2024 OPC Awards Citation (Runner-up) Winners (For work in CY2023) THE HAL BOYLE AWARD Gerry Shih, Joseph Menn, Pranshu Verma, Anant Gupta, Karishma Mehrotra and Staff The Washington Post “Rising India, Toxic Tech” THE WILLIAM WORTHY AWARD Staff The Wall Street Journal “China Questions Its Future” THE ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL AWARD Evgeniy Maloletka The…
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OPC Award Judges
OPC Award Judges for work published in 2023: Head judge: John Daniszewski, The Associated Press The Hal Boyle AwardBest newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad Peter Spiegel (head), Financial TimesLuke Baker, former ReutersJulian Barnes, The New York TimesDavid Crow, The Wall Street JournalSuzanne Lynch, Politico Julian Barnes recused himself from discussions of the…
People Remembered: Robert Black
Robert Black, a longtime OPC member with a distinguished career in journalism and public relations, died on Feb. 4 from complications related to Covid. He was 94 years old.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa Will Be Keynote Speaker at OPC’s 2024 Awards Dinner; President’s Award Goes to David Remnick of The New Yorker
Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, will be the keynote speaker at the OPC’s 85th Annual Awards Dinner on April 25 at Cipriani 25 Broadway. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction for his book Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, will receive the President’s Award for lifetime achievement…
Longtime Members Mark 50 Years or More with the OPC
Late last year, OPC member Andrew Lluberes mentioned that 2024 would mark his 50th year since joining the OPC, and wondered if there were others who had earned the same distinction. After poking around in OPC archives, we reached out to Lluberes and four other members who had passed the 5-decade mark and asked them to reflect on their careers and time with the OPC. Many thanks to Lluberes, as well as Robert Essman, Irwin Chapman, Virginia Widenmyer and Robert Black for sharing memories…
OPC Renames Feature Photography and Interpretation of International Affairs Awards To Honor Danish Siddiqui and William Worthy; Adds New Category for Continuing Coverage of Conflict
The Overseas Press Club board of governors has approved several changes to its prestigious, 84-year-old awards, expanding the universe of journalists it honors when it places their names on awards for coverage of international news and adding a new category to recognize continuous coverage of conflicts around the world…
2023 OPC Awards – Call For Entries
We invite you to submit entries for international coverage in Newspapers, News Services, Digital, Magazines, Radio, Podcasts, Television, Video, Cartoons, Books and Photography…
OPC Condemns Violence and Threats Against Journalists Covering the Israel-Hamas War
The Overseas Press Club of America expresses its shock and outrage at the deaths of journalists covering the Israel-Hamas War.
European Press Club Federation Holds Meeting in Santiago de Compostela
Representatives from eight press clubs met in Santago de Compostela in the Galicia region of Spain for the annual conference of the European Press Club Federation on November 9 and 10. The OPC is a long-time member of the federation…
Hungarian National Museum to Display OPC Award Winner John Sadovy’s 1956 Photographs
In 1956, photojournalist John Sadovy won the OPC’s Robert Capa Award for his coverage of the Hungarian Revolution. Those photographs will be displayed at an exhibition later this month at the Hungarian National Museum. This piece, written by his daughter, reflects on the personal and international importance of those images…