The following is a list of citation (runner-up) winners for the OPC Awards for work published in 2020. For the list of this year’s award winners, click here.
2021 OPC Awards Citation Winners List
(for work in CY2020)
Newspapers, News Services, Print or Digital
THE HAL BOYLE AWARD
Best newspaper, news service or digital reporting from abroad
Sponsor: Norman Pearlstine in memory of Jerry Flint
Katrin Bennhold
The New York Times
“Outing Germany’s Far Right”
THE BOB CONSIDINE AWARD
Best newspaper, news service or digital interpretation of international affairs
Sponsor: William J. Holstein and Rita Sevell
The New York Times Staff
“Behind the Curve”
THE ED CUNNINGHAM AWARD
Best magazine-style, long-form narrative feature in print or digital on an international story
Sponsor: Michael S. Serrill
NO CITATION
THE MALCOLM FORBES AWARD
Best international business news reporting in newspapers, news services, magazines or digital
Sponsor: Forbes Magazine
Cam Simpson, Michael Smith and Nacha Cattan
Bloomberg News
“Addicted to Profit”
THE MADELINE DANE ROSS AWARD
Best international reporting in the print medium or digital showing a concern for the human condition
Sponsor: Linda Fasulo
Ryan Lenora Brown
The Christian Science Monitor
“Congo Ebola Crisis: To Fight Disease, an Anthropologist Heals Distrust”
THE KIM WALL AWARD
Best story or series of stories on international affairs using creative and dynamic digital storytelling techniques
Martin Stabe, the FT Visual & Data Journalism team and FT Reporters
The Financial Times
“Coronavirus Tracker”
TV, Video, Radio or Podcast
THE LOWELL THOMAS AWARD
Best radio, audio, or podcast coverage of international affairs
Sponsor: Deborah Amos
Keegan Hamilton, Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, Annie Avilés, Kate Osborn and Gustavo Huerta
VICE Audio
“Painkiller”
THE DAVID KAPLAN AWARD
Best TV or video spot news reporting from abroad
Sponsor: ABC News
Elizabeth Palmer, Agnes Reau, Seyed Rahim Bathaie and Andrew Stevenson
CBS News
“US and Iran on the Brink of War”
THE EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD
Best TV, video or documentary interpretation of international affairs with a run time up to 30 minutes
Sponsor: CBS News
John Holman, Pablo Perez, Amparo Rodriquez, Andalucia Knoll and Vanessa Gomez Viniegra
Al Jazeera English
“Frontline Mexico: The Fight Against COVID-19”
THE PETER JENNINGS AWARD
Best TV, video or documentary about international affairs with a run time over 30 minutes
Sponsor: The Jennings Family
NO CITATION
THE MORTON FRANK AWARD
Best international business news reporting in TV, video, radio, audio or podcast
Sponsor: Marc Lemcke
Alan Jeffries, Austin Carr, Michael Smith and Jordan Oplinger
Bloomberg Businessweek
“Inside Carnival’s Coronavirus Nightmare”
THE DAVID A. ANDELMAN AND PAMELA TITLE AWARD
Best international TV, video, radio, audio or podcast reporting showing a concern for the human condition
Sponsor: David A. Andelman and Pamela Title
Fariba Nawa, James Gordon Meek, Aaron Glantz, Pete Madden and Chris Harland-Dunaway
ABC News in partnership with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting
“Justice for Halla”
Any Medium
THE ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN AWARD
Best reporting in any medium on Latin America
Max Baring, Anastasia Moloney and Dan Collyns
Thomson Reuters Foundation
“The Adventures of Wonder Woman – Inside Peru’s War Against Illegal Gold Mining”
THE ROY ROWAN AWARD
Best investigative reporting in any medium on an international story
Sponsor: Marcus Rowan
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, FRONTLINE, The New York Times and 34 other media partners
“Luanda Leaks”
THE FLORA LEWIS AWARD
Best commentary in any medium on international news
Sponsor: Paula Dwyer
Yaroslav Trofimov
The Wall Street Journal
“The Post-COVID World”
THE WHITMAN BASSOW AWARD
Best reporting in any medium on international environmental issues
Sponsor: Robert Serio
Drew Ambrose, Rhiona Jade-Armont, Nick Olle and Sharon Roobol
Al Jazeera English in collaboration with Mongabay, The Gecko Project and Korea Center for Investigative Journalism
“101 East – Selling West Papua”
THE JOE AND LAURIE DINE AWARD
Best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights
Drew Ambrose, Ashish Malhotra, Savitri Choudhury and Rhiona Jade-Armont
Al Jazeera English
“India’s Child Sex Highway”
Photography
THE ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL AWARD
Best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise published in any medium
Sponsor: Getty Images
Nariman El-Mofty
The Associated Press
“Fleeing War”
THE OLIVIER REBBOT AWARD
Best photographic news reporting from abroad in any medium
Chris McGrath
Getty Images
“In the Aftermath of the Blast”
THE FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Best feature photography on an international theme published in any medium
Sponsor: Sony Images
Emilio Morenatti
The Associated Press
“COVID-19: Devastation and Death on Spain’s Elderly”
Books
THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
Best non-fiction book on international affairs
Sponsor: Friends of Richard Threlkeld
Joshua Yaffa
Crown Publishing Group
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s Russia
Cartoons
THE BEST CARTOON AWARD
Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs
Sponsor: Daimler
Michael Ramirez
Las Vegas Review-Journal/Creators Syndicate
“Michael Ramirez 2020 Editorial Cartoons”
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