professional excellence AWARDEE 2022

Alessandra Corrêa (Brazil)

Alessandra Corrêa is a journalist with three decades of experience, currently based in Washington, D.C., where she is a Contributing Correspondent for the BBC Brazilian Service, part of the BBC World Service. 

In over ten years as an international correspondent in the United States, she has traveled extensively throughout the country, covering politics, economics, international relations and current affairs. Many of her stories focus on immigration, criminal justice reform, reproductive rights and economic and social disparities. 

Alessandra has covered seven American elections, including the midterms in 2022, the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the reconstruction of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina, the impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis and how immigration laws affect communities in states along the border.

Prior to becoming a correspondent in the United States, she worked for four years as a reporter at the BBC Brazilian Service newsroom in São Paulo (Brazil). Before that, she was the Editor of the Agribusiness section of Zero Hora, the main newspaper in Southern Brazil, and a reporter and Assistant Editor at Correio do Povo newspaper.