Rory O'Connor

Rory O'Connor is Board Chair of the non-profit educational foundation The Global Center. He is also an award-winning author, journalist and filmmaker, whose programming has aired on leading networks in more than one hundred countries. The author of three books, including most recently Friends, Followers and the Future: How Social Media are Changing Politics, Threatening Big Brands, and Killing Traditional Media, O'Connor's articles have appeared in such national outlets as The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Vogue, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Newsweek, and other publications. O'Connor's broadcast, film and print work has been recognized with a George Polk Award, a Writer's Guild Award, a George Orwell Award and two Emmys, among other honors.