Rory O'Connor

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Rory O’Connor is a journalist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of the media firm Globalvision, Inc, and Board Chair of The Global Center.^[1]

Career

O'Connor began working in broadcast journalism as a reporter and producer at WGBH-TV in Boston.^[2]

He is the recipient of several awards, including the George Polk Award, the Writer's Guild and the George Orwell Award.^[3]

Writings

• Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America's Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives. AlterNet Books. June 1, 2008. pp. 226. ISBN 978-0975272435. 

Filmography

2009: Executive Producer “Barack Obama: People’s President,” Independent Documentary

2008: Executive Producer “Viva Madiba,” Independent Documentary

2007: Executive Producer “Frontrunner,” Independent Documentary

2006: Executive Producer “9/11: Press for Truth,” Independent Documentary

2006: Executive-in-Charge-of-Production “In Debt We Trust,” Independent Documentary

2005: Executive Producer “WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception,” Independent Documentary

2003: Co-Director, Co-Producer, Writer "The Hole in the Wall," Independent Documentary

2001: Co-Director, Co-Producer, Writer "Voices of the Poor," Independent Documentary

2000: Co-Director, Executive Producer "Hear Our Voices: The Poor on Poverty," Global Links TV Documentary

2000: Executive Producer "Falun Gong's Challenge to China," Independent Documentary

1999: Director, Writer "Richard Speck: Born To Raise Hell," Court TV Documentary

1999: Story Developer "The Trial of the Chicago 8," Court TV Documentary

1999: Executive Producer, Writer "Globalization and Human Rights," PBS Documentary

1998: Director, Producer, Writer "China: Change and Challenge," Global Links TV Documentary

1996: Producer, Writer "Yellow Wasps: Anatomy Of a War Crime," Independent Documentary

1994: Executive Producer, Writer "Countdown to Freedom," Independent Documentary

1993: Director, Producer, Writer "The Arming of Saudi Arabia," PBS Frontline Documentary

1992: Director, Producer, Writer "BCCI: The Bank of Crooks and Criminals," PBS Frontline Documentary

1992: Director, Producer, Writer "The Resurrection of Reverend Moon," PBS Frontline Documentary

1992: Executive Producer "Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy," Warner Bros. Documentary

1991: Senior Producer “Mandela in America,” Time-Warner Documentary

1990: Executive Producer "Nelson Mandela: Free At Last," PBS Documentary

1990: Producer, Writer "No Place Like Home," WCVB-TV Documentary

1986: Producer, Writer "Mafia On Trial," WCVB-TV Documentary

1985: Producer, Writer "No Safe Asylum," WCVB-TV Documentary

References

External links

• Media is a Plural - Roryoconnor.org - blog
• Rory O'Connor columns on AlterNet
• Rory O'Connor at the Internet Movie Database
• Wikimentary home page