, director of Simão                             Trying not to melt at Bissau's Cathedral Mendes General Hospital 06-2009

With teachers and students at Kwame Nkrumah                         Decisive match in Mansoa for champions Highschool 06-2009                                                                 Balantas de Mansoa 06-2009

Feeling the pulse of voters in Bissau 06-2009                                     

Covering the COP15 Summit in copenhagen 12-2009           With the friendly Cape Verde delegation 06-2009

With singer Carmen Souza and producer Theo Pas'Cal                                                                                at the BBC studios 03-2010                                                                                  

Links:

»In the Foothills of the Mediterranean Pyrenees

 »Sketches

 »Photos

 »Straight from the Shoulder

If you have any questions please e-mail me on luiscardador@gmail.com

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