Gordon Crovitz writes in WSJ.com: journalists naturally worry about the future of journalism as technology upends traditional business models, resulting in huge job losses. A recent kerfuffle involving a veteran foreign correspondent turned freelance journalist illustrates why readers also should care how serious journalism will be funded.
Author: OPC of America
Camaraderie and Tchotchkes on Full Display at Party
Journalists had the opportunity on March 8, at OPC board member Minky Worden and Gordon Crovitz‘s penthouse apartment to show-and-tell an item procured from an assignment for the OPC’s second Tchotchke Night. Photo Slideshow |
Grant Launches to Aid Freelancers
OPC Foundation board member and co-founder of GlobalPost Charles M. Sennott announced the launch of a $10,000 GroundTruth Fellowship for a reporting project in the Middle East at the OPC Scholars luncheon on February 22. The fellowship will be awarded to a correspondent working on the ground in the Middle East with a minimum of three years of experience.
Shepard to Step Down at CUNY
OPC member Stephen B. Shepard said in February that he will step down as dean of CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism at the end of 2013.
OPC Scholars Luncheon Keynote Address 2013
A transcript from the speech David Rohde delivered at the 2013 OPC Scholars Luncheon on February 22.
Eager for a Chance, Scholars Seize Spotlight at Luncheon
The Yale Club Ballroom was filled to capacity for the OPC Foundation Scholarship Luncheon on February 22. This year’s event launched the Nathan S. Bienstock Memorial Scholarship and the GroundTruth Fellowship. OPC Foundation board member and Global Post co-founder Charles M. Sennott introduced the $10,000 GroundTruth Fellowship for freelance correspondents who have more than three years of experience and propose a reporting project in the Middle East.
In Search of the Calcutta Colonialism Left Behind
OPC member, photo journalist and Indiana University Professor of Journalism Steven Raymer became interested in Calcutta’s affection for politics and literature — and most tantalizing of all: the press corps has been focused elsewhere. “It’s nice to have a bit of an exclusive,” he said at his OPC Book Night on February 20.
NYT to Rename IHT
The International Herald Tribune is to be renamed the International New York Times after its parent newspaper.
French Photographer Killed in Syria
French freelance photographer Olivier Voisin died in a Turkish hospital three days after suffering from shrapnel wounds sustained while covering clashes in northern Syria.
NYT Wins 3 Polk Awards, Bloomberg 2
Journalists who uncovered corruption at the highest levels of the Chinese government, exposed abuses at New Jersey’s halfway houses and, at great personal risk, delved deep into the Syrian civil war were among the winners of 14 George Polk Awards for 2012 announced Monday by Long Island University.