OPC Awards Past Recipients
| Year | Award | Award Recipient(s) | As appeared in/on | Honored for | Narrative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The President's Award | Distinguished service in the field of journalism. | Jim Lehrer | The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer | Distinguished service in the field of journalism. |
Jim Lehrer has been my friend and colleague since 1973, my business partner in MacNeil-Lehrer Productions, and the first... Read more... |
| 2008 | Feature Photograph Award | Best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad. | PATRICK FARRELL | The Miami Herald | "A People in Distress: Haiti's Year Without Mercy" |
Patrick Farrell of The Miami Herald witnessed what the United Nations called "the worst humanitarian disaster to hit... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Bob Considine Award | Best newspaper or wire service interpretation of international affairs. | Sudarsan Raghavan | The Washington Post | Iraq: The Inheritors |
In "Iraq: The Inheritors" Sudarsan Raghavan profiles a cross section of Iraqis whose lives have been reshaped by war and... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Cornelius Ryan Award | Best nonfiction book on international affairs. | Dexter Filkins | Alfred A. Knopf | The Forever War |
In his narrative of the Iraq War, Dexter Filkins lives up to his reputation as the best war correspondent of his... Read more... |
| 2008 | The David Kaplan Award | Best TV spot news reporting from abroad. | STEPHANIE SY, NEAL KARLINSKY, BETH LOYD, CHITO ROMANA, CAO JUN, GAMAY PALACIOS, KATE FELSEN | ABC World News | "China's Earthquake" |
In the overwhelming chaos that surrounds a natural disaster, the reporting and resourcefulness of ABC News correspondents... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Edward R. Murrow Award | Best TV interpretation or documentary on international affairs. | Ted Koppel | The Koppel Group/Discovery Network | "The People's Republic of Capitalism" |
An extraordinary examination of the interconnected relationship between the United States and China. From both sides,... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Hal Boyle Award | Best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad. | Ken Ellingwood, Evelyn Larrubia, Richard Marosi, Sam Quinones, Richard A. Serrano, Tracy Wilkinson | Los Angeles Times | Mexico Under Siege |
The Los Angeles Times dispatched reporters to cities in Mexico most affected by drug war violence such as Tijuana,... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Joe and Laurie Dine Award | Best international reporting in a print medium dealing with human rights. | Amy Goldstein, Dana Priest | The Washington Post | "Careless Detention" |
This series exposes a system of neglect as tighter immigration policies in the United States make detainees pay the hard... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Lowell Thomas Award | Best radio news or interpretation of international affairs. | Jeb Sharp reporter, Patrick Cox editor | PRI's The World | "How Wars End" |
This series brought a nuanced tone and analytical clarity to a very contemporary question: how to gauge the proper time,... Read more... |
| 2008 | The Madeline Dane Ross Award | Best international reporting in the print medium showing a concern for the human condition. | William Finne Gan | The New Yorker | "The Countertraffickers" |
William Finnegan traveled the byways of human trafficking in Moldova and Dubai to create a saga of depth and insight. He... Read more... |
