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Jan08
Book Night: ‘Life and Death of the American Worker – The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company’ by Alice Driver
The OPC invites you to join a book night to discuss Life and Death of the American Worker by OPC member Alice Driver…
Book Night: ‘Life and Death of the American Worker – The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company’ by Alice Driver
Name: Book Night: 'Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company' by Alice Driver
Date&Time: 08 January 2025 - 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Online via Zoom
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The OPC invites you to join a book night to discuss Life and Death of the American Worker by OPC member Alice Driver. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, the book begins with a deadly chemical accident at a Tyson processing plant in 2011, which the company quickly covered up. Driver was able to gain the trust of the immigrant workers who survived the horrific incident and its aftermath.
During the course of Driver’s reporting, the COVID-19 pandemic struck the community, and the workers were forced to continue production in unsafe conditions, watching their colleagues get sick and die one by one. These essential workers, many of whom only speak Spanish and some of whom are illiterate, found the strength and courage to organize and fight back, culminating in a lawsuit against Tyson Foods.
Yaffa Fredrick, Senior Director of Investigations at The Houston Chronicle, will moderate the discussion.
The book is available to purchase here.
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OPC Awards Dinner
Apr17
OPC Annual Awards Dinner 2025
The Overseas Press Club is excited to announce that its 86th anniversary awards dinner will take place on April 17th at Cipriani in New York City.
OPC Annual Awards Dinner 2025
Name: OPC Annual Awards Dinner
Date&Time: 17 April 2025 - 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Cipriani, 25 Broadway, New York City
The Overseas Press Club is excited to announce that its 86th anniversary awards dinner will take place on April 17th at Cipriani in New York City.
Main reception at 6:00 p.m. | Dinner and program at 7:00 p.m. | VIP reception at 5:30 p.m.
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McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
September 12, 2024
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Do you -- or a reporter you know -- have a great idea for high-impact investigative or enterprise story that "Follows the Money," but few resources to take it on?
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism provides experienced journalists with grants up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories that delve into critical economic, financial or business issues across a wide array of subjects. You don’t need to be a business reporter to apply; many of our previous Fellows have been generalists, or cover beats such as health care, education or the environment. Others have focused on issues such as economic inequality or corporate accountability.
We consider proposals from both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media — text, audio, photo, and short-form video — and encourage those that combine formats to create a multimedia package. We look for projects that focus on important local or regional topics, as well as those that tackle compelling national or international stories or report on under-covered communities or issues. Journalists of color and those from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
We accept applications twice a year. The deadline to apply for Fall 2024 Fellowships is October 6, 2024. Applications for the Spring 2025 Fellowships will be due March 31, 2025. We will also consider time-sensitive projects on a case-by-case basis outside of the deadline periods. If you have a project that might qualify, please contact us at mcgrawcenter@journalism.cuny.edu.