Mary O'Hara (journalist)

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Mary O'Hara
BornMary O'Hara
Belfast, Northern Ireland
OccupationJournalist, writer
Alma mater University of Cambridge

Mary O'Hara is a journalist, writer and anti-poverty activist.

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Life

Mary O'Hara was born in west Belfast where she attended St Louise's Comprehensive College before proceeding to the University of Cambridge. She read Social and Political Science at Magdalene College where she was awarded a college scholarship. [1]

Work

After leaving university she worked for a year at Capital Radio in London. She then worked for ten years as a journalist at The Guardian and The Observer. She was awarded an Alistair Cooke Fulbright Scholarship which enabled her to spend one year at the University of California Berkeley where she conducted research on press coverage of mental illness. On return to the UK, she has worked free-lance having material published in The Guardian, the New Statesman, and Salon. [2]

She has published a series of books and book chapters on austerity and poverty.

She has been actively involved in various anti-poverty campaigns. She founded Project Twist-It, a multi-platform anti-poverty initiative challenging negative stereotypes surrounding poverty. [3] She has also been a producer on Getting Curious, a weekly podcast with Jonathan Van Ness. [4]

Productions

Books

Films

Honorary positions and Awards

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