June 17, 2025

OPC Award Judges and Sponsors

HAL BOYLE

Norman Pearlstine in memory of Jerry Flint
Scott Kraft
(head), Los Angeles Times
Hannah Allam, McClatchy
Scott MacLeod, American University of Cairo Rebecca Blumenstein, The Wall Street Journal
Amy Wilentz, University of California Irvine

BOB CONSIDINE

William J. Holstein and Rita Sevell
Amanda Bennett (head), freelance
Melissa Pozsgay, Bloomberg News
Kelu Chao, Voice of America
Linda Fasulo, freelance

PHOTOGRAPHY

Adrees Latif (head), Reuters
David Furst, The New York Times
Yunghi Kim, freelance photographer
Carol Guzy, The Washington Post
Patrick Whalen, The Wall Street Journal
Alison Morley, International Center of Photography

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Cyma Rubin – Business of Entertainment

LOWELL THOMAS

Dorinda Elliott (head), Paulson Institute
Sarah Lubman, Brunswick Group
Alexa Oleson, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Mary Kay Magistad, Public Radio International
Sarah Green, Harvard Business Review

DAVID KAPLAN

Ben And Karen Sherwood
Deidre Depke (head), Marketplace
David Brancaccio, Marketplace
Tunku Varadarajan, Stanford University
Mona Iskander, freelance
Ronnie Weil, The Wall Street Journal

EDWARD R. MURROW

CBS
Allan Dodds Frank (head), freelance
Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times
Karen Burnes, freelance
Betsy Stark, Ogilvy

ED CUNNINGHAM

Ford Motor Company
Vivienne Walt (head), Time
James Graff, The Wall Street Journal
Babak Dehghanpisheh, Reuters
Louise Roug, Mashable

THOMAS NAST

JetBlue
Robert Sullivan
(head), freelance
Allen Alter, CBS
Spencer Platt, Getty Images
Marcy McGinnis, SUNY Stony Brook
Rula Amin, freelance

MORTON FRANK

Mark Lemcke
Michael Serrill(head), freelance
Gerard Baker, The Wall Street Journal
Susan Antilla, freelance
Robert Dieterich, freelance

 MALCOLM FORBES

Forbes Magazine
Farnaz Fassihi (head), The Wall Street Journal
Jesse Pesta, The New York Times
Celeste Le Compte, ProPublica
John Simons, International Business Times
Stephanie Mehta, Vanity Fair

CORNELIUS RYAN

Friends of Richard Threlkeld
Dan Hertzberg (head), freelance
Neil Hickey, Columbia Journalism Review
John Bussey, The Wall Street Journal
Joyce Barnathan, International Center for Journalists

MADELINE DANE ROSS

Linda Fasulo
Laurie Hays (head), Brunswick Group
Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
Jonathan Kaufman, Northeastern University
Alessandra Galloni, Reuters
Mei Fong, freelance

DAVID ANDELMAN & PAMELA TITLE

David A. Andelman and Pamela Title
Martin Smith (head), PBS Frontline
Ed Kashi, photographer
Philip Bennett, Duke University
Habiba Nosheen, CBS
Emma Daly, Human Rights Watch

JOE & LAURIE DINE

Philip Dine
Anya Schiffrin (head), Columbia School of International and Public Affairs
Jonathan Birchall, Open Society Justice Initiative
Nicole Pope, freelancer
Allison Silver, Thomson Reuters
Nin-Hai Tseng, Fortune

BEST COMMENTARY

Barbara Demick (head), Los Angeles Times
Lee Hockstader, The Washington Post
Gady Epstein, The Economist
Nomi Morris, USC Annenberg School of Journalism
Carlos Rajo, Telemundo Network

WHITMAN BASSOW

Citi
Eric Roston (head), Bloomberg
David Biello, Scientific American
Kat Bagley, Yale Environment360
Brad Plumer, Vox

ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN

Sebastian Rotella (head), ProPublica
Ginger Thompson, ProPublica
Marcela Gaviria, Rain Media/Frontline
Chris Kraul, freelance

BEST MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

Google
Azmat Khan (head), freelance
Latoya Peterson, Fusion
Dena Takruri, AJ+
Carla Murphy, freelance
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Michael Serrill
Charles Sennott (head), GroundTruth Project
Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker
Tom Hundley, Pulitzer Center
Andew Metz, Frontline