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Danish Newspaper Issues Apology
Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010

The Danish newspaper Politiken apologized February 26 for offending Muslims by reprinting a cartoon of the Prophet Mudammad wearing a...

People Remembered: Andrew Jaffe
Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010
Andrew Jaffe

Andrew Jaffe, 71, a former Newsweek foreign correspondent, died February 26, after a 10-year battle with cancer of the...

Koleva: Haiti, Before the Ground Shook
Friday, 05 Mar 2010
Street art of startling high-precision brush strokes — as if poised to deliver a

OPC member Gergana Koleva visited Haiti in 2005 and has just published an essay for the online journal, inthefray.org, in which “...

OPC Members Share Tchotchkes, Memories
Thursday, 04 Mar 2010

About 100 OPC members and guests piled into the lower Manhattan apartment of board member Minky Worden and husband Gordon...

Kapuscinski Award Announced
Tuesday, 02 Mar 2010
Kapuściński relaxing in Warsaw, 1997

The Ryszard Kapuściński Award for literary reportage was established and announced last month, on the third anniversary of the author’s death,...

People Remembered: James Wieghart
Friday, 26 Feb 2010
James Wieghart in 1992

James G. Wieghart, 76, a former editor of the New York Daily News and an OPC member, died of pneumonia February 21 in...

Masturzo Wins World Press Photo of 2009
Thursday, 25 Feb 2010
Pietro Masturzo as the World Press Photo of the Year 2009

The international jury of the 53rd annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a photo by the Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo...

ABC Announces Layoffs
Thursday, 25 Feb 2010
David Westin

ABC News announced on February 23 that it will reduce its staff by buyouts or layoffs if necessary. Employees said the cutbacks would affect 300...

People Remembered: Graham Hovey
Thursday, 25 Feb 2010

Graham Hovey, 94, a former correspondent in Europe and Africa, a university professor and winner of an OPC award, died February...

Barber Talks Paywalls and Journalism's Future
Friday, 19 Feb 2010

More than 220 guests attended this year's OPC Foundation Scholarship Luncheon and echoed the cause that foreign correspondents are needed now more...