October 20, 2018
The Overseas Press Club of America supports Congressional efforts to use the Global Magnitsky Act to investigate the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and bring sanctions against those responsible...
On Oct. 18, a panel of experts gathered for a panel to discuss best practices and perils of using video footage in today's era of ubiquitous cell phone cameras, viral distribution, and manipulated content...
Fred Ryan, Publisher and CEO of The Washington Post, made a statement regarding Jamal Khashoggi...
The Overseas Press Club of America formally requests that the Saudi Arabia government explain the whereabouts of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
NEW YORK October 5, 2018—The Hong Kong government has triggered a press freedom controversy by refusing to renew the work visa of a veteran Financial Times journalist after he moderated a discussion in August with pro-independence activist Andy Chan Ho-tin at the Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC)...
On Sept. 28, the Committee to Protect Journalists hosted a panel discussion at the United Nations to highlight global press freedom challenges...
On Sept. 20, following a performance of the play Intractable Woman, A Theatrical Memo on Anna Politkovskaya, a panel of journalists discussed their experiences covering conflict and corruption in Russia and elsewhere...
Martin baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, will be the keynote speaker at the OPC’s 80th Anniversary Awards Dinner on April 19, 2019...
Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, will be the keynote speaker at the OPC’s 80th Annual Awards Dinner on April 18, 2019 honoring the best in international journalism...
During the OPC’s Annual Meeting on Sept. 4, members elected Pancho Bernasconi, vice president of Global News at Getty Images, as the club’s next president.
Life as an international journalist comes with big rewards, but can also come at a cost. A high-octane lifestyle, marked by frequent uprooting between posts and the trauma of witnessing tragedy and loss, takes a toll on mental health. But getting help can feel like a nearly impossible task for such moving targets. A new service launched this summer is aimed at making access to therapy easier via remote video chat...
Charles Graeber is a contributor to a wide range of publications, including The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, Vogue, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Salon and Wired, for which he is a contributing editor. He is also author of The Good Nurse, a portrait of America’s most prolific serial killer, Charles Cullen. Graeber’s work has received several awards, including the OPC’s 2011 Ed Cunningham Award for reporting on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan for Bloomberg Businessweek. He served as OPC Governor from 2014 to 2018.
NEW YORK Sept. 4, 2018—The Overseas Press Club of America denounces a court ruling in Myanmar that found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years...
The Overseas Press Club of America called on police in the United Kingdom to release two British journalists who were arrested Friday on suspicion of stealing confidential documents...
Friends and family members of legendary war correspondent and Army veteran Richard Pyle gathered at the Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 20 to celebrate his life and a career with The Associated Press that spanned nearly five decades. Pyle died on Sept. 28 last year at the age of 83 after battle with respiratory disease...
NEW YORK August 16, 2018—The Overseas Press Club of America joined newspapers across the country in publishing statements today condemning President Trump’s assaults on U.S. journalists. The Boston Globe and the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) led the call for joint action to defend a free press...
NEW YORK—August 15, 2018--The Overseas Press Club of America spoke out in support Wednesday for the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong, which has come under pressure from both the Chinese and Hong Kong governments for hosting a pro-independence speaker...
One of the longest standing members of the OPC member, Bob Gibson, known for shaping foreign coverage at the Los Angeles Times, died on June 22 at the age of 89. He had been an OPC member since 1957...
The Overseas Press Club of America added its voice Thursday to that of other news and media organizations that have protested President Trump’s decision to prevent CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from covering a White House event because she had asked “inappropriate” questions...
The litany of challenges facing the news industry is daunting. Traditional journalism has a trust problem. Newsrooms have a sustainability problem. Armies of bad actors, social media gate keepers, fake news makers, hired trolls and hostile politicians press against the gates. But a new project is looking for ways to thwart these threats, to help newsrooms find sustainable models, to foster a trusted community of content creators, and eventually help journalists get paid for their work...
Please consider supporting the work of international freelance journalists by donating to the Membership Fund of the Overseas Press Club of America. Accurate, unbiased reporting is more important now than ever. But much of the work is being done by freelancers who have little institutional support from news organization...
Delegates from the International Association of Press Clubs welcomed press clubs from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for the first time during the IAPC General Assembly on June 2...
The Overseas Press Club of America strongly condemns the Environmental Protection Agency for barring reporters from three news organizations from an event this morning on the impact of toxic chemicals on drinking water at the agency’s headquarters.
As part of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the OPC is collecting and sharing the names of press freedom heroes and celebrating their work...
Foreign correspondents gathered on April 26 to celebrate their profession and honor those who have persevered in uncovering the truth despite the increasing challenges journalists face when doing their jobs...
Check out this page of photos and video clips from this year's Annual Awards Dinner...
NEW YORK, March 21, 2018 — The fall of ISIS and war’s human toll on civilian populations emerged as the leading storylines among the 22 winners of the 79th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards. America’s oldest association dedicated to international news will honor the journalists at an April 26 dinner in New York. The OPC President’s Award recognizes veteran AP foreign correspondent Kathy Gannon...
Covering the violence against the Rohingya leads a photojournalist to ponder whether journalism sometimes does more harm than good...
An investigative report finds clear evidence that the U.S. military grossly underestimates the number of civilians killed in its war against ISIS.
How one individual Chinese-American female journalist survived for three decades on the front lines...
The only way to learn what’s really happening in one of America’s most shadowy wars is to be on the ground in Somalia...
In the winter of 2013, I heard a story about U.S.-backed forces burying a child alive in a remote village in Kandahar, Afghanistan. While investigating, I was arrested by forces loyal to the brutal police chief Abdul Raziq, America’s man in Kandahar. I was expelled from Kandahar and barred from ever returning...
Friends, family, and teachers remembered Kim Wall at a memorial service at the Columbia Journalism School on the evening of Oct. 11. Those giving tribute to Kim, who graduated from the journalism school in 2013, focused on her love of journalism and her eclectic body of work rather than on her horrific death...
The Overseas Press Club of America strongly condemns the conviction of Wall Street Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak of terrorism charges in Turkey on Oct. 10...
The OPC is saddened to hear that OPC member Wilbur Landrey died on Sept. 29. at age 93...
Please join Columbia University School of Journalism for a memorial and reception to honor former student and classmate.
Operating on assignment in conflict zones requires deep research, extensive planning and trusted colleagues on the ground. Those were some of the key tips highlighted at a panel with two veteran photojournalists on Sept. 13, a program co-sponsored by the OPC, the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Professional Prizes department...
The OPC is deeply saddened that longtime OPC member and renowned Associated Press reporter Richard Pyle died on Sept. 28 at the age of 83...
In this enterprise piece for OPC, Amy Russo explores whether new nonprofit endeavors from large news organizations are sustainable. "As news organizations struggle for funding, the Guardian and The New York Times have announced they will both be pursuing philanthropic initiatives to support their reporting..."
The OPC is saddened to hear news that longtime OPC member Rachel Bail passed away peacefully the evening of Sunday, Aug. 27 with her family...
To honor the legacy of murdered journalist and OPC member Kim Wall, her family and friends have established the Kim Wall Memorial Fund, administered and supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation.
Coleen Jose talks about her friend and colleague, Kim Wall.
OPC member Moana Tregaskis is an author, photographer and anthropologist specializing in Asia and the Pacific. She is the widow of Richard Tregaskis, a journalist who served as war correspondent during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and is best known for his book, Guadalcanal Diary...
The OPC is deeply saddened by the murder of Kim Wall, an OPC member since 2015.
On Tuesday, June 13, the OPC and The Media Line co-hosted a forum to discuss the crucial link between policy and journalism, and to celebrate the agency’s Press and Policy Student Program.
Much has been made of how the administration of President Donald Trump requires a different kind of coverage than its predecessors. Washington Post editor Marty Baron disagrees. “Our traditional role serves us fine,” he says. That role, he adds, is to be “an honest observer” of political events and then to “tell the people what we’ve found.”
On Wednesday, May 24, the OPC hosted a special screening and discussion of the documentary Hell On Earth: The Fall Of Syria And The Rise of ISIS, with filmmakers Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested.
On May 17, the OPC hosted a special sneak preview at International House of a new documentary about Bell’s life, Letters from Baghdad...
OPC president Deidre Depke told a crowd of international journalists that there are reasons to be optimistic about the future of journalism in the United States despite myriad challenges.
The OPC’s 78th Annual Awards Dinner last night was one for the history books. The club raised a record amount of money through table sales and a new text-to-pledge campaign. Tenor James Valenti’s beautiful voice and a tribute to past OPC President Roy Rowan added a magical note to the evening...
In a year marked by attacks on both journalists and journalism itself, foreign correspondents gathered Thursday night to celebrate their work and honor the sacrifices many have made in order to report the news...
OPC was at Samantha Bee's Not the White House Correspondent's Dinner in Washington, DC. Here's a recap of the event...
President Donald Trump still lacks a clear policy in the Middle East, which could leave the U.S. open to manipulation from autocratic governments in the region and embolden terrorists, experts said during a panel on March 1...
The Overseas Press Club of America is alarmed by the increasingly hostile attacks on the news media by the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump...
