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OPC Award Winners Share Their Stories: Photography Awards
Join the OPC in an online discussion via Zoom with this year’s photography award winners…
OPC Award Winners Share Their Stories: Photography Awards
Name: OPC Award Winners Share Their Stories: Photography Awards
Date&Time: 10 June 2020 - 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: Zoom video conferencing app
Left to right: Dieu Nalio Chery, Moises Saman and Rena Effendi.
Join the OPC in an online discussion via Zoom with this year’s photography award winners.
Winners of the OPC’s three photography awards will be interviewed by freelance photographer Daniella Zalcman.
RSVPs are required. Links to the Zoom call will be emailed to registrants before the program begins.
- The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award for best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise. Winner: Dieu Nalio Chery of The Associated Press for “Haiti: Nation on the Brink.”
- The Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic news reporting from abroad in any medium. Winner: Moises Saman of National Geographic for “El Salvador: A Country in Crisis.”
- The Best Feature Photography award for best feature photography on an international theme published in any medium. Winner: Rena Effendi of the Wall Street Journal for “He lost a daughter to the Islamic State. Can he save his grandchildren?”
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Jun19
OPC Award Winners Share Their Stories: Lowell Thomas Award
Join the OPC for a discussion on Zoom with winners of this year’s Lowell Thomas Award for best radio, audio, or podcast coverage of international affairs…
OPC Award Winners Share Their Stories: Lowell Thomas Award
Name: OPC Award Winners Share Their Stories: Lowell Thomas Award
Date&Time: 19 June 2020 - 5:00 p.m.
Join the OPC for a discussion on Zoom with winners of this year’s Lowell Thomas Award for best radio, audio, or podcast coverage of international affairs.
RSVPs are required. Links to the Zoom call will be emailed to registrants before the program begins.
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Winners participating in the call include: Gregory Warner, Karen Duffin and Sebastian Meyer of NPR’s Rough Translation podcast for “The Search: Parts 1 and 2.” Ann Cooper, Professor Emerita of the Columbia Journalism School, is the interviewer.
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The McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
July 17, 2020
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Do you - or a reporter you know - have a great idea for an investigative or enterprise story on an important business or financial topic, but few resources to get it done?
If so, the McGraw Center for Business Journalism would like to hear from you.
Grants up to $15K for Investigative & Enterprise Business Reporting — Apply by July 17, 2020
From the New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize winning series on predatory lending in the taxi industry and the Seattle Times’ Polk Award honored exposé of the close ties between Boeing and FAA leaders that led to design changes blamed for two fatal crashes of the 737 Max jet, to the many recent stories by publications across the country highlighting the difficulties of obtaining medical supplies and government-backed loans in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve seen the impact deeply-reported stories that “Follow the Money” can have in bringing questionable practices to light.
For many journalists and publications, however, devoting the time and resources needed for such projects has become increasingly difficult – particularly amidst a new wave of layoffs and cutbacks caused by plummeting ad revenues.
That’s where the McGraw Center for Business Journalism can play a role.
If you — or a reporter you know — have a great idea for an investigative or enterprise story on an important economic, financial or business topic, but few resources to get it done, the McGraw Center would like to hear from you.
Applications are now open for the Summer 2020 McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. The Fellowships, awarded twice a year, provide experienced journalists with the funds and editorial support needed to produce high-impact stories on critical issues related to the U.S. economy, business or finance.
The upcoming deadline to apply is July 17, 2020
- Each Fellow receives a grant of up to $15,000
- No residency is required; McGraw Fellows work from their own offices
- Fellowships are open to both freelance and staff journalists with at least five years experience
- Applications in any type of media — print, audio, video and digital — will be considered
What kind of stories do we support? Previous McGraw Fellows have explored a wide variety of topics — and you don’t need to be a business reporter to apply. Many of our Fellows have been generalists, or follow heath care, the environment or other beats. Here are a few examples:
- Is getting pregnant “medically necessary” right now? MIT Technology Review
- When Big Tech Goes Green, Taxpayers Help Foot the Bill Bloomberg Businessweek
- Company insiders are selling stock during buybacks and making additional profits when stock prices jump. And it’s legal. Washington Post
- Seniors were sold a risk-free retirement with reverse mortgages. Now they face foreclosure. USA Today
- How the Norcross Political Machine Muscled In On Prime Real Estate in New Jersey’s Poorest City WNYC & ProPublica
- New Workers of the World: Capturing the voices of workers facing unprecedented change Bloomberg Businessweek
- The Race to Zero Emissions Quartz
- Who’s behind the Chinese takeover of the world’s biggest pork producer? PBS NewsHour
If you’d like to join them, you’ll find more information, an FAQ, and the application at www.mcgrawcenter.org. You can contact us with further questions or a project you’d like to discuss at mcgrawcenter@journalism.cuny.edu. Applications for Summer 2020 Fellowship are due July 17th, 2020. Winter 2021 applications will be due January 15, 2021.
The McGraw Center for Business Journalism was established at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2014 by the family of the late Harold W. McGraw, Jr., former chairman and CEO of McGraw-Hill and long-time publisher of BusinessWeek magazine. The Center is dedicated to enhancing the depth and quality of business and economic news coverage through training, student scholarships and support for veteran journalists.
The Newmark Graduate School of Journalism in midtown Manhattan is the only publicly supported graduate journalism school in the Northeast. Led by Dean Sarah Bartlett, the School offers three 16 month Master’s degree programs: an M.A. in Journalism, Spanish Language Journalism, or Social Journalism.
CONTACT:
Jane Sasseen
Executive Director
McGraw Center for Business Journalism
mcgrawcenter@journalism.cuny.edu
917-748-8257