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Spanish journalist and author From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 |
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.
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