Reports of Conflict, Disease and Environment Dominate Overseas Press Club Awards

Reports of Conflict, Disease and Environment Dominate Overseas Press Club Awards

NEW YORK, April 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The 22 award-winning entries for the annual Overseas Press Club Awards depict a world in which entire nations and millions of people have been torn apart by newly intensified forces of nationalism, extremism, disease and environmental degradation. Al Jazeera America,Los Angeles Times and The New York Times won multiple awards.

While Middle East conflicts generated the most stories submitted for the awards this year, others covered how Western ideals of democracy and human rights are increasingly put to the test by Russian aggression and Chinese ambition. Awards were also given to stories covering nations that once hoped to make the next leap of economic development, which are now mired in conflicts over resources and workers.

"There has been a lot of tragic foreign news over the past year – from Ebola toUkraine to the Central African Republic to ISIS - including the tragedy of murdered journalists, likeJames Foley," says Marcus Mabry, president of the Overseas Press Club of America and editor at large ofThe New York Times. "But these awards tell us that despite mortal dangers, foreign correspondence - and foreign correspondents - are more vibrant than ever. And no one can stop a free and courageous press!"

David Rohde of Thomson Reuters will receive the President's Award in recognition of his journalism career and his historic effort to craft a code of conduct for safely reporting global news.Kathy Gannon of The Associated Press will light the press freedom candle in memory of journalists who have died in the line of duty in the past year and in honor of those injured, missing and abducted.Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times will deliver the keynote address.

Other news organizations winning awards include Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg Businessweek, De Standaard, Foreign Policy, National Geographic, NPR, Philadelphia Daily News,POV, PBS, PRI, Reuters, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post,and Time. First-time award winners include HBO Sports and the online magazineMatter.

The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award, which honors the best photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise, will be presented toMarcus Bleasdale, a global documentary photographer, for his work "Central African Republic Inferno" done on assignment for Human Rights Watch,Foreign Policyand National Geographic Magazine.

The OPC Awards will be livestreamed <https://www.opcofamerica.org/news/opc-annual-awards-dinner-will-be-live-streamed>. To tweet, use #OPCAwards2015.  Detailed information and photographs will be posted on the OPC website atwww.opcofamerica.org <http://www.opcofamerica.org/>. Contactpatricia@opcofamerica.org <mailto:patricia@opcofamerica.org> or 212 626-9220 if you wish to cover the award presentations in person.

There were 441 entries in this year's competition. 

AWARDS:

Newspapers, News Services, Magazines or Online

THE HAL BOYLE AWARDBest newspaper, news service or online reporting from abroadAdam Nossiter, Nori Onishi, Helene Cooper, Sheri Fink and The New York Times StaffThe New York Times"Ebola From the Front Line"

THE BOB CONSIDINE AWARDBest newspaper, news service or online interpretation of international affairsSergei Loiko and Carol Williams, Los Angeles Times"Ukraine: A Nation Torn Apart"

THE MALCOLM FORBES AWARDBest international business news reporting in newspapers, news services or onlineStephen Grey and Reuters team, Reuters"Comrade Capitalism"

THE MADELINE DANE ROSS AWARDBest international reporting in the print medium or online showing a concernfor the human conditionJason Motlagh and Atish Saha, The Virginia Quarterly Review"The Ghosts of Rana Plaza"

THE WHITMAN BASSOW AWARDBest reporting in any medium on international environmental issuesNick Miroff, The Washington Post"Pushing South"

THE ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN AWARDBest reporting in any medium on Latin AmericaMolly Hennessy-Fiske, Tracy Wilkinson, Kate Linthicum, Cindy Carcamo and Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times"A Wave of Migrants"

BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTINGBest investigative reporting in any medium on an international storyC.J. Chivers, The New York Times"Secret Casualties"

BEST COMMENTARYBest commentary on international news in any mediumMatthew Kaminski, The Wall Street Journal"On Ukraine"

THE ED CUNNINGHAM AWARDBest magazine reporting in print or online on an international story Matthieu Aikins and Sebastiano Tomada-PiccolominiMedium/Matter"Whoever Saves a Life"

THE MORTON FRANK AWARDBest magazine international business news reporting in print or onlineCam Simpson and Jesse Westbrook, Bloomberg Businessweek"The Hedge Fund and the Despot"

THE JOE and LAURIE DINE AWARDBest international reporting in any medium dealing with human rightsSamuel Black, Anjali Kamat and Fault Lines Staff, Al Jazeera America"America's War Workers"

Photography

THE ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL AWARDBest published photographic reporting from abroadrequiring exceptional courage, enterpriseMarcus Bleasdale,Human Rights Watch, Foreign Policy and National Geographic Magazine"Central African Republic Inferno"

THE OLIVIER REBBOT AWARDBest photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or booksJerome Sessini, Magnum Photos, Time and De Standaard"Crime Without Punishment"

THE JOHN FABER AWARDBest photographic reporting from abroad in newspapers or news servicesBulent Kilic, Agence France Presse"Euromaidan Revolution in Kiev"

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDBest feature photography published in any medium on an international themeRodrigo Abd, The Associated Press"Peru's Illegal Gold Mining"

TV and Radio

THE LOWELL THOMAS AWARDBest radio or audio news or interpretation of international affairsMarine Olivesi and Aaron Schachter, PRI's "The World""Repercussions of the Arab Spring"

THE DAVID KAPLAN AWARD Best TV or video spot news reporting from abroadNick Schifrin, Philip Maravilla and Ben Mulkey, Al Jazeera America"Conflict in Gaza"

THE EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDBest TV or video interpretation or documentary on international affairsRachel Boynton and Simon KilmurryPOV, PBS and American Documentary Inc."Big Men"

THE DAVID A. ANDELMAN and PAMELA TITLE AWARDBest international reporting in the broadcast media showing a concern for the human conditionJosh Fine and David Scott, HBO Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel"The Price of Glory"

Book

THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARDBest non-fiction book on international affairsEvan Osnos, Farrar, Straus & GirouxAge of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China

Cartoon

THE THOMAS NAST AWARDBest cartoons on international affairsSigne Wilkinson, Philadelphia Daily News

Multimedia

BEST MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRESENTATIONBest use of video, interactive graphics and slideshows to report on international newsSteve Inskeep, Kainaz Amaria and NPR Staff, National Public Radio"Borderland"

About the Overseas Press Club (www.opcofamerica.org <http://www.opcofamerica.org/>) The Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The OPC seeks to maintain an international association of journalists working inthe United States and abroad; to encourage the highest standards of professional integrity and skill in the reporting of news; to help educate a new generation of journalists; to contribute to the freedom and independence of journalists and the press throughout the world, and to work toward better communication and understanding among people.



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