Best reporting in any medium on Latin America Sponsor: Paula Dwyer Citation of Excellence winners: David Luhnow, Samantha Pearson, Juan Forero and Jose de Cordoba Affiliation: The Wall Street Journal Honored Work: “Silent Slaughter” and Citation of Excellence winners: VICE News Tonight on HBO Affiliation: VICE News Tonight on HBO Honored Work: “Walking to America”
Author: OPC of America
Citation: Kim Wall Award 2018
Best story or series of stories on international affairs using creative and dynamic storytelling techniques Sponsor: Molly Bingham Citation for Excellence: Michelle Mizner, Katie Worth, Carla Borras, Raney Aronson and Andrew Metz Affiliation: FRONTLINE and GroundTruth Honored work: “The Last Generation”
Citation: The Roy Rowan Award 2018
Citation for Excellence: Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry, Nariman El-Mofty The Associated Press, with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting “Yemen’s Dirty War” Links to work: 1. Sexual abuses rampant in UAE-controlled prisons in Yemen 062018 2. AP Investigation: Yemen: U.S. allies spin deals with al-Qaida in war on rebels 080618 3. In Yemen,…
Citation: The Hal Boyle Award 2018
Citation for Excellence: Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman El-Mofty The Associated Press, with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting “Yemen’s Dirty War” Links to work: 1. Sexual abuses rampant in UAE-controlled prisons in Yemen 062018 2. AP Investigation: Yemen: U.S. allies spin deals with al-Qaida in war on rebels 080618 3. In…
Overseas Press Club of America Announces Annual Award Winners
The ongoing civil wars in Syria and Yemen as well as the desperate plight of refugees are the leading storylines among the winners of the 80th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards. America’s oldest association dedicated to international news announced its 21 winners who will be honored April 18 at a dinner in New York…
Citation Winners
The following is a list of citation (runner-up) winners for the OPC Awards for work published in 2018. For the list of this year’s award winners, click here. THE HAL BOYLE AWARD Best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad Sponsor: Norman Pearlstine in memory of Jerry Flint Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and Nariman…
OPC Award Judges
OPC Award judges for work published or broadcast in 2018: (Annual Awards dinner is April 18, 2019) Head judge: Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times The Hal Boyle Award Best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad. Head Judge: Farnaz Fassihi, The Wall Street Journal Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press Shibani Mahatni, The Washington Post…
Meet the OPC Members: Q&A With Andre Borges
Andre Borges is a news production manager, video producer, and social news reporter for BuzzFeed, based in Mumbai, India. He previously worked for the newspaper Dna India from 2013 to 2014, covering entertainment, film, television, literature, theater and culture, and served as film critic for the site…
Two Upcoming NY Events: PBS Launch Event and UN Screening
Two documentary events are coming up on the calendar for March, including a screening of Just Vision’s latest documentary Naila and the Uprising at the United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m., and the New York Launch Event for the acclaimed PBS series, Women, War and Peace II, on Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m…
ACOS Alliance Announces New Board of Directors
The ACOS Alliance has reshaped its board of directors to expand the organization’s geographic reach and to draw in an excellent cross-selection of media organizations, non-profit organizations and experienced freelancers…