The 83rd OPC Annual Awards on April 21 honored recipients in 22 categories to celebrate the past year's best in international journalism. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: OPC Vice President Scott Kraft, OPC Governor Peter Spiegel and OPC President Paula Dwyer. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Rana Ayyub, left, and Lauren Frayer. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Dan Balilty, center. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: Júlia Ledur of The Washington Post (taking the photo), with colleagues Alexa Ard, Max Bearak behind the table, Dylan Moriarty (behind, right) and Olivier Laurent. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to Right: Mark Clifford, Diane Brady, Gordon Crovitz, Simon Lee, Minky Worden, Corita Wong and Craig Forman. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: Gordon Crovitz, Simon Lee, Minky Worden, Brad Hamm, OPC Executive Director Patricia Kranz, OPC President Paula Dwyer, Leslie Cunningham and Mark Clifford. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: OPC Past President Michael Serrill, OPC Past President William J. Holstein, Minky Worden and Ian Williams. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Zenon Chernyk, left, with Areta Podhorodecki. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: Rula Jebreal, Rana Ayyub and Azmat Khan. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
The Great Hall at Cipriani 25 Broadway starts to fill with guests before the Annual Awards Dinner program begins. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Sitting at the New York Times table: Kiana Hayeri, seated on left, with Michael Slackman in the center, chatting with colleagues. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Guests at the 83rd Annual Awards Dinner chat a few moments before the program. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
OPC Governor John Avlon of CNN served as the evening's host. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
OPC President Paula Dwyer lights the Candle of Remembrance, this year dedicated to journalists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia who resisted and defied the withdrawal of press freedoms in their regions, at great risk to their lives. Specifically named in the ceremony was Yuliya Slutskaya, a longtime Belarussian journalist and a fierce advocate of an independent media. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who joined The New York Times last October to anchor a new podcast for the opinion desk, delivers the keynote address at the Annual Awards Dinner. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: Neil Munshi, OPC Executive Director Patricia Kranz and Gary Silverman. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Guests including Robert Friedman, former head judge, center right in the black mask, watching the awards presentation. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Left to right: OPC Past President Deidre Depke, Vera Naughton, OPC Executive Director Patricia Kranz and Ciro Scotti. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Former OPC Governor Rod Nordland and colleagues watching the program from the New York Times table. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
John Daniszewski, left, looking on with other guests during the awards presentation. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
The host for the evening, John Avlon, center right, mingling with Matthew Chance, far right, and other colleagues during a break in the awards program. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
OPC President Paula Dwyer, left, and OPC Governor Marjorie Miller. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Olivier Laurent, left, and Brenda Medina. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman
Guests at the Annual Awards Dinner enjoying socializing after the long pandemic isolation. Photo: ©Jennifer S. Altman