By Patricia Kranz
Are you an editor looking for a reporter in Thailand, or a photographer in Timbuktu? Or perhaps you are a freelance reporter in Egypt or Brazil who wants to pitch a story to staff editors. You can do all those things and more on the OPC’s new networking service called OPC Connect.
OPC Connect is a closed Facebook group open exclusively to OPC members. Our club includes assignment editors, photo editors and editors-in-chief of major news organizations, as well as freelance journalists of all stripes.
The OPC Board of Governors is committed to developing new services that support journalists as news organizations cut budgets and bureaus. Nearly 300 OPC members carry the free photo press ID cards the club introduced two years ago. OPC Connect is the newest endeavor.
Feel free to invite your OPC colleagues. Only OPC members will be admitted to this group. To join, click on the Join Group link in the top-right corner of the group’s Facebook page. An administrator will approve OPC members’ requests. If you have questions or need help joining, please contact chad@opcofamerica.org.