Olga Rodríguez | |
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Barcelona en Comú in 2015 | |
Born | Olga Rodríguez Francisco 19 December 1975
León, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Education | Complutense University of Madrid |
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Children | 1 |
Olga Rodríguez Francisco (born 19 December 1975) is a Spanish journalist and author, specialised in the Middle East and human rights.
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.
Olga Rodríguez | |
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![]() During a rally of
Barcelona en Comú in 2015 | |
Born | Olga Rodríguez Francisco 19 December 1975
León, Spain |
Nationality | Spanish |
Education | Complutense University of Madrid |
Occupations |
|
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Olga Rodríguez Francisco (born 19 December 1975) is a Spanish journalist and author, specialised in the Middle East and human rights.
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.