1998 OPC Award Winners

1. THE HAL BOYLE AWARD
Best newspaper or wire service reporting from abroad

KEN GUGGENHEIM
NIKO PRICE
The Associated Press
"Hurricane Mitch"

2. THE BOB CONSIDINE AWARD
Best newspaper or wire service interpretation of international affairs BARTON GELLMAN
The Washington Post

"Shell Games: Washington, Baghdad and the Hunt for Iraq’s Forbidden Weapons"

3. THE ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL
Best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise
JAMES NACHTWEY
Magnum for Time
"Indonesia: Descent into Madness"

4. THE OLIVIER REBBOT AWARD
Best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines and books ETTORE MALANCA
Sipa Press/The New York Times Magazine
"Romania’s Lost Boys"

5. THE JOHN FABER AWARD
Best photographic reporting from abroad in newspapers and wire services
ERIC MENCHER
The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Rwanda: Aftermath of Genocide"

6. THE LOWELL THOMAS AWARD
Best radio news or interpretation of international affairs
SANDY TOLAN
Homelands Productions for Fresh Air
"The Lemon Tree"

7. THE DAVID KAPLAN AWARD
Best TV spot news reporting from abroad
CNN TEAM
"Strikes Against Iraq and the Impeachment Hearings"

8. THE EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD
Best TV interpretation or documentary on international affairs
WILLIAM CRAN
STEPHANIE TEPPER
DAVID FANNING
MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Frontline/WGBH Boston and InVision Productions
"Ambush in Mogadishu"

9. THE ED CUNNINGHAM AWARD
Best magazine reporting from abroad MARK DANNER
The New York Review of Books
“Yugoslav Wars"

10. THE THOMAS NAST AWARD
Best cartoons on international affairs KEVIN KALLAUGHER
The Baltimore Sun

11. THE MORTON FRANK AWARD
Best business reporting from abroad in magazines MICHAEL SHARI
JOYCE BARNATHAN
PETE ENGARDIO
DEAN FOUST
JONATHAN MOORE
SHERI PRASSO
CHRISTOPHER POWER
Business Week
"Indonesia in Turmoil"

12. THE MALCOLM FORBES AWARD
Best business reporting from abroad in newspapers or wire services RICHARD READ
The Oregonian
"The French Fry Connection”

13. THE CARL SPIELVOGEL AWARD
Best business reporting from abroad in the broadcast media
BRENDA BRESLAUER
BRIAN ROSS
ABC News

"Nazi Stolen Art"

14. THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
Best nonfiction book on international affairs
PHILIP GOUREVITCH
Farrar Straus and Giroux

"We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda"

15. THE MADELINE DANE ROSS AWARD
Best international reporting in any medium showing a concern for the human condition
KEVIN SULLIVAN
MARY JORDAN
KEITH RICHBURG
The Washington Post

"Shattered Lives: The Asian Middle Class"

16. THE ERIC & AMY BURGER AWARD
Best international reporting in the broadcast media dealing with human rights
CYNTHIA McFADDEN
BETH OSISEK
ABC News–Primetime Live

"Russian Girls for Sale"

17. THE JOE & LAURIE DINE AWARD
Best international reporting in a print medium dealing with human rights
MARK O’KEEFE
The Oregonian

"Christians Under Siege"

18. THE WHITMAN BASSOW AWARD
Best reporting in any medium on environmental issues
ANNE GARRELS
LOREN JENKINS
National Public Radio

"Water Series"

19. THE ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN AWARD
Best reporting in any medium on Latin America
EDWIN GARCIA
MICHELLE LEVANDER
RICARDO SANDOVAL
The San Jose Mercury News

"Lost in Transit"