October 1, 2025
In our third installment of an interview archive series, John Morris talks about his long career as a photo journalist, including his work for Life magazine during World War II. Morris edited the photographs of Robert Capa during the D-Day invasion in 1944.
OPC Secretary Jonathan Dahl, who serves as editor-in-chief of WSJ.Money magazine and executive director of page one at The Wall Street Journal, has been hired to run digital news startup Ozy.
Ozy is the most recent startup to join the ranks of digital news sites like Mashable, Vice and Buzzfeed, which target younger readers.
Our forum on Tuesday, Oct. 21, “How to Freelance Safely,” has been sold out. But for those who are not able to attend, we are planning to stream the event live on Google Hangouts.
This is our first attempt to stream a live panel, so please bear with us.
We are thrilled to announce that two OPC board members will
be recognized for outstanding work. OPC board member and New York Times correspondent
Rukmini Callimachi will receive the Marie Colvin Front Page Award for Foreign
Correspondence, and OPC second vice president Abigail Pesta will receive two
Exceptional Merit in Media awards from the National Women’s Political Caucus.
As part of our ongoing interview archive series, the OPC presents a roundtable discussion in Paris with Jim Bittermann, senior European correspondent for CNN since 1996; Mort Rosenblum, a University of Arizona journalism professor formerly with the Associated Press; and retired New York Times cultural correspondent Alan Riding.
Vivienne Walt, who has written for Time magazine since 2003, conducted the interview.
Rory Peck Trust also offers grants and practical advice for freelancers.
The OPC is recording memories of some of our most venerable members for the club’s archives. In the videos below, OPC Foundation president Bill Holstein interviews former OPC President Roy Rowan, who spent 35 years at Time-Life serving as bureau chief in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Rome, Tokyo, Bonn and Chicago.
OPC’s Training Archive
Browse our archive of videos and stories from our “Meet the Winners” series and other events aimed at helping students and colleagues in the field.
