Olga Rodríguez Francisco (born 19 December 1975) is a Spanish journalist and author, specialised in the Middle East and human rights.
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| Born | Olga Rodríguez Francisco 19 December 1975 León, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | Complutense University of Madrid |
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| Children | 1 |
Biography
editOlga Rodríguez Francisco was born 19 December 1975 in León to journalist parents, she moved to Valladolid as a teenager, later moving to Madrid to study at the university.[1][2] She earned a licentiate degree in Information Sciences (Journalism) from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[3] She earned early recognition for her chronicles of the Iraq War on Cadena SER,[4] also working for Cuatro and CNN+.[5] She was a direct witness of the killing of Spanish journalist José Couso in April 2003 in the Palestine Hotel of Baghdad.[6] She was also stationed in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Jordan.[7] She was one of the co-founders of eldiario.es in 2012 and worked there as press ombudswoman and deputy director.[8][5][9] In 2017, after several years of relationship and a daughter in common, she married actor Juan Diego Botto,[10] whom she co-penned the screenplay of the film On the Fringe,[11] shot in 2021.
Works
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edit- ^ Gaitero, Ana (2 October 2016). "La primera vez que lloré en una cobertura fue con los refugiados". Diario de León.
- ^ Combarros, César (15 June 2009). "Olga Rodríguez, en el frente". León Noticias.
- ^ "La periodista leonesa Olga Rodríguez lanza hoy al mercado el libro 'Yo Muero Hoy. Las Revueltas en el Mundo Árabe'". Europa Press. 10 June 2012.
- ^ Bono, Ferran (7 May 2004). ""El buen periodista tiene la mirada limpia"". El País.
- ^ a b García, Saúl (13 July 2019). ""En el periodismo se está abandonando la profundidad, la narrativa y el contexto"". Diario de Fuerteventura.
- ^ Meseguer, David (10 June 2015). "Se cierra el caso Couso, el periodista español muerto por un ataque norteamericano en Irak". vice.com.
- ^ Álvarez, Jesús (9 June 2012). ""Las causas que dieron origen a las revueltas árabes se están empezando a dar en España"". ABC.
- ^ "Entrevista a Olga Rodríguez «Cuando se convierte en cotidianidad el horror, deja de ser noticia". iecah. 29 October 2015.
- ^ "La periodista Olga Rodríguez, premiada en Italia por su defensa de los derechos humanos". eldiario.es. 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Juan Diego Botto y Olga Rodríguez, lo que esconde la foto de su boda". Europa Press. 15 August 2017.
- ^ Silvestre, Juan (28 October 2021). "Penélope Cruz y Luis Tosar arrancan el rodaje de la ópera prima de Juan Diego Botto". Fotogramas.
- ^ Sahagún, Felipe (20 May 2004). "Ninguna guerra se parece a otra". El Cultural – via El Español.
- ^ Ferrando, Fernando (August 2009). "El hombre mojado no teme la lluvia. Voces de Oriente Medio". Le Monde Diplomatique.
- ^ Alabau, Antonio (August 2012). "Yo muero hoy. Las revueltas en el mundo árabe". Le Monde Diplomatique.
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