The Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s only English language newspaper, is hiring editors an reporters. Open positions include Business Editor, News Editor, and reporters.
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2015 OPC Annual Awards: Call for Entries
We invite you to submit entries for international coverage in Newspapers, News Services, Websites, Magazines, Radio, Television, Cartoons, Books and Photography. We will begin accepting applications online on November 30.
OPC Scholar Reflects on Covering Greece for the WSJ
Katerina Voutsina won the OPC Foundation’s 2015 S&P Award for Economic and Business Reporting and has a Foundation fellowship with the Wall Street Journal in Brussels. She is a student at Tufts University, majoring in European political economy. “So what do you think about Greece? Will they leave the eurozone?” asked my interviewee on a…
Sotloff Foundation and Four U.S. TV Networks Sign Freelancer Safety Principles
NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2015 — A foundation honoring the memory of murdered freelance journalist Steven J. Sotloff and four major U.S. television news networks signed onto the Global Safety Principles and Practices at a meeting at the Columbia School of Journalism in New York on September 30th and October 1st.
Thursday at OPC: Meet the Emmy Winners
Congratulations to Firestone and the Warlord for winning two
Emmys on Tuesday night!
Apply by Nov. 15 for the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism, a new initiative launched at CUNY, started offering fellowships to business journalists last summer. Since then, the program has granted a total of 10 fellowships to veteran journalists.
The Shaming of a Chinese Journalist
Wang Xiaolu, a reporter for the business magazine Caijing, was one of many people arrested in August for allegations of “spreading rumors” over the Internet.
Bombings in Bangkok with the AP
This summer, my final week in Bangkok as an Overseas Press
Club Foundation intern for the Associated Press occurred during the bombing
that killed 20 and injured 125 in the center of the city. Another blast went
off the next day, this time along my daily commute at Sathorn Pier on the Chao
Phraya River. I took pictures at the scene of both incidents.
OPC Announces Board of Governors Election Results
During the Annual Meeting Tuesday night, the OPC announced results of this year’s election for the Board of Governors. Over the last month, members cast ballots to select 12 Active board members and two Associate board members.
Reflecting on James Foley’s Legacy
One year after the murder of photojournalist James Foley, Charles Sennott with The Ground Truth Project has written a piece that considers hard lessons learned about the freelancer’s legacy, U.S. policy surrounding hostages and safety for journalists when working in hostile areas.