One of the longest standing members of the OPC member, Bob Gibson, known for shaping foreign coverage at the Los Angeles Times, died on June 22 at the age of 89. He had been an OPC member since 1957…
People Remembered: OPC Member Bob Gibson
Author: OPC of America
Overseas Press Club of America Denounces President Trump’s Treatment of CNN Reporter
The Overseas Press Club of America added its voice Thursday to that of other news and media organizations that have protested President Trump’s decision to prevent CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins from covering a White House event because she had asked “inappropriate” questions…
2018 Board Election Slate
As chair of this year’s nominating committee – which includes club President Deidre Depke, and governors Emma Daly and William Holstein – it is with great pride that I nominate a slate of officers and board candidates who have the energy, talent and drive to guide the OPC through these turbulent times. The Committee made it a priority to select candidates for a slate that is balanced, a well-mixed combination comprising young journalists as well as those with distinguished careers. Each of them is exceptional…
Meet the OPC Members: Q&A With Ceylan Yeginsu
Ceylan Yeginsu is a correspondent for The New York Times in London. Previously, she served as correspondent for the Turkey bureau, where she covered politics, the Kurdish conflict, the rise of Islamic State and other stories. …
A Postscript on the Besieged Phnom Penh Post
For months, rumors had been floating around about the future of The Phnom Penh Post. Almost every day, it seemed, a new theory was presented as fact – that the newspaper would soon be in the hands of a government-linked tycoon, or that a sale was being brokered by the owner of a rival newspaper. When the news finally came out that the paper had indeed been sold, the reality appeared not much better than the doomsday predictions….
Meet the OPC Members: Q&A With Scott Sayare
By Chad Bouchard Scott Sayare is a writer and reporter based in Paris. He reported for five years for The New York Times with the paper’s bureau in Paris, during which he filed stories from across France, southern Europe and North Africa. He currently writes for The Atlantic, GQ, and Harper’s. Hometown: I grew up…
Brussels Hosts Congress of International Press Clubs
With 75 delegates representing 21 countries – 22 if OPC readers consider Scotland a separate nation – and representatives of several international organizations, the biennial congress of the International Association of Press Clubs exchanged best practices and experiences in Brussels from May 31 to June 2…
IAPC Welcomes Press Clubs From African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries
Delegates from the International Association of Press Clubs welcomed press clubs from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries for the first time during the IAPC General Assembly on June 2…
OPC Condemns E.P.A. for Barring Reporters From Event
The Overseas Press Club of America strongly condemns the Environmental Protection Agency for barring reporters from three news organizations from an event this morning on the impact of toxic chemicals on drinking water at the agency’s headquarters.
Meet the OPC Members: Q&A With Louise Boyle
Louise Boyle earned her MA (Hons) in English Literature from Edinburgh University in 2007, where she was also an editor on the university’s newspaper. She started out as a trainee for the Daily Mail in London before spending time at The Belfast Telegraph and then the Irish Daily Mail in Dublin where she was an editor in the features department. Boyle moved to New York in 2011, soon after DailyMail.com established its U.S. base. She has traveled to more than 40 U.S. states to cover stories and reported from several countries around the world…