Ryan Duffy (journalist)

Ryan Duffy is a journalist and correspondent best known for his work with VICE Media, including accompanying Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters on a visit to North Korea in 2013. Duffy began his career at Vice as an intern while studying journalism at New York University.[1][2] In 2012, Duffy appeared on Forbes' 30 under 30 list.[3] In 2015,he started a series of short documentary reports with The Huffington Post titled Now What with Ryan Duffy.

North Korea trip

In 2013, as a Vice journalist Duffy accompanied Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters on a visit to North Korea, a move which garnered criticism from the diplomatic community and the journalistic world.[4] Along with Rodman and the Globetrotters, Duffy competed in a basketball exhibition game against the North Korean national team.[5]

After meeting supreme leader Kim Jong-un, Duffy observed that "the leader was 'socially awkward' and didn't make eye contact when shaking hands".[6] However, Duffy also praised Kim's dinner as an "epic feast", with sushi and smoked turkey.[7]

Vice Sports

In 2014, Vice launched Vice Sports with Duffy as publisher, but Duffy left the project as it debuted.[8][9] Duffy had also been slated to host the channel's Vice World of Sports docuseries.[10]

Now What with Ryan Duffy

In 2015, as part of a slate of 12 new shows, the The Huffington Post launched the docuseries Now What with Ryan Duffy in October; site founder Arianna Huffington cited the riots in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray as an example of the kinds of solution-based situations Duffy's program would address, criticizing existing coverage as creating "copycat crimes instead of copycat solutions."[11]

References

  1. ↑ Rebecca Sun (26 September 2014). "Rep Sheet Roundup: Gersh Signs D.L. Hughley, Paradigm Gets Mark Valley". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ↑ Drew Grant (26 March 2013). "The Vice Guide to Serious Journalism: How a DIY Drug Mag Became Serious Business for HBO". Observer.
  3. ↑ "30 Under 30 - Media - Forbes". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Lucy Küng (16 July 2015). Innovators in Digital News. I.B.Tauris. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-0-85773-996-4.
  5. ↑ Alicia P.Q. Wittmeyer (30 May 2013). "The North Korean basketball game Vice doesn’t want you to see". Foreign Policy.
  6. ↑ Silverman, Justin Rocket (29 May 2013). "'Vice' season finale on HBO gives fresh look at Dennis Rodman's meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Bad-Boy Brand". The New Yorker. 8 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Kevin Draper. "Editor-In-Chief Tomás Ríos Has Left Vice Sports". Deadspin.
  9. ↑ Jeff Bercovici. "Vice Launches A Sports Channel, With Modest Ambitions (For Now)". Forbes.
  10. ↑ "NewFronts ’14: Vice to launch sports channel".
  11. ↑ Natalie Jarvey (28 April 2015). "NewFronts: Arianna Huffington Explains Why Video Strategy Is Key for HuffPost". The Hollywood Reporter.
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