2025 OPC Awards Citation (Runner-up) Winners
(For work in calendar year 2024)
THE HAL BOYLE AWARD
Christopher Miller and Staff
Financial Times
“Russia’s war in Ukraine”
THE WILLIAM WORTHY AWARD
Staff
The Washington Post
“Repression’s Long Arm”
THE ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL AWARD
Mohammed Salem
Reuters
“Fragments of Despair: A Visual Chronicle of Gaza, 2024”
THE OLIVIER REBBOT AWARD
Odelyn Joseph and Ramon Espinosa
The Associated Press
“Haiti: Surviving in Gangland”
THE DANISH SIDDIQUI AWARD
Lynsey Addario
The New York Times
“Sonya”
THE LOWELL THOMAS AWARD
Lingling Wei, Kate Linebaugh, Maria Byrne, Alan Rodriguez Espinoza and Annie Minoff
The Wall Street Journal
“The Missing Minister”
and
Ailsa Chang, Jonaki Mehta, Mallory Yu, Patrick Jarenwattananon and Emily Feng
NPR
“Taiwan in 2024: Stories of Colonization and Democratization”
THE DAVID KAPLAN AWARD
Jomana Karadsheh, Clarissa Ward, Katie Polglase, Jeremy Diamond, Fred Pleitgen and Staff
CNN
“The Fall of Assad in Syria”
THE EDWARD R. MURROW AWARD
Staff
NBC News Digital
“Born into Gaza”
THE PETER JENNINGS AWARD
Lora Moftah, Tong-hyung Kim, Claire Galofaro, Emily Sternlicht and Staffs
FRONTLINE (PBS) and The Associated Press
“South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning”
and
Sebastian Woods-Walker, Adam Desiderio, Lama Al-Arian, Javier Manzano and Shrouq Aila
Evident
“In Real Life: A Hidden War”
THE ED CUNNINGHAM AWARD
Thomas Brennan
Mother Jones/The War Horse
“My Platoon’s Fight to Survive—and Heal From—the Bloodiest Battle of the Iraq War”
THE BEST CARTOON AWARD
Kevin KAL Kallaugher
KAL’s Cartoons
THE MALCOLM FORBES AND MORTON FRANK AWARD
Ian Urbina, Joe Galvin, Maya Martin, Susan Ryan and Staff
The Outlaw Ocean Project
“The North Koreans Behind Global Seafood”
and
Bruce Einhorn, Loni Prinsloo, Marissa Newman and Simon Marks
Bloomberg News
“Starlink’s Global Rise”
THE SHIREEN ABU AKLEH AWARD
Maya Rosen
Jewish Currents
“Maya Rosen reports on Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon”
THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD
Jason De León
Viking / Penguin Random House
“Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling”
THE MADELINE DANE ROSS AWARD
Staff
Bloomberg News
“The Egg”
THE DAVID A. ANDELMAN AND PAMELA TITLE AWARD
Robin Barnwell, Toby Fitzpatrick, Darren Kemp, Dan Edge and Staff
FRONTLINE (PBS)
“A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians”
and
Staff
NBC News Digital
“The Babies of Al-Shifa: The Story of Survival for Gaza’s Youngest”
THE JOE AND LAURIE DINE AWARD
Kim Tong-Hyung, Claire Galofaro, Lora Moftah and Staff
The Associated Press, FRONTLINE (PBS)
“South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning”
and
Staff
Reuters
“The Starving World”
THE WHITMAN BASSOW AWARD
Katie Surma and Nicholas Kusnetz
Inside Climate News
“Cashing Out”
THE ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN AWARD
David Culver and CNN Staff
CNN Worldwide
“Gang-Fueled Unrest in Haiti”
THE KIM WALL AWARD
Serene Cheong, Clara Ferreira Marques, Weilun Soon, Krishna Karra and Yasufumi Saito
Bloomberg News
“The Clandestine Oil Shipping Hub Funneling Iranian Crude to China”
THE ROY ROWAN AWARD
Staff
The New York Times
“48 Children Were Taken From Ukraine. Many Are Up For Adoption In Russia.”
THE FLORA LEWIS AWARD
Staff
The New York Times Opinion
“At the Brink”