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Gem O’Reilly

@oreillygem

@BBCAfrica Journalist and Professional musician gemoreilly.com @ForbesUnder30 Views are my own

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It was incredible to share being shortlisted as journalist of the year for the Scope Awards with two people who mean the world to me Sean Dilley NEWS and Charlie Carey (and Shawn the dog of course). To be in a room of nominees and change makers like Ellie Simmonds and Fats

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Last year I met Tamara in Botswana, a woman who despite being from a shanty town, is trying to eradicate period poverty for young women in South Africa. I reported this on the BBC shortly after meeting her. After watching and reading the story, 12-year-old Caity from Germany

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My latest story about one woman’s mission to eradicate period poverty in South Africa resulting in a donation that allowed her expand further across the continent to help woman and girls bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Very excited to have been invited to Cincinnati in Ohio after being selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 candidate for my journalism 🇺🇸 🎥 BBC Ability

Very excited to have been invited to Cincinnati in Ohio after being selected as a Forbes 30 Under 30 candidate for my journalism 🇺🇸 🎥 <a href="/BBCAbility/">BBC Ability</a>
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Our latest Olympics story about how Khaman Maluach went from being a South Sudanese refugee in Uganda to representing his country in the games in basketball bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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So excited to announce I’ll be performing my fourth album at a festival this summer with my wonderful band Charlie Leo and Noni 🎶 🎸 check out more here localandlive.org/gem-oreilly with Local and Live

So excited to announce I’ll be performing my fourth album at a festival this summer with my wonderful band Charlie Leo and Noni 🎶 🎸 check out more here localandlive.org/gem-oreilly with Local and Live
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Performing live my original song ‘Lost in a storm’ with the extremely talented Charlie & Noni. What a privilege to have my own band, we are super excited to perform my album ‘Fire’ at Local and Live Festival 🎶💛

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What an incredible experience performing at a festival my original songs with my band 🎶🎥🎵 The title track of my EP Fire 🔥

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Our latest Paralympics piece on BBC Africa. The first African to bring home a medal in badminton 🏸 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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It’s been amazing to work on the Paralympics for BBC Africa and the language services, making sure all our stories are fully-accessible for disabled audiences. Watch our latest here bbc.co.uk/sport/videos/c…

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The death of Rebecca Cheptegei has sent shockwaves through her community and the world. Watch our story here. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c1…