Rory O'Connor

RORY O'CONNOR

Rory O’Connor is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker whose work centers on the nexus of media, money, power and politics. Co-founder and president of the media firm Globalvision, Inc, and Board Chair of The Global Center, an affiliated non-profit foundation, Rory’s films and television programs have aired on PBS, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, and numerous leading international broadcast networks. His broadcast, film and print work has been honored with a George Polk Award, a Writer's Guild Award, and a George Orwell Award, among others. He is the author of three books, including “Nukespeak: The Selling of Nuclear Technology from the Manhattan Project to Fukushima” (Sierra Club Books, Penguin paperback), “Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio” (AlterNet Books), and “Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media” (City Lights).