Please join the OPC on Thursday, Jan. 12 for a discussion with Marcus Yam, a roving Los Angeles Times foreign correspondent and staff photographer. Yam will discuss his work with Calvin Hom, executive director of photography at the LAT. OPC Governor Sandra Stevenson, deputy director of photography at The Washington Post, will moderate…
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VIDEO: ‘How I Did It’ – New York Times Journalists Share Insight About Reporting on China Surveillance
On Nov. 30, New York Times journalists Muyi Xiao and Paul Mozur discussed their recent reporting on China’s growing domestic surveillance with OPC Past President William J. Holstein. Both were part of teams that analyzed more than 100,000 state bidding documents and talked to citizens on the ground to unravel the Chinese government’s use of technologies such as phone tracking, DNA collection, facial and voice recognition software to gather vast amounts of data. This information is fed into algorithms to find patterns and predict behavior such as crimes or protests, or signal police when someone with a history of mental illness approaches a school.
How Afghan Journalists are Reinventing Themselves
More than a year after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban returned to power, Afghan journalists are trying to navigate a “new” Afghanistan. Some are re-building careers in Afghanistan and others are setting up shops in the West, particularly in the U.S. and Canada…
OPC Happy Hour at the Algonquin Hotel Bar
The Half King may be gone, but we’re bringing back the OPC’s social mixers! Our first will be at the hotel bar where the OPC was founded. Join us Wednesday December 7th at the Algonquin Hotel bar for food, drink and fun! Both members and non-members are welcome to attend! The event will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. No RSVP is needed.
‘How I Did It’: New York Times Reporters Reveal How They Tracked China’s Expanding Surveillance State
New York Times reporters spent over a year combing through more than 100,000 government bidding documents and found that China’s ambition to collect digital and biological data from its citizens is more expansive and invasive than previously known. The visual Investigations team worked with reporters in Asia to analyze the documents and interview Chinese citizens…
International Press Clubs Sign Media Freedom Declaration in London
Members of the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC) and the European Federation of Press Clubs held a joint meeting in London in late October, the first in-person gathering of the two organizations since 2019…
OPC and Dart Center Host Training Session on Psychological Safety and Resilience
Like many other professions, journalists face trauma during the course of their work. Their jobs often entail witnessing and processing the human costs of war, natural disasters or other humanitarian crises while on assignment…
Christopher Roush Laments Decline of Local Business News in New Book
Christopher Roush, veteran business journalist, author, and dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University, said during an OPC book night on Oct. 11 that the decline of local business news coverage across the U.S. has left consumers, small businesses owners and employees starved for reliable sources of information they need to make key decisions such as when to buy a house or where to expand a business…
VIDEO: OPC/Dart Center – Psychological Safety Training for Freelance Journalists
On Oct. 12, the OPC and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma presented an interactive online training session on psychological safety and resilience for freelance journalists…
VIDEO: Christopher Roush Discusses ‘The Future of Business Journalism’
On Oct. 11, 2022, the OPC hosted a book night with veteran business journalist and professor Christopher Roush to discuss his book, “The Future of Business Journalism.”