Globalvision — Rory O'Connor

Rory is co-founder, president & CEO of Globalvision, Inc. — a privately held independent international media firm established in 1988. His duties there have included executive oversight and administration of all aspects of operations. He also produced, directed, and wrote hundreds of television programs, dozens of films, and was executive producer of two award-winning international newsmagazines — South Africa Now and Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television — as well as Children First, a national series of half-hour programs for the ABC Network and its affiliates about issues facing America's children, hosted by Diane Sawyer and other national network personalities.

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Rory O'Connor and Danny Schechter, co-founders of Globalvision, in the company's tape library — Rory O'Connor (right) with Globalvision co-founder Danny Schechter, in the company's tape library.

Rory O'Connor speaking at a Globalvision-branded podium — At the podium — speaking on behalf of Globalvision.

In the press

Globalvision in print

World Class TV magazine feature: 'Prime Time for Globalvision' — Danny Schechter on the set of South Africa Now — *World Class TV* · “Prime Time for Globalvision” — on Schechter and O'Connor leaving network TV to launch the company.

Press pull-quotes from major publications praising Globalvision's programming — “The Big Three networks… are being put to shame by Globalvision.” — pull-quotes from *USA Today*, the *Associated Press*, and *The Boston Globe*.

Globalvision promotional spread: 'A World of Good — Television Doing' — “A World of Good” — Globalvision's mission spread.

Press logos and reviews from Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Newsweek, TIME, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, CNN, MTV, and others — Reviews and coverage in *Rolling Stone*, *The New York Times*, *Newsweek*, *TIME*, the *Los Angeles Times*, the *Boston Globe*, and others.

The New York Times · Nov 18, 1990

Television; 'South Africa Now' Ponders Its Uncertain Future

The Times' feature on Globalvision's weekly newsmagazine at a pivotal moment — reporting from Johannesburg as apartheid unwound, and a funding cliff closed in on one of the only U.S. programs still covering the story.

Selected work

Clients

Corporate

The Body Shop
CBS News
CNN
Coca-Cola Company
Dog Eat Dog Films
Earthbeat Records
Fox Broadcasting
Government of France
Greenwich Workshop
Group W Westinghouse
Hill and Knowlton
Island Records
Lifetime Television
LTV Corporation
MTV
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
Multimedia Entertainment
Music for Little People
New Music Seminar
New Regency Films
Nippon Television
Paramount Television
PBS
Propaganda Films
Reebok International
Sony Music Entertainment
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Time Warner
Tommy Boy Records
Tribune Productions
TriStar Pictures
Turner Broadcasting Systems
Universal Pictures
United Auto Workers
VH-1
Walt Disney Company
Wertheim Schroder
Whittle Communications

Not for Profit

The Africa Fund
American Civil Liberties Union^*
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Central Park Conservancy
City of New York, Dept of Consumer Affairs
City of New York, Sister City Program
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Greenpeace^*
Madre
National Council of Churches
National Urban League
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York International Festival of the Arts
Oxfam America
Parliamentarians for Global Action
Rockefeller Foundation^*
Soros Foundations
UNICEF
United Methodist Church
United Nations
USA for Africa

^* Pro bono