Olga Rodríguez (journalist)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Francisco.

Olga Rodríguez Francisco (born 1975) is a Spanish journalist and author, specialised in the Middle East and human rights.

Olga Rodríguez
During a rally of Barcelona en Comú in 2015
Born	Olga Rodríguez Francisco 1975 León, Spain
Education	Complutense University of Madrid
Occupations	Journalist writer
Spouse	Juan Diego Botto ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	1

Biography

Born in León in 1975 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] with whom she co-penned the screenplay of the film On the Fringe,^[11] shot in 2021.

Works

• — (2004). Aquí Bagdad. Crónica de una guerra.^[12]
• — (2009). El hombre mojado no teme la lluvia. Voces de Oriente Medio. Madrid: Debate.^[13]
• — (2012). Yo muero hoy. Las revueltas en el mundo árabe. Madrid: Debate.^[14]