Author: OPC of America

Tyler Hicks won the 2013 Robert Capa Gold Medal Award. The judges wrote that every frame tells the story of a terrifying and dangerous situation. The photographer is at obvious risk, yet he continues to photograph multiple scenarios and stays on scene to document the horrors and aftermath of the attack.

Bloomberg’s series showed the grim reality of the life of workers who make the shiny Apple phones so coveted by the world’s consumers. The stories by Cam Simpson were impressively detailed. He went down the supply chain to write about migration, the tactics of recruiters and life in the Himalayan villages that supplied the bonded labor to Apple’s subcontractors.

Adriana Gomez Licon ventured deep into an area of Mexico where journalists operate under constant risk of attack. Reporting alone, and with considerable initiative, she pieced together details of the death of a young woman killed in a shootout between the cartels.

Steve Stecklow from Reuters won the 2013 Malcolm Forbes Award- Best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or online with Babak Dehghanpisheh, Yeganeh Torbati and Reuters staff for “Assets of the Ayayollah.” Here, he discusses his award-winning work in the Up Close video series that features OPC Award winners.

Martin Wolf from the Financial Times won the 2013 Best Commentary Award. Here, he discusses his award-winning work in the Up Close video series that features OPC Award winners.

Jerome Delay won the 2013 John Faber Award for his work titled “Central African Republic Unrest.” Here, he discusses his award-winning work in the Up Close series of videos with OPC Award winners.

AP’s Rukmini Callimachi won both the Hal Boyle and Bob Considine awards for her reporting on a trove of al-Qaida documents. Here, she discusses her award-winning work in the first in a series of videos with OPC Award winners.