I'm Alessandra Freitas and this is my professional portfolio. Here you can find my clips, resume, contact information and my background experience.
Stories in which I have worked as a reporter, producer, camerawoman or editor.
01.21.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | 360 | Reporting on Marco Rubio being sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State.
01.21.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Bastidores | Reporting on Trump pardoning 1,500 people involved in the Jan. 6 attack to the U.S. Capitol.
01.21.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Live | Reporting on Trump’s first two days in office and the confirmation hearings for this gabinet appointees.
01.21.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Novo Dia | Reporting on Trump’s first two days in office and Marco Rubio confirmation as Secretary of State.
01.02.25 — Package for CNN Brasil | Novo Dia — FBI investigating connection between the attack in NOLA and the Tesla explosion in Vegas.
01.01.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Prime Time — Reporting on the NYEs attack in New Orleans and the FBI investigating it as an act of terrorism.
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
02.08.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | WW — Reporting on Kamala Harris securing enough votes to become Democratic nominee.
08.02.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Bastidores — Reporting on the U.S. sending more weapons to Israel amid fear of Iran retaliation.
08.02.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Arena — Reporting on the U.S. sending more weapons to Israel amid fear of Iran retaliation.
08.02.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Live — Reporting on the U.S. saying “it’s clear” Maduro lost reelection bid in Venezuela.
07.27.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Prime Time — Reporting on Trump saying to Christians at a rally “in four years, you don't have to vote again.”
27.07.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Agora CNN — Reporting on deadly attacks from Lebanon by Hezbollah on Golan Heights.
01.21.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Bastidores | Reporting on Marco Rubio being sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State.
01.21.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Live | Reporting on Trump’s second term and his executive orders issued on his first two days back in office.
01.13.25 — News package filmed and produced for CNN Brasil on the Trump deportations and reaction from migrants in NYC.
01.01.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Prime — FBI investigating possible connection between the attack in NOLA and the Tesla explosion in Vegas.
01.01.25 — Live for CNN Brasil | Arena — Reporting on the New Years attack in New Orleans, which left at least 14 dead and 35 injured.
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
10.10.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Breaking News, Special Coverage — Reporting all night on the latest on Hurricane Milton
02.08.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Prime Time — Reporting on Kamala Harris securing enough votes to become Democratic nominee.
02.08.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Bastidores — Reporting on U.S. position recognizing Edmundo González as the winner of the election in Venezuela.
08.02.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Live — Reporting on the U.S. sending more weapons to Israel amid fear of Iran retaliation.
08.02.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Novo Dia — Reporting on the U.S. acknowledging opposition's victory in Venezuela election.
27.07.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Agora CNN — Reporting on deadly attacks from Lebanon by Hezbollah on Golan Heights.
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Prime — Reporting on Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Prime — Reporting on Kamala Harris’ getting a call from the Obamas officializing their support for candidacy.
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | 360 — Reporting on Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | 360 — Reporting on Kamala Harris’ getting a call from the Obamas officializing their support for candidacy.
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Arena — Reporting on Kamala Harris’ getting a call from the Obamas officializing their support for her candidacy.
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Arena — Reporting live on FBI’s investigation on Trump’s nearly deadly attack at rally
07.26.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Bastidores — Reporting live on FBI’s investigation on Trump’s nearly deadly attack at rally.
07.24.24 — Special package for CNN Brasil | Prime — Reporting on Brazil being elected for the first time to the United Nations Board of Auditors. Interview with Minister Bruno Dantas.
07.23.24 - Live for CNN Brasil | Bastidores — Reporting on Kamala Harris’ first rally in Milkwaukee
07.23.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Live— Reporting on Kamala Harris’s first campaign rally in Milwaukee.
07.23.24 — Live for CNN Brasil | Novo Dia — Reporting on Kamala Harris getting enough Dem. delegates to run for party nominee.
I shot, produced and edited this video about Oliver Terrero, who went to jail for using drugs and now is reintegrating society through music.
I produced and shot this video about Henry, who was homeless for a great part of his life and now works to feed the homeless and the hungry in NYC.
I shot, produced and edited this video about Brazilian women who meet in a motorhome in Queens to knit clothes to donate and sell in NYC.
I shot, produced and edited this story about Coss Marte, who was incarcerated for eight years and now owns a gym chain that employs formerly incarcerated individuals.
I produced this 360 video that shows Jesús covering a protest about gentrification in New York City.
I worked as a special reporter on this Vem Comigo edition about the decontamination of Pinheiro's river, a major river in the city of São Paulo.
I produced this 360 video that shows a day in Henry's life while he feeds the homeless n the streets and subways of NYC.
I produced, shot and edited this video about Jesús, a formerly undocumented immigrant who crossed the border with a coyote when he was eight years old.
I worked as a reporter on this profile story about Gay Talese, a renowned journalist that was one of the pioneers of literary journalism.
I produced and filmed this piece about a geek bar that opened in Sao Paulo and had become a success among the public.
I produced this video profile about Goulart de Andrade, a renowned Brazilian journalist that had its own newscast on Gazeta TV.
I worked as a reporter, producer and editor of this piece about Braille schools for visually impaired people in Sao Paulo.
I filmed this story about the popularization of short films in Brazil. We interviewed the Brazilian actor Guilherme Lobo.
In this World Cup series, I produced a video story about the Soccer Museum and its exhibitions in Sao Paulo.
I worked as a producer in this story about the 20th anniversary of Ayrton Senna, a Brazilian F1 race pilot that died in a tragic accident.
I presented this edition of Edição Extra (end).
I produced, reported, edited and filmed this video story about street musicians in Sao Paulo and New York.
I produced, reported, filmed and edited this story that addresses the struggles of being a journalist in the dictatorship.
In this series about the 50th anniversary of Brazil's dictatorship, I interviewed Juca Martins, a persecuted photographer at the time.
I reported, produced, filmed and edited this story about the skate's culture in the city of Sao Paulo.
I worked as a reporter on this story about the 100th anniversary of Vinicius de Morais, a famous Brazilian poet and musician.
I produced, filmed and edited this piece about the Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum exhibition on the MIS museum in Sao Paulo.
I worked as a producer on this story about blind masks in Sao Paulo - the market and what makes people be passionate about it.
I helped produce this story about the Immigration of Haitians in Brazil after the earthquake that destroyed the country.
I filmed this video profile about Celso Unzelte, a sports journalist that has covered several World Cups in his career.
It's not just Brazilians that love the World Cup. I worked as a reporter, producer and editor on this story about the Gringos' Cup in Brazil.
I produced, reported and edited this piece that shows the routine of two NGOs in the capital of Sao Paulo.
I presented and helped edit this piece about David Bowie and the exposition the MIS museum was displaying about his life.
Street carnaval is part of Brazil's culture I helped in the production and editing of this piece.
I produced, reported and edited this piece that addresses the controversies and buried secrets of tortured prisoners during the dictatorship.
I produced and filmed this profile story about Mauro Beting, a famous sports journalist in Brazil.
I filmed and produced this video story about how it's like to start college in the city of Sao Paulo.
I produced and recorded the images of the video. We showed how Telecourses are giving adults a second choice on education.
I worked as a producer on this profile video story about Ariel Palácios, a Brazilian correspondent in Argentina.
I filmed, produced and edited this video story about the passion for old cars in Sao Paulo - the clubs, people and curiosities.
I produced and edited this profile video story about Kátia Lessa, an international reporter who fought sexism in the profession.
I produced, reported and edited this video story about soccer cards collectors in Brazil. The piece is part of the World Cup series.
I edited this profile story about Sérgio Dávila, a journalist that covered the Iraq war and now is editor of a major Brazilian newspaper.
I helped produce this story in which we spent a day in an illegal homeless occupation in an abandoned public building in Sao Paulo.
I worked as a reporter and camerawoman on this profile story about Ivan Martins, a journalist and columnist at Época magazine.
I presented this edition of Edição Extra (start).
I helped produce and film this story on the struggles of being a women during Brazil's dictatorship - including torture and abuse.
I produced, reported, filmed and edited this piece that celebrates the 460th anniversary of Sao Paulo.
I filmed this profile story about Mino Carta, founder of the Carta Capital magazine, one of the leader leftist publications in Brazil.
I helped produce and film this story about the secrets of food advertising.