Thomas and Amanpour Honored

OPC member Helen Thomas won two awards in November, and OPC Executive Director Sonya Fry, attended both events. On November 9, Thomas received the Gaudium Award from the Breukelein Institute which grew out the Catholic Oratory community of St. Boniface. The Institute raises money to benefit the homeless, education and the arts in Brooklyn. On November 12, Thomas, White House correspondent for Hearst Newspapers, received the Newswomen’s Club inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.

CNN international correspondent Christiane Amanpour, an OPC member, received the Reporter of the Year Award. The ceremony and dinner was held at the Downtown Association. OPC Board member Toni Reinhold of Reuters is President of the Newswomen’s Club of New York which was founded in 1922.