Author: OPC of America

A Call for Peace and Women’s Empowerment in Middle East

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A member of the audience during the conversation about women in media in the Middle East wanted to compare the government possibilities in Egypt to Yemen, but Nadia Al-Sakkaf, Editor-in-Chief of The Yemen Times stopped that comparison cold. “These are different countries entirely.” Throughout the conversation on Monday, March 28, the resounding call from Al-Sakkaf and Felice Friedson of The Media Line Ltd., was for those outside of the region to see each country as a distinct entity, not just “The Middle East.”

Taylor’s Chechen Connection

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Lost in the tributes to Elizabeth Taylor, the Hollywood icon—her beauty, her acting, her AIDS activism—is her work to help Chechen orphans. Thomas Goltz on the extraordinary turn of events that focused her on the war-torn Russian republic.

2 Reuters Journalists Missing in Syria

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Two Reuters television journalists have been missing in Syria since Saturday night, when they were due to return to Lebanon.

Staunch OPC Supporter Norman Schorr Dies at 91

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Norman Schorr, 91, a member of the OPC for 56 years and a board member of the OPC Foundation, died March 25 after a long battle against cancer. For many years, Norman was the power behind the OPC’s Freedom of the Press Committee, a regular at nearly all OPC events until his final illness and a dedicated supporter of every OPC project. Eulogy by Kevin McDermott |

Johnsen Writes NYT Op-Ed

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Gregory Johnsen, the 2006 Schweisberg OPC Foundation Scholarship winner, writes an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times. Johnsen is a doctoral candidate in Near Eastern studies at Princeton and writes the blog Waq al-Waq.

Brill Sells Journalism Online

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Journalism Online, a media company that has tried to pave the way for newspapers to charge for their content on the web, has sold itself to the publishing service company R.R. Donnelley & Sons.

Vote for Best Blogs

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From now until 11 April, Internet users can vote for their favorite blog by going to this address, www.thebobs.com, and taking part in the Best of Blogs (BOBs) competition which the German public radio station
Deutsche Welle is holding for the seventh year running.

Novelist Discusses Media’s Role in Egypt

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Guernica Magazine interviews Ahdaf Soueif, the Egyptian novelist and activist on when she knew the revolution would succeed, the role Al Jazeera and social networking played, and the irresponsible reporting on Lara Logan‘s attack.

AJR: Retreating From the World

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In the face of globalization and war, many news organizations have turned their backs on foreign news. Newspapers and TV provide much less of it. Many outlets have shuttered overseas bureaus. But a handful of promising startups offer some hope for the future.