Ryan Duffy (journalist)

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Ryan Duffy is a journalist and correspondent best known for his work with

The Huffington Post
titled Now What with Ryan Duffy.

Ryan was also the vocalist in the NYC punk band, Dear Tonight. They released several records and went on tour in Europe and the US.

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]

While in Pyongyang, Duffy and the other members of the Vice crew attended a lavish dinner hosted by Kim Jong Un.

New York Magazine commented: "Aside from the brutal slave-labor camps, the routine rape and torture of political prisoners, mass starvation extreme enough to induce episodes of cannibalism... North Korea sounds like a blast!" The New York Times has reported that as many as two million North Koreans have died of starvation.[10] [11][12][13]

Vice Sports

In 2014, Vice launched Vice Sports with Duffy as publisher, but Duffy left the project as it debuted.[14][15] Duffy had also been slated to host the channel's Vice World of Sports docuseries.[16]

Now What with Ryan Duffy

In October 2015, as part of a slate of 12 new shows,

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."[17]

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.
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  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 Hermit Kingdom | VICE on HBO. Event occurs at 25:31. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  8. ^ Alioff, Maurie (16 May 2017). "Not More of the Same: Jason Mojica talks about Vice Documentary Films". Point of View Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  9. ^ "The Bad-Boy Brand". The New Yorker. 8 April 2013.
  10. ^ "The Bad-Boy Brand". The New Yorker. 8 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Dennis Rodman and Vice Crew Having a 'Grand Old Time' With Ruthless Dictator". Intelligencer. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
  12. ^ Cord Jefferson. [1] "10 Absolutely Unbelievable Images from Dennis Rodman's Vice-Sponsored Trip to North Korea". Gawker, Feb. 28, 2013.
  13. ^ Barbara Crossette. "Korean Famine Toll: More Than 2 Million". The New York Times, April 20, 1999.
  14. ^ Kevin Draper (28 May 2015). "Editor-In-Chief Tomás Ríos Has Left Vice Sports". Deadspin.
  15. ^ Jeff Bercovici. "Vice Launches A Sports Channel, With Modest Ambitions (For Now)". Forbes.
  16. ^ "NewFronts '14: Vice to launch sports channel".
  17. ^ Natalie Jarvey (28 April 2015). "NewFronts: Arianna Huffington Explains Why Video Strategy Is Key for HuffPost". The Hollywood Reporter.
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