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'''John Kennedy O'Connor''' (born 1964) was an author, entertainment and political commentator, based in the United States. Born in North London, United Kingdom, he has written, reported and broadcast for numerous media organizations, as well as writing, creating and producing media events for a number of international corporations all over the world.<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy: ''The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History'', page 2. Carlton Books, UK 2007, ISBN 978-1-84442-586-0</ref> In 2005, ] published his book ''The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History'', in conjunction with the ], initially produced in English, German, French, Swedish, Dutch and Danish editions, with a separate English publication in Australia.<ref></ref> A Finnish version followed in 2007 as did a Russian version in 2009.<ref>http://esckaz.com/history/book.htm</ref> The book has been updated, expanded and reprinted three times in the UK, the 2010 edition published by Carlton Books, UK, in April 2010. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1. The first edition of the book, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ] in ], was listed in the Top 10 book sales of both Amazon UK and Amazon Germany in May 2005, after being featured during the broadcast during an inset with the contest hosts ] and ]. '''John Kennedy O'Connor''' (born 1964) is an author, entertainment and political commentator, based in the United States. Born in North London, United Kingdom, he has written, reported and broadcast for numerous media organizations, as well as writing, creating and producing media events for a number of international corporations all over the world.<ref>O'Connor, John Kennedy: ''The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History'', page 2. Carlton Books, UK 2007, ISBN 978-1-84442-586-0</ref> In 2005, ] published his book ''The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History'', in conjunction with the ], initially produced in English, German, French, Swedish, Dutch and Danish editions, with a separate English publication in Australia.<ref></ref> A Finnish version followed in 2007 as did a Russian version in 2009.<ref>http://esckaz.com/history/book.htm</ref> The book has been updated, expanded and reprinted three times in the UK, the 2010 edition published by Carlton Books, UK, in April 2010. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1. The first edition of the book, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ] in ], was listed in the Top 10 book sales of both Amazon UK and Amazon Germany in May 2005, after being featured during the broadcast during an inset with the contest hosts ] and ].


O'Connor has been the American correspondent for digital station ] <ref></ref> in the UK, reporting for the ''Neil and Debbie Breakfast Show'', covering live events including The ]s, The ]s and ].<ref></ref> During Eurovision 2009 season, he also covered live reports for the station on gay issues in Moscow, reporting in the same role from Oslo 2010. He reported for Sky News on the gay march held on 17 May 2009 in the Russian capital. O'Connor has regularly reported for the UK TV channel ] and for ] in New York <ref></ref> and ] in Athens to the UK,<ref></ref> and has been a guest on ] and ] on TV <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u68RtA1Rtg&feature=channel_page</ref> and “Today” on ] with ], ]'s ''Steve Wright in the Afternoon'' with host ] and actress ] on Radio. He has also contributed to many other ] programmes, including ], '']'' on ], ], numerous local BBC Radio stations including guest spots with ], Judi Spiers, ], ], ], ] and featured on the ] and ]. UK ]'s ] interviewed O'Connor live from Chicago when news of a scandal relating to the ] broke in May 2008.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiF3Ylj6oRM&feature=channel_page</ref> O'Connor has been the American correspondent for digital station ] <ref></ref> in the UK, reporting for the ''Neil and Debbie Breakfast Show'', covering live events including The ]s, The ]s and ].<ref></ref> During Eurovision 2009 season, he also covered live reports for the station on gay issues in Moscow, reporting in the same role from Oslo 2010. He reported for Sky News on the gay march held on 17 May 2009 in the Russian capital. O'Connor has regularly reported for the UK TV channel ] and for ] in New York <ref></ref> and ] in Athens to the UK,<ref></ref> and has been a guest on ] and ] on TV <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u68RtA1Rtg&feature=channel_page</ref> and “Today” on ] with ], ]'s ''Steve Wright in the Afternoon'' with host ] and actress ] on Radio. He has also contributed to many other ] programmes, including ], '']'' on ], ], numerous local BBC Radio stations including guest spots with ], Judi Spiers, ], ], ], ] and featured on the ] and ]. UK ]'s ] interviewed O'Connor live from Chicago when news of a scandal relating to the ] broke in May 2008.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiF3Ylj6oRM&feature=channel_page</ref>
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O'Connor's written work has been published in the United Kingdom in (amongst others) the '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. In the United States, he had a syndicated column originating in San Francisco, primarily published in ''Playlands'' magazine, a local guide to entertainment and has been interviewed by '']'',<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/10/georgia-vladimir-putin-song-eurovision</ref> '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and other American daily papers. He has been profiled in ]. O'Connor's written work has been published in the United Kingdom in (amongst others) the '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. In the United States, he had a syndicated column originating in San Francisco, primarily published in ''Playlands'' magazine, a local guide to entertainment and has been interviewed by '']'',<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/10/georgia-vladimir-putin-song-eurovision</ref> '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and other American daily papers. He has been profiled in ].

He died in November 2012.


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 22:53, 25 November 2012

John Kennedy O'Connor (born 1964) is an author, entertainment and political commentator, based in the United States. Born in North London, United Kingdom, he has written, reported and broadcast for numerous media organizations, as well as writing, creating and producing media events for a number of international corporations all over the world. In 2005, Carlton Books published his book The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, in conjunction with the European Broadcasting Union, initially produced in English, German, French, Swedish, Dutch and Danish editions, with a separate English publication in Australia. A Finnish version followed in 2007 as did a Russian version in 2009. The book has been updated, expanded and reprinted three times in the UK, the 2010 edition published by Carlton Books, UK, in April 2010. ISBN 978-1-84732-521-1. The first edition of the book, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, was listed in the Top 10 book sales of both Amazon UK and Amazon Germany in May 2005, after being featured during the broadcast during an inset with the contest hosts Maria Efrosinina and Pavlo Shylko.

O'Connor has been the American correspondent for digital station Gaydar Radio in the UK, reporting for the Neil and Debbie Breakfast Show, covering live events including The Golden Globe Awards, The Grammy Awards and The Oscars. During Eurovision 2009 season, he also covered live reports for the station on gay issues in Moscow, reporting in the same role from Oslo 2010. He reported for Sky News on the gay march held on 17 May 2009 in the Russian capital. O'Connor has regularly reported for the UK TV channel Sky News and for Fox News in New York and ERT in Athens to the UK, and has been a guest on BBC World News and BBC News 24 on TV and “Today” on BBC Radio 4 with John Humphrys, BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon with host Steve Wright and actress Brooke Shields on Radio. He has also contributed to many other BBC Radio programmes, including BBC Radio 5 Live, The Big Toe Show on BBC Radio 7, BBC Radio Scotland, numerous local BBC Radio stations including guest spots with Nicky Campbell, Judi Spiers, Richard Bacon, Paul Henley, Ted Robbins, Liz Kershaw and featured on the BBC World Service and LBC Radio. UK Channel 4's Jon Snow interviewed O'Connor live from Chicago when news of a scandal relating to the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 broke in May 2008.

In May 2009, O'Connor was the featured guest on “Russia Today's” interview TV programme, Spotlight, timed to coincide with the release of his first Russian language book. The same week, he guested on BBC World Service's daily magazine show Europe Today, hosted by Paul Henley, and the Maltese TV magazine show Xarabank, all broadcast live from Moscow, Russia.

In May 2010, O'Connor appeared with Justin Lee Collins on UK Channel Five, advising Collins on his quest to represent a country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in the show Eurovision: A Song For Justin. During the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway, O'Connor appeared on Aljazeera TV, BBC World News & BBC News Channel with James Dagwell on E24 and after a one-on-one interview, won PopMaster on BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce show, playing against Paddy O'Connell in a Eurovision spoof of the regular feature, a feat he repeated in 2012 against the BBC Moscow Correspondent Steven Rosenberg. He also featured across ITV News and BBC Local Radio live from Oslo. In 2011, O'Connor featured in the documentary The Secret History of Eurovision, shown in More4 in the UK.

Oikotimes.com ran a series of seven articles written by O'Connor in January 2011, tracing the history of Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest. Concurrently, the UK Daily Mail, reporting on the BBC's selection of the group Blue to sing for Britain in Eurovision 2011, quoted from an article written by O'Connor for ESCInsight.com.

In Ireland, he has guested on Key 101 FM Radio with Eurovision winners Dana and Paul Harrington, RTE1's Rattlebag, Newstalk Radio and regularly contributes to BBC Radio Ulster.

In Australia, O'Connor has become a regular contributor to various ABC Radio National programmes, including the now defunct Perspective programme, hosted by producer Sue Clark, providing commentary on British and International Politics as well as popular culture issues. Amongst other stories, O'Connor reported on the underlying racism of the 2008 US General Election, Gordon Brown's accession as British Prime Minister and the international media coverage of the Australian federal election, 2007, for the programme. He has also regularly appears on ABC's Radio National Breakfast Show with Fran Kelly and many local radio stations in Australia and was the featured guest on an hour long special on the Triple J ABC station.

In 2006, O'Connor was featured in the UK editions of Metro for their "60 Seconds Interview" column. In 2007, O'Connor contributed on camera items for both the Associated Press and Reuters for broadcast, in addition to video spots on AOL's Big Story. Online, he has been interviewed by ESCToday.com and Oikotimes.com about the Eurovision Song Contest.

O'Connor's written work has been published in the United Kingdom in (amongst others) the Sunday Express, Daily Mail, Radio Times, Private Eye, Northern Woman and The News of the World. In the United States, he had a syndicated column originating in San Francisco, primarily published in Playlands magazine, a local guide to entertainment and has been interviewed by The Guardian, The New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The Houston Chronicle and other American daily papers. He has been profiled in Meetings & Conventions Magazine.

References

  1. O'Connor, John Kennedy: The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History, page 2. Carlton Books, UK 2007, ISBN 978-1-84442-586-0
  2. EBU.CH :: 2005_05_18_ESC
  3. http://esckaz.com/history/book.htm
  6. YouTube - EUROVISION SKY FOX NEWS March 17, 2007
  7. YouTube - Eurovision Sky News May 20 2006 Athens
  8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u68RtA1Rtg&feature=channel_page
  9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiF3Ylj6oRM&feature=channel_page
  10. http://rt.com/programs/spotlight/song-contest-hit-by-scandals/
  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cePiZZt0gBc
  12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3RJDC2ALXo
  13. Perspective - 25June2007 - John Kennedy O'Connor
  14. Perspective - 20 November 2007 - John Kennedy O'Connor
  15. 60 SECONDS: John Kennedy O'Connor | Metro.co.uk
  16. Eurovision Song Contest Serbia 2008 | News - Review: The Eurovision Song Contest 50 Years: the Official Companion
  17. Eurovision Song Contest | Belgrade (Serbia) 2008 - Articles
  18. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/10/georgia-vladimir-putin-song-eurovision

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