2016 OPC Award Judges

Head Judge: Scott Kraft

  1. The Hal Boyle Award

Best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad.

 

Evan Osnos (head), The New Yorker

Barry Bearak, freelance

Gady Epstein, The Economist

Kari Howard, Nieman Storyboard

Kerry Luft, Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

 

  1. The Bob Considine Award

Best newspaper, news service or digital interpretation of international affairs.

 

Sebastian Rotella (head), ProPublica

Chris Kraul, freelance

Ginger Thompson, ProPublica

Calvin Sims, International House New York

Tim Golden, freelance/author

 

  1. The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award

Best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise.

 

  1. The Olivier Rebbot Award

Best photographic news reporting from abroad in any medium.

 

  1. The Feature Photography Award

Best feature photography published in any medium on an international theme.

 

Adrees Latif (head), Reuters

Carol Guzy, freelance

David Furst, The New York Times

Sarah Leen, National Geographic

Kira Pollack, TIME magazine

Michael Kamber, freelance

 

  1. The Lowell Thomas Award

Best radio or audio, or podcast news or interpretation of international affairs.

 

Ann Cooper (head), Columbia School of Journalism

Anne Garrels, author

Diantha Parker

Arun Venugopal, WNYC

Mary Kay Magistad, freelance

 

  1. The David Kaplan Award

Best TV or video spot news reporting from abroad.

 

Edith Chapin (head), NPR

Eric Marrapodi, NBC

Diane Ruggiero, CNN

Ellen Shearer, Northwestern University

Gerry Holmes, NPR

 

  1. The Edward R. Murrow Award

Best TV, video or documentary interpretation of international affairs less than one hour.

 

Allan Dodds-Frank (head), freelance

Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times

Kathleen Campion, freelance, former Bloomberg

Kitty Pilgrim, author (former CNN)

Roxana Saberi

 

  1. The Peter Jennings Award

Best TV, video or documentary about international affairs one hour or longer.

 

Abi Wright (head), Columbia School of Journalism

Liz O. Baylen, The New York Times

Jonathan Jones, Center for Investigative Reporting

Cynthia Lopez, freelance producer

 

  1. The Ed Cunningham Award

Best magazine reporting in print or online on an international story.

 

Robert Friedman (head): Bloomberg News

Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

Stephan Faris, Politico Europe

Laurie Hayes, Brunswick

Liam Stack, The New York Times

 

  1. The Thomas Nast Award

Best cartoons on international affairs.

 

Kal Kallaugher (head), freelance

Robert Ruby, Freedom House

Jenny Robb, Ohio State University

David Horsey, Los Angeles Times

 

  1. The Morton Frank Award

Best magazine international business news reporting in print or digital.

 

Farnaz Fassihi (head), The Wall Street Journal

Aryn Baker, TIME

Anna Fifield, The Washington Post

Jesse Pesta, The New York Times

Robert Worth, The New York Times Magazine

 

  1. The Malcolm Forbes Award

Best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or digital.

 

Bill Holstein (head)

Pete Engardio, Boston Consulting Group

Stephanie Mehta, Vanity Fair

Leah Nathans Spiro, Riverside Creative

Jo Ling Kent, NBC News

 

  1. The Cornelius Ryan Award

Best non-fiction book on international affairs.

 

Dan Hertzberg (head), freelance

John Bussey, The Wall Street Journal

Neil Hickey, Columbia Journalism Review

Jennifer Siebens, freelance

 

  1. The Madeline Dane Ross Award

Best international reporting in the print medium or digital showing a concern for the human condition.

 

Hannah Allam (head), McClatchy

Bob Dowling, freelance

  1. Mitra Kalita, CNN

Ernesto Londono, The New York Times

John Yearwood, International Press Institute

 

  1. The David A. Andelman and Pamela Title Award

Best international reporting in the broadcast media showing a concern for the human condition.

 

Denise Vance (head), The Associated Press

Tony Cavin, CBS

John Clarke, Reuters TV

Robert Reid, Stars and Stripes

 

  1. The Joe and Laurie Dine Award

Best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights.

 

Anya Schiffrin (head), Columbia University

Jonathan Birchall, Open Society Foundations

Rebecca Chao, Foreign Affairs

Nin-hai Tseng, Fortune

 

  1. The Whitman Bassow Award

Best reporting in any medium on international environmental issues.

 

Vivienne Walt, (head) TIME

James Graff, The Wall Street Journal

Brad Plumer, Vox,

Eric Roston, Bloomberg

Susanne Rust, Columbia University

 

  1. The Robert Spiers Benjamin Award

Best reporting in any medium on Latin America.

 

Charles Sennott (head), GroundTruth Project

Tom Hundley, Pulitzer Center

Ernest Sotomayor, Columbia University

David Adams, freelance

Mary Rajkumar, AP

 

  1. Best Digital Reporting on International Affairs

Best story or series of stories using creative and dynamic digital storytelling techniques.

 

Azmat Khan (head), New America

Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept

Ashley Forde, Matter Studios

Ethar El Katatney, AJ+

Dodai Stewart, Fusion

Lam Vo, BuzzFeed Open Lab

 

  1. Best Investigative Reporting

Best investigative reporting in any medium on an international story.

 

Kim Murphy (head), Los Angeles Times

Gillian Tett, US managing editor, Financial Times

Bill Rempel, freelance

Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post

Henry Chu, Variety

 

 

  1. Best Commentary

Best commentary in any medium on international news.

 

Bill Keller (head), The Marshall Project

Scott MacLeod, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs

Lydia Polgreen, Huffington Post

David Shipley, Bloomberg View