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  Kevin Gomes Andrade

Rhode Island

 kgandrade3@gmail.com 

Twitter: @KevinGAndrade | Instagram: @kgandr | Facebook: Kevin Andrade

Writer | Program Manager | Educator

Journalism | Research | Spanish and Portuguese Fluency

Award-winning journalist and podcaster dedicated to producing relevant, accurate and well-informed pieces on the lives of the popular classes and the issues that affect and move them. A teacher well-versed in pedagogy and methodology that has successfully taught philosophical, literary, historical, cultural, and linguistic concepts to children and adults in the Dominican Republic. Practiced translator and interpreter fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish who is culturally competent, sensitive, and adaptable to the requirements, deadlines, and context of goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012 – present – Writer/Translator/Transcriber

Freelance

Remote/Southern New England

April 2021 - June 2021 - Interim Assistant Editor

Nieman Reports

Cambridge, MA

May 2020 - August 2020 - Founder\Host

The Migrant Café

Providence, RI

January 2020 - June 2020 - Digital producer

WGBH News

Boston, MA

2018 – 2020 – Staff Writer

The Providence Journal

Providence, RI

2017 – 2018 – English Immersion Program Teacher

MESCYT English Immersion Program

Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

2015 – Staff Writer

The Yuma Sun

Yuma, AZ, USA

2013 – 2014 – Staff Writer

O Jornal: The Portuguese Journal

Fall River, MA, USA

2010 – 2012 – Graduate/Research Assistant

University of Arizona,

Tucson, AZ, USA

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• “Metcalf Diversity in Media Awards: “Reunited at last: Father and son, separated at border, now together in Providence,” August 2020.

• “Best Ethnic Issues Story: Ripped Away: Deportation ends in tragedy for one R.I. family amid spike in immigration enforcement targeting Cambodians,” 3rd place, New England Newspaper and Press Association, February 2020.

• “Best Religion/Spirituality Story: Joy after a day of Ramadan fasting at a North Smithfield mosque,” 2nd place, R.I. Press Association, Providence, RI, April 2019.

• “Best News Story/Short: Fear of census common for immigrants,” 2nd place, R.I. Press Association, Providence, RI, April 2019.

• “Notable New Journalist,” 3rd place, R.I. Press Association, Providence, RI, April 2019.

• “Who to Watch: 2019,” Providence Monthly, Providence, RI. 23 December 2018

PUBLICATIONS

• “Sanctuary of Peace,” The Boston Globe Magazine, Boston, MA, 20 June 2021.

• “‘This Is Really Me: I Love Color.’ Dawn Spears Is New Bedford Art Museum’s First Artist-In-Residence,” WCAI, Woods Hole, MA, 8 February 2021.

• “COVID-19 drives families to seek holiday fun outdoors,” The Public’s Radio, Providence, RI, 22 December 2020.

• “Fox Point market owner is feted by the Portuguese community for his 101st birthday,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 24 Nov. 2020.

• “Celebrating Diwali in RI: Festival of light in a time of darkness,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 21 November 2020.

• “‘Tasteful Boston’ paintings are like pick-me-ups for the food scene,” The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, 3 October 2020.

• “In a new podcast, Boston’s Brazilian house cleaners share stories ‘swept under the rug,” The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, 25 September 2020.

• “Dominican-Japanese fusion comes to Providence at El Ninja,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 23 September 2020.

• “Buddhist temple fighting COVID’s challenges,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 14 September 2020.

• “City Council Orders Examination Of Boston Police’s ‘Militarized' Equipment, Tactics,” GBH News, Boston, MA, 10 June 2020.

• “‘The Status Quo Is Not Going To Save Us’: Mass. House Delegation Calls For Mail-In Universal Ballots In 2020,” GBH News, Boston, MA, 16 April 2020.

• “Virus upends usually joyous season for Cambodian-Americans in R.I.,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 11 April 2020.

• “I’m Living This Nightmare With All Americans,” The Boston Globe Magazine, Boston, MA, 29 March 2020.

• “Explaining The Coronavirus: Researcher Tackles Top Questions About The Outbreak,” GBH News, Boston, MA, 29 February 2020.

• “Reunited at last: Father and son, separated at border, now together in Providence,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 15 December 2019.

• “Trump policies make asylum cases more difficult,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 15 December 2019.

• “R.I. safe haven: Kurdish family, now in Cranston, fled Syria after ISIS attacked their village,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 9 December 2019.

• “Muslim Society plans to open Pawtucket mosque in summer,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 29 November 2019.

• “A tale of 2 churches: Spanish-speaking population pumps vibrancy into R.I. diocese,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 27 November 2019.

• “North Smithfield mosque looks to expand to better serve community,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 5 November 2019.

• “R.I. Attorney General: No charges will result from August confrontation at Wyatt,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 23 October 2019.

• “ICE told him to come on Thursday. He brought 20 others along,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 3 October 2019.

• “Advocates call on R.I. leaders to shut down Wyatt Detention Center,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 20 August 2019.

• “Wyatt Detention Facility correctional officer put on leave after truck drives into protesters; 64-year-old Warren man seriously injured,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 15 August 2019.

• “18 arrested in Never Again protest of Wyatt’s ICE role,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 2 July 2019.

• “In Cranston, a final goodbye from family and friends,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 12 May 2019.

• “Ripped Away: Deportation ends in tragedy for one R.I. family amid spike in immigration enforcement targeting Cambodians [Audio\Video],” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 5 May 2019.

• “Attorney General’s office says Wyatt violated Open Meetings Act,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 13 April 2019.

• “Lawyers meet with immigration detainees at Wyatt,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 13 April 2019.

• “Wyatt Detention Facility bondholders, Central Falls agree to mediation,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 12 April 2019.

• “Bondholders sue to keep ICE detainees in Wyatt,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 11 April 2019.

• “Wyatt board suspends ICE contract, orders warden to return detainees,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 6 April 2019.

• “150 protest the housing of immigration detainees at Wyatt Detention Facility,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 31 March 2019.

• “With horror and hope, R.I. Venezuelans watch history unfold in their homeland,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 21 February 2019.

• “At Brown, former prisoners, one an American, the other a Syrian, turned to philosophy to survive,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 30 January 2019.

• “Social benefit programs in R.I. are funded – for now,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 10 January 2019.

• “K-Pop sensation: He grew up in ‘Little Portugal’ in Bristol; now he’s a star in South Korea [Audio],” The Providence Journal, 31 December 2018. 

• “Far-Reaching Legacy: At Josefina ‘Doña Fefa´ Rosario´s funeral, hundreds recall her warmth [Audio],” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 21 December 2018.

• “R.I. boy helps Ice People survive in Norway,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 17 December 2018.

• “Review: Life in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands told by one who lives there,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 4 November 2018.

• “Roger Williams University professor leads effort to fight academic persecution,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 21 October 2018.

• “R.I. mental-health agencies say calls on rise since Kavanaugh allegations,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 6 October 2018.

• “In the first year of R.I. Promise, retention rate increases,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 3 October 2018

• “Political controversy in Dominican Republic reverberates in R.I.,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 4 September 2018.

• “R.I. Narragansetts raising their own food, connecting to the land again,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 27 August 2018.

• “Interview with a Guatemalan Nobel laureate [Audio],” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 5 August 2018.

• “Fear of census common for immigrants,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 6 July 2018.

• “R.I. professor plays crucial role in asylum cases of immigrants from Latin America,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 1 July 2018. 

• “Hundreds rally at R.I. State House to protest separation of migrant families,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 21 June 2018.

• “Cumberland’s Portuguese social club energized by World Cup drama,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 16 June 2018.

• “Providence church joins national sanctuary movement,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 8 June 2018.

• “Wanna dance? Couples needed to set Bachata record,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 8 June 2018.

• “Cape Verdean Revival in Providence’s Fox Point,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 4 June 2018.

• “Joy after a day of Ramadan fasting at a North Smithfield mosque,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 19 May 2018.

• “End to protected status hits R.I. families,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 14 May 2018.

• “Census citizenship question will limit the count, say R.I. immigrants,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 8 May 2018.

• “Dominican race for president comes to R.I.,” The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, 2 April 2018.

• “Overcrowding challenges San Luis High: School, district staff working to cope with situation,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 20 September 2015.

• “Mexican and Yuman medical residents exchange practices,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 6 July 2015.

• “YRMC doctors discuss effects of culture on medicine,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 6 July 2015.

• “Key to the past: Yuma resident shares memories of surviving in Italy during World War II,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 3 July 2015.

• “Counting every drop: Study points to efficient water use for agriculture in Yuma area,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 28 June 2015.

• “Yuma a hot spot for asthma in Arizona,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 7 June 2015.

• “Local Muslims working to change perceptions: Yumans: Using religion to justify violence is distressing,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 23 March 2015.

• “2 mayors using a friendship to make life better for their citizens,” The Yuma Sun, Yuma, AZ, 7 February 2015.

• “For Westport family, conflict in Syria hits close to home,” O Jornal: The Portuguese Journal, Fall River, MA, 18 October 2013.

• “Day of the Salvadoran delights hundreds in New Bedford,” The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA, 27 August 2012.

• “New Bedford School Board member apologizes for failing non-English families,” The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA, 7 July 2012.

• “Leading Mexican intellectual visits Tucson to garner U.S. support for peace movement [Video],” The Border Journalism Network, Tucson, AZ, 22 May 2012.

LECTURES

• “Journalism in marginalized communities,” Central Falls Prevention Coalition, Central Falls, RI, 12 July 2019.

• “Career Day: Being a Journalist,” Mount Pleasant High School, Providence, RI, 17 May 2019.

• “Covering Latinx Communities in Rhode Island,” Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, 18 September 2018.

• “Ghosts of Memory: Trujillismo in the news and academia,” Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 10 September 2018.

EDUCATION & COURSEWORK

2012 – M.A. Latin American Studies, Major focus: History, Minor focus: Journalism

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Exam Focus: Use of Spanish as resistance to U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico

Journalistic resistance to Pinochet’s Dictatorship in Chile

Geographies of Fear in Colombia’s Civil Conflict

2010 – B.A. Political Science, History

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA

Thesis: Suppression of Islamist political resistance in Hama, Syria, 1982

PUBLIC APPEARANCES

• “Panel on Diversity,” New England Cable and Telecommunications Association Conference, Newport, R.I., 29 October 2019.

• “Hora dos Portugueses: Ep. 200 [Hour of the Portuguese: Episode 200],” Profile of Kevin G. Andrade, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, Oct. 2019. [Portuguese]

• “Hora Quente: Entrevista com Kevin Andrade (Hot Hour: Interview with Kevin Andrade) [Portuguese],”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBh5QwzPXmA&t=298s. The Portuguese Channel, November 2018.

• “NewsCycle: Clearing up confusion regarding family separation at the border, what really happened and what happens now?,” https://omny.fm/shows/newscycle/clearing-up-confusion-regarding-family-separation. Gatehouse Media, 22 June 2018.

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND COURSES ATTENDED

• “Excellence in Journalism 2019,” NAHJ and SPJ. San Antonio, TX, September 2019.

• “2020 Census Convening,” The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 10 July to 11 July 2019.

• “Intro to Podcasting,” AS220, Providence, RI, April to May, 2019.

• “Boston Watchdog Workshop,” Investigative Reporters and Editors, Boston University, Boston, MA, October 20 2018.

• “Conversations on Journalism and Mexico: Covering Violence at your own peril by Marcela Turuti, reporter, Revista Proceso, Mexico City; Immigration by Alfredo Corchado, border reporter, Dallas Morning News, El Paso, TX”, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 15 October 2018.

ORGANIZATIONS AND VOLUNTEER WORK

• Society of Professional Journalists, New England Chapter  - October 2018 to present

• Providence Newspaper Guild  - May 2018 to January 2020

• National Association of Hispanic Journalists, New England Chapter -  December 2015 to present

  • Vice President: Oct. 2020 to present

• NAHJ New England Representative to Unify Committee  -  January 2019 to present