Full Name Riku Rantala TV shows Madventures Siblings Pete Rantala | Role Journalist Name Riku Rantala | |
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Born 20 July 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-07-20 ) Profiles | ||
Riku Rantala & Reporters (Viapori Jazz 28.8.2015)
Riku Rantala (born 20 July 1974) is a Finnish journalist, best known from traveling series Madventures. He has also co-written a book, Isänmaan asialla - matkaopas syrjäytettyjen Suomeen (Johnny Kniga, 2004), with Ari Lahdenmäki. In 2007, Rantala, Lahdenmäki and Tuomas "Tunna" Milonoff, the 2nd of Madventures' presenters, published Madventures: Kansainvälisen seikkailijan opas (Johnny Kniga, 2007). The book is a guidebook for new travelers and gives advice and insight into the world of backpacking.
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Rantala has studied journalism in the University of Tampere.
Riku Rantala: Heroes of Free Speech
Awards
In 2010 Riku Rantala was selected as the best male TV-person in the Kultainen TV (literally Golden TV) awards. In the same event Madventures won the award for best television programme. Both awards were decided in a vote by television viewers.
In 2012 the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland awarded Rantala and Milonoff for advancing the geographical and global knowledge especially among the young people.