Ronan Kelly is an Irish

Irish people

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 radio documentary

Radio documentary

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 producer, working with RTÉ

RTE

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, specialising in short-form documentaries.

In June 2011, along with producer Paul Russell

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, he won a Grand Award and Gold at the New York Festivals for the RTE radio documentary Don't Go Far.

He has been awarded a Third Coast Festival

Third Coast International Audio Festival

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 award for his documentary about a winner of the TV show, "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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": "Millionaire".

He has produced or co-produced winners of the main Irish radio awards, the PPI Radio Awards: "Meat Factory Ear Worms" (2008) http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/97-meat-factory-ear-worms and "Through Cairo Airport" (2009) http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/the-curious-ear-cairo.html

Ronan Kelly is the producer the weekly, short documentary series on RTÉ Radio

RTÉ Radio

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, "The Curious Ear". http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone//docs_curiousear.html

He also produces occasional reports for RTE TV's "Nationwide". For example, the 'ghost station' on the LUAS tram service at Lehaunstown. (Google: Nationwide Curious Ear LUAS).

External links

Salt Institute for Documentary Studies/PRX Saltcast
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