Rob Crilly
{{short description|British-Irish journalist and author|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Rob Crilly (born 1973) is a British-Irish journalist and author and chief U.S. political correspondent for the Daily Mail. He is formerly the White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner{{Cite web|title=Rob Crilly|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/robert-crilly|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Washington Examiner|language=en}} and a former correspondent for the Daily Telegraph.
Education
Crilly was educated at The Judd School, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saving-Darfur-Everyones-Favourite-African/dp/1906702195 Tonbridge, and read Natural Sciences at Downing College, Cambridge.
Career
Crilly began his career as a sub-editor at the Chester Chronicle before joining the Press and Journal (Aberdeen) and then moved to The Herald, where he was Edinburgh bureau chief.
He was East Africa correspondent for The Times,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/rob-crilly/|title=Rob Crilly|work=Telegraph|access-date=2011-05-13|location=London}} and in 2007 was one of the few British journalists in Khartoum when a teacher, Gillian Gibbons, was arrested. He appeared on ITN and Sky News discussing the case.
Crilly was then appointed Pakistan correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, before he later moved to covering US news. In 2014, Crilly was among the journalists arrested while covering civil unrest in Ferguson, Mo, following the shooting of Michael Brown.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/18/police-in-ferguson-arrest-and-threaten-more-journalists/|title=Police in Ferguson arrest and threaten more journalists|last=Phillip|first=Abby|date=18 August 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post}} He has been a White House correspondent for the Washington Examiner since 2019.
As a freelance journalist, Crilly has also written for The Irish Times, The Daily Mail and The Christian Science Monitor.[http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/radio.nsf/stable/3CD590F1518A4D4E8825726700709E80?OpenDocument World Vision Report: Danger Training for Journalists] His articles have appeared in The Scotsman, USA Today, News of the World, The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph.[http://www.journalisted.com/rob-crilly Rob Crilly - journalisted.com]{{cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=539 | work=USA Today | title=Rob Crilly - Reporter Story Index - USATODAY.com | date=2008-10-16}}
Since 2008 he has blogged for the Frontline Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/index.php?blog=14|title=Fromthefrontline.co.uk}}
Rob Crilly's book Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War, based on four years of reporting on Sudan and extensive travels through the region, was published in February 2010.{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Meo |title=Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War by Rob Crilly: review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7421879/Saving-Darfur-Everyones-Favourite-African-War-by-Rob-Crilly-review.html |date=2010-03-15 |access-date=2011-05-13 |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Personal life
His sister, Anna Crilly, is a comedian and actress who stars in Lead Balloon.
References
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External links
- [http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/index.php?blog=14 Rob Crilly's blog]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090409191806/http://www.reportagepress.com/authors-name.php?author=36 Rob Crilly at Reportage Press]}}
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Category:English male journalists
Category:People educated at The Judd School