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People Remembered: Barrett McGurn
Friday, 09 July 2010
Barrett McGurn

Barrett McGurn, 95, OPC president 1963 to 1965 and a veteran foreign correspondent and government spokesman, died July 2 at his home in Bethesda, Maryland. He had pancreatic cancer.

Digital Journalism: More Work, Pressure and Opportunity
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Digital Journalism: More Work, Pressure and Opportunity
Longer hours, more pressure, decreasing quality and less enjoyable work. Old media is a dark, dark place for journalism - at least that's the mood of many of the journalists who were interviewed for the annual Oriella digital journalism study.
AP Appoints Oil Spill Editor
Thursday, 01 July 2010
Steven Gutkin

The AP has appointed Steven Gutkin to the new post of oil spill editor. Gutkin, Jerusalem bureau chief for the past six years, will be based in Atlanta starting in mid-July to oversee the work of reporters and editors who are covering the cleanup and fallout from the Gulf of...

July/August Bulletin Ready For Download
Friday, 25 June 2010
July/August Bulletin

Get the latest club news in the July/August Bulletin. This issue lists candidates for the OPC Board. Deadline to submit your ballot for the annual election is August 24. If you do not have a paper ballot, please contact the OPC. We also have a recap of the Book Night...

Hamill Graduates From High School
Friday, 25 June 2010
Pete Hamill

Pete Hamill has written 10 novels, finished an 11th, written a memoir and four other non-fiction books plus numerous magazine articles, covered several wars and served as editor of the New York Post and the Daily News of New York. And on this June 26, two days...

Slow to Publish, Rolling Stone Loses McChrystal Story
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Gen. Stanley McChrystal

In a multimedia environment, it's difficult for a magazine to break news, but that's what a Rolling Stone profile of Gen. McChrystal did. But if you wanted to read that profile, tough luck.

NYT Announces New Public Editor
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Arthur S. Brisbane

Veteran journalist Arthur S. Brisbane, grandson of legendary Hearst editor Arthur Brisbane, this summer became The New York Times public editor for a three-year term.

Online Newspapers Scale Back in Japan
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Ken Takeuchi, founder of JanJan, at its empty office in Tokyo in May.
The headline told it all: “Ink Gushes in Japan’s Media Landscape.” Online newspapers in Japan have closed or scaled back their operations during the past two years.
2010 Grantham Prize Awarded
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Alanna Mitchell

Journalist and author Alanna Mitchell received the $75,000 Grantham Prize for her book, Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis. The book, published by McClelland & Stewart in Canada and by The University of Chicago Press in the U.S., is a stirring account of the...

Two Philippine Journalists Are Slain
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Protest in the Philippines.

Joselito Agustin, a broadcaster in the northern Philippines and radio broadcaster Desiderio Camangyan died of gunshot wounds in separate attacks in a 24-hour period.