Media

Rory is an international reporter with newspaper and broadcast experience, who lived and worked at Choucha refugee camp, Tunisia, then Sirte, Tripoli and Benghazi, Libya, in the immediate aftermath of the first Libyan Civil War (February-October 2011).

He is an expert on North Africa and the Middle East, including the plight of the refugees in the region, and is available for interview, analysis, opinion and comment on these and related topics.

You can contact him through his representative at Hygge Media, on info@hyggemedia.com, or on 07791 227303.

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Interview with Charles Aniagolu on Arise TV News (13/05/16) (Click on the logo to watch)

Editorial: The News – Portsmouth (04/05/2016). PDF available

BBC News coverage of Rory’s appearance on This Week with Andrew Neil (22/04/2016)

Guest on Andrew Neil‘s This Week Show with guests Michael Portillo and former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone on BBC One (21/04/2016) (Click on the logo to watch)

Columnist on www.refugeesdeeply.org (19/04/2016)

Editorial: The News – Portsmouth (13/04/2016). PDF available

Coverage of the launch of the Page To Stage Festival, (Rory O’Keeffe was a Patron of the Festival) (05/04/2016)

Interview with Clive Bull on LBC radio 97.3FM (01/02/2016) (Click on the logo to listen)

Editorial: Emirates Woman Magazine (17/12/2015).

Interview with Andy Crane on BBC radio Manchester (12/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen)

Editorial: The Champion (09/12/2015). PDF available

Editorial: The Northern Echo (09/12/2015). PDF available

Interview with David Foster on the News Hour, Aljazeera UK (06/12/2015) (Click on the logo to watch interview)

Interview with Paul Lee on The Sunday Show, Premier Gospel Channel (06/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:56:15mins)

Interview with Richard Spurr on BBC Radio Derby (02/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:55:05mins)

Interview with Dominic King on BBC Radio Kent (02/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:46:00mins)

Interview with Roberto Perrone on Three Counties Radio (02/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 02:37:35mins)

Interview with Gary Hickson on BBC Radio Lancashire (02/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:23:00mins)

Interview with Phil Kennedy on BBC Radio Berkshire (02/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:05:35mins)

Discussion with William Crawley and guest Northern Ireland spokesman Frank Shivers on BBC Radio Ulster (02/12/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:05:35 mins)

Columnist on www.asianimage.co.uk (01/12/2015)

Editorial: Lancashire Telegraph (01/12/2015).

Editorial: The Bury Times (01/12/2015).

Interview by Katie Silvester, Executive Editor Global Magazine (27/11/2015) PDF available

Rory O’Keeffe Bury book launch promoted in Lancashire Living Magazine (26/11/2015) PDF available

Rory O’Keeffe quoted by Jamie Grierson on The Guardian Online (19/11/2015) Printed in The Guardian (20/11/2015) Page available

Interview with Alan Kasujja on BBC World Service (10/11/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 48:35mins)

Interview with Audaye Elesed on www.phonic.fm – 106.8fm (06/11/2015)(Click on the logo to listen)

Editorial: Swindon Advertiser (27/10/2015).

Editorial: Champion (09/10/2015).

Editorial: Champion (27/09/2015). PDF available

Editorial: The News – Portsmouth (27/09/2015). PDF available

Also syndicated in:

Editorial: formbyfirst.org.uk promoting Rory’s Book signing at The Olde Bookshop, Formby (28/09/2015).

Interview with Jayne Secker and Colin Brazier (03/09/2015) (Click on the logo to watch – interview starts at 03:33 mins)

Interview with Mhairi Stuart and guest Mark Micallef from migrantreport.org on BBC Radio Scotland (02/09/2015) (Click on the logo to listen – interview starts at 01:09:00 mins)