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Sep22
Aurora & Overseas Press Club: Global Stories, Humanitarian Impact
Please join the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) for a special media briefing and panel discussion on the future of humanitarianism.
Aurora & Overseas Press Club: Global Stories, Humanitarian Impact
Name: Aurora & Overseas Press Club: Global Stories, Humanitarian Impact
Date&Time: 22 September 2025 - 11:00 a.m.
Location: The Nomad Tower, 1250 Broadway, Floor 31
CITY: New York
Please join the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) for a special media briefing and panel discussion on the future of humanitarianism. During this event, Aurora will announce the three finalists for the $1 million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an award honoring humanitarians whose courageous actions have impacted millions worldwide. Be among the first to meet and interview these extraordinary individuals who risk their lives to save others.
Panelists include Aurora CEO Armine Afeyan and selection committee members Dame Louise Richardson, President of the Carnegie Corporation, Lord Ara Darzi, Co-Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, Colin Thomas-Jensen, Aurora’s Director of Impact and former senior USAID official, and local humanitarian leaders. Scott Kraft, OPC President and editor at large for enterprise journalism and special projects for the Los Angeles Times, will moderate the discussion. This is a unique opportunity to connect with fellow journalists, humanitarian experts, and Aurora’s global partners.
The event will take place on September 22, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. ET at The Nomad Tower, 1250 Broadway, Floor 31, New York, NY 10001 (between Broadway and 32nd Street).
Registration is required for in-person attendance, click here to RSVP.
In-person attendance is limited to 60 participants and is first-come, first-served. The deadline to register for in-person attendance is Friday, September 19.
If you can’t make it in person, you can also RSVP online here.
About Aurora: The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative was founded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors. Aurora catalyzes lifesaving work by celebrating and supporting exceptional humanitarians around the world. Over the past decade, the organization has built a global network and supported more than 3.54 million people affected by humanitarian crises across 63 countries. By funding humanitarians around the world who continue the cycle of giving, this work contributes to proliferating humanitarianism into the future.
OPC Events
Sep16
OPC Spotlight: How Visual Journalism Played a Role in the 2024 Bangladesh Uprising
OPC governor and visual journalist Juan Arredondo, a Colombian-American journalist, talks with Dr. Shahidul Alam about how visuals played a role in covering the uprising and how it reverberates today.
OPC Spotlight: How Visual Journalism Played a Role in the 2024 Bangladesh Uprising
Name: OPC Spotlight: How Visual Journalism Played a Role in the 2024 Bangladesh Uprising
Date&Time: 16 September 2025 - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
CITY: New York, New York
In Bangladesh, 2024 was a pivotal year, one that will go down in history for ushering in a new beginning. But as journalists, we need to avoid being so swayed by the euphoria of the moment that we neglect covering the negative consequences.
OPC governor and visual journalist Juan Arredondo, a Colombian-American journalist, talks with Dr. Shahidul Alam about how visuals played a role in covering the uprising and how it reverberates today.
OPC Events
Oct03
Covering China: Journalism, Scholarship, and the Global Conversation
On Friday, October 3, the Johns Hopkins SAIS Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) and the Overseas Press Club of America will jointly host an in-person event examining the state of journalistic and academic coverage of China.
Covering China: Journalism, Scholarship, and the Global Conversation
Name: Covering China: Journalism, Scholarship, and the Global Conversation
Date&Time: 03 October 2025 - 9:30 a.m.
Location: Kenney Link Auditorium, Johns Hopkins SAIS (555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW)
CITY: Washington D.C.
On Friday, October 3, the Johns Hopkins SAIS Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF) and the Overseas Press Club of America will jointly host an in-person event examining the state of journalistic and academic coverage of China.
Our first session will consider the hurdles that journalists and academics face when operating within China at present, and their evolving approaches to reporting and research. A second panel will assess the challenges that global correspondents and researchers face as they cover China’s global activities and influence, especially when the issues that intersect China’s global role-including artificial intelligence, trade and investment, and new energy-are themselves complex and rapidly evolving.
What are the perspectives of top journalists and researchers on the current state of reporting on China? What do we know and not know – and what assumptions and narratives may need revision? What are our collective blind spots? What strategies can help strengthen the quality of research and reporting, and more accurately frame the scope and scale of the China challenge for U.S. audiences?
Friday, October 3, 2025
9:30ạm: Opening Remarks
9:45am: Session 1- Covering China from Within: Problems and Processes
11:00am: Session 2—China, America, and the World: New Frontiers
12:00pm: Networking Lunch
Kenney Link Auditorium, Johns Hopkins SAIS
(555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW)
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McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
April 14, 2025
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Do you -- or a reporter you know -- have a great idea for high-impact investigative or enterprise story that "Follows the Money," but few resources to take it on?
Applications are now open for the Spring 2025 McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. The Fellowships provide experienced journalists with a grant up to $15,000 and the editorial support needed to produce deeply reported enterprise and investigative stories with a strong economic or financial angle. The deadline to apply is April 14, 2025. Previous McGraw Fellows have explored a wide variety of issues — and you don’t need to be a business reporter to apply. Many have been generalists, or cover areas such as health care, inequality or the environment. Given the enormous changes in federal spending and policy priorities now taking place in Washington DC, we are particularly interested in story proposals that examine the impact of these changes during this round. The Fellowship is open to both freelance and staff journalists in all forms of media with at least five years’ professional experience. Journalists from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. If you’d like to learn more, go to www.mcgrawcenter.org, contact us at mcgrawcenter@journalism.cuny.edu or join us on Zoom for McGraw Fellowship Office Hours every Tuesday from 3/4/25 to 4/8/25 at 12-1 pm ET. We accept applications twice a year; Fall 2025 applications will be due Oct. 13, 2025.