Olga Rodríguez (journalist)

Olga Rodríguez Francisco (born 19 December 1975) is a Spanish journalist and author, specialised in the Middle East and human rights.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Francisco.
Olga Rodríguez
During a rally of Barcelona en Comú in 2015
Born
Olga Rodríguez Francisco

(1975-12-19) 19 December 1975
León, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationComplutense University of Madrid
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Children1

Biography

Olga 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
  • — (2004). Aquí Bagdad. Crónica de una guerra.[12]
  • — (2009). El hombre mojado no teme la lluvia. Voces de Oriente Medio. Madrid: Debate.[13]
  • — (2012). Yo muero hoy. Las revueltas en el mundo árabe. Madrid: Debate.[14]

References
  1. Gaitero, Ana (2 October 2016). "La primera vez que lloré en una cobertura fue con los refugiados". Diario de León.
  2. Combarros, César (15 June 2009). "Olga Rodríguez, en el frente". León Noticias.
  3. "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.
  4. Bono, Ferran (7 May 2004). ""El buen periodista tiene la mirada limpia"". El País.
  5. García, Saúl (13 July 2019). ""En el periodismo se está abandonando la profundidad, la narrativa y el contexto"". Diario de Fuerteventura.
  6. Meseguer, David (10 June 2015). "Se cierra el caso Couso, el periodista español muerto por un ataque norteamericano en Irak". vice.com.
  7. Álvarez, Jesús (9 June 2012). ""Las causas que dieron origen a las revueltas árabes se están empezando a dar en España"". ABC.
  8. "Entrevista a Olga Rodríguez «Cuando se convierte en cotidianidad el horror, deja de ser noticia". iecah. 29 October 2015.
  9. "La periodista Olga Rodríguez, premiada en Italia por su defensa de los derechos humanos". eldiario.es. 13 September 2018.
  10. "Juan Diego Botto y Olga Rodríguez, lo que esconde la foto de su boda". Europa Press. 15 August 2017.
  11. Silvestre, Juan (28 October 2021). "Penélope Cruz y Luis Tosar arrancan el rodaje de la ópera prima de Juan Diego Botto". Fotogramas.
  12. Sahagún, Felipe (20 May 2004). "Ninguna guerra se parece a otra". El Cultural – via El Español.
  13. Ferrando, Fernando (August 2009). "El hombre mojado no teme la lluvia. Voces de Oriente Medio". Le Monde Diplomatique.
  14. Alabau, Antonio (August 2012). "Yo muero hoy. Las revueltas en el mundo árabe". Le Monde Diplomatique.
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