Read a transcript of the keynote speech from the 84th Anniversary Awards Dinner by Alessandra Galloni, editor-in-chief for Reuters and a past OPC Award winner…
April 2023 Keynote Speech by Alessandra Galloni
Author: OPC of America
OPC Condemns Russia’s Arrest of Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich
The Overseas Press Club of America strongly condemns and expresses its deep concern over the press freedom implications of the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia for alleged espionage…
84th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards
84th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Honors the Finest International Reporting in 22 Categories; The New York Times Leads Winners for the Fifth Straight Year; CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Receives OPC President’s Award..
OPC Award Judges
OPC Award Judges for work published in 2022: Head judge: John Daniszewski, The Associated Press The Hal Boyle Award Best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad Peter Spiegel (head), Financial Times Julian Barnes, The New York Times Anna Fiefield, The Washington Post Tom Nuttall, The Economist Nancy Yussef, The Wall Street Journal Nancy…
Citation Winners
2023 OPC Awards Citation (Runner-up) Winners
What’s In a Name?
Overseas Press Club award descriptions: Hal Boyle was a distinguished columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who covered World War II and the Korean War for The Associated Press. He published more than 7,600 columns during his career, becoming one of the nation’s most widely syndicated newspaper columnists. His vivid reports brought American readers to…
Thank You
Thank you for your sponsorship of an OPC Award. The club is extremely grateful for your support.
OPC Joins Press Freedom Groups Calling for Bangladesh to Stop Harassment of Rozina Islam
Dear Ministers Khan and Maleque – We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights groups, write to seek your leadership in ensuring an immediate end to the harassment of Bangladeshi journalist and human rights defender Rozina Islam…
Spotlight on OPC Grant Recipients: Abas Asadiyan
Abas Asadiyan, an Afghan multimedia journalist currently working for Afghanistan International TV in Washington, DC, was first attracted to journalism for writing and storytelling more than the business of “news” or informing an audience…
Spotlight on OPC Grant Recipients: Bhat Burhan
Bhat Burhan, a Kashmiri multimedia journalist now based in New Delhi, grew up in a region steeped in decades of armed conflict. Inspired by the dedication of local journalists covering the conflicts in the face of government crackdowns, he saw a need for reporting in Kashmir by Kashmiris.