Olga Rodríguez

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Olga Rodríguez Francisco (* 1975 in León ) is a Spanish journalist . She is co-founder of the Spanish online news eldiario.es .

Life

Rodríguez graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid and the National Distance University (UNED).

In 2003 she reported on the war in Iraq . She was at the Palestine Hotel during the deaths of José Couso and Taras Protsyuk, a Spanish and a Ukrainian cameraman, who were both killed in Baghdad by US rocket fire. She reported from the Palestinian territories , Afghanistan and Syria and wrote about the Afghan, Iraqi and Syrian refugee crisis . In 2011, Rodríguez reported on the Arab Spring in Egypt .

At eldiario.es she was responsible for the human rights department and worked as an assistant for the management of the company.

She also works for other media such as Cadena SER , CNN + , Cuatro Publico, El Pais , Periodismo Rumano and RNE. Instead of talking about armed conflict, she says she would prefer to work as a peace correspondent. However, she would have dedicated her life to dedicated journalism. It reports realistically how people live in crisis and conflict areas and have to fight for survival.

In 2018, she received the Pimentel Fonseca Award in Italy for her work in defense of human rights.

Works

  • Aquí Baghdad. Crónica de una guerra (Editorial Velecío, 2004).
  • José Couso, la mirada incómoda (2004), como coautora.
  • El hombre mojado no teme la lluvia. Voces de Oriente Medio (Editorial Debate, 2009).
  • Yo muero hoy. Las revueltas en el mundo árabe (Editorial Debate, 2012) 7
  • Karama. Las revueltas árabes (Editorial EnDebate, digital)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Editor: Olga Rodríguez: "Es fundamental buscar un nombre concreto para entender una guerra". In: inform @ UVA. April 9, 2019, accessed August 7, 2019 (European Spanish).
  2. ^ Wounded Spanish journalist Olga Rodriguez Describes the US Attack on the Palestine Hotel That Killed Two of Her Colleagues. Retrieved on August 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Reporters Without Borders accuses US military of deliberately firing at journalists | Reporters without borders. April 8, 2003, accessed August 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Redazione: Premio Pimentel Fonseca 2018. In: IMBAVAGLIATI. September 10, 2018, accessed August 19, 2019 (it-IT).
  5. ↑ OPINAR. Periódico electrónico de OPI. Leticia Alonso: Aquí Baghdad: Olga Rodríguez relata su experiencia en la guerra de Iraq .
  6. ↑ Ediciones El País: Olga Rodríguez subraya el papel de los periodistas en las guerras (es) . In: El País , April 22, 2004. 
  7. ↑ ELPAIS.com: Cuatro periodistas testigos de la muerte de Couso tildan de "inaceptable" el uso de su testimonio por la Audiencia (es) . In: El País , May 14, 2008. 
personal data
SURNAME Rodríguez, Olga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodríguez Francisco, Olga (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Leon