Coming up on 5/9, join the OPC & the Rizzoli Bookstore for a discussion w/ journalist Jacob Kushner about his new book 'Look Away,' which documents the resurgence of far-right xenophobic violence in Germany. Author Seyward Darby will moderate. eventbrite.com/e/look-away-by…

And we won again
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Pardon the blurriness, but when you meet The Nobel Prize for Peace winner @mMaria Ressa and the truly legendary Clarissa Ward of CNN at the Overseas Press Club award ceremony, you just forget about the quality of pictures and feel privileged.

Congrats to masha gessen with the The New Yorker for the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Flora Lewis Award category for commentary on Israel and Gaza in “Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech” and “In the Shadow of the Holocaust.”
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Congratulations to Mosab Abu Toha of the The New Yorker for winning the Flora Lewis Award for best commentary on international news with a series of essays on Gaza. Watch the acceptance speech here: youtu.be/yofcuCM8qgA #OPCAwards85

Congrats again to @zachmiderand and Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) staff for the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Roy Rowan category for exceptional work in the entry “Bad Medicine.”
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The OPC applauds Ian Urbina, Joe Galvin, Maya Martin, Susan Ryan of the The New Yorker and staff of the Outlaw Ocean Project for winning the Roy Rowan Award for “The Crimes Behind the Seafood You Eat.” Watch the acceptance speech here: youtu.be/4aFW46GFibg #OPCAwards85

Congrats Isabelle Qian, Pablo Robles, Rumsey Taylor and Weiyi (Dawn) Cai of the @NYTimes for getting the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Kim Wall category for “7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp.”
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Join us in celebrating Renata Brito and @felipedanaof the The Associated Press for winning the Kim Wall Award for their report, “Adrift,” covering the harrowing stories of African migrants bound for Europe. Watch the acceptance speech here: youtu.be/pE3B3XC4QQM #OPCAwards85

Congrats to julieturkewitz and Federico Rios with @NYTimes for getting the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Robert Spiers Benjamin category for their report “Profiting Off Migrants.”
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Congratulations to Drazen Jorgic, Diego Oré Oviedo, Jackie Botts, Sarah Kinosian and Stephen Eisenhammer ✏️ of Reuters for winning the Robert Spiers Benjamin Award for exceptional reporting on fentanyl trafficking in “Mexico Narcotics.” Watch the speech here: youtu.be/N_bmm4YlA7s #OPCAwards85

Congrats again to staff of the The Washington Post for getting the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Whitman Bassow category for the entry “The Human Limit.”
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Tonight we honor Reuters staff for winning the Whitman Bassow Award for investigating global pandemic risks and their links to environmental conditions in “The Bat Lands.” Watch comments here: youtu.be/hPpRyk-oy_A #OPCAwards85

Congrats again to Majed Neisi, Sasha Achilli, James Allnutt, Dan Edge and staff of FRONTLINE for getting the Citation for Excellence (runner-up) in the Joe and Laurie Dine category for the entry “Inside the Iranian Uprising.”
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The OPC applauds Isobel Yeung, Maya Rostowska, Daniel Vergara, Kateryna Malofieieva, Sean Stephens and staff of VICE News for winning the Joe and Laurie Dine Award for “Stealing Ukraine’s Children.” Acceptance speech: youtu.be/3BbrBU68B2Q
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“How difficult it is to be a journalist today”

—@MariaRessa, journalist, co-founder+CEO of Rappler and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks on #PressFreedom , “integrity of facts” and misinformation at the Overseas Press Club annual awards dinner: opcofamerica.org/2023-opc-award…

Congrats to the Financial Times’s Miles Johnson for winning a big Overseas Press Club award for his investigation into #Prigozhin ’s criminal empire!

The incomparable ⁦Miles Johnson⁩ of the @ft winning an ⁦Overseas Press Club⁩ award for his brilliant expose on Russian mercenary group Wagner.

Congrats to Adam Desiderio, Ben C. Solomon, Julia Kochetova, Drew Pattison and Craig Thomson with VICE News & Tubi for a Citation (runner-up) in the David A. Andelman and Pamela Title category for “City Under Fire: Inside the War in Ukraine.”
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We honor Leila Hussain and staff of Bloomberg for winning the David A. Andelman and Pamela Title Award for reporting on gender-based violence against African runners in “Run For Your Life: The Murder that Shook the Running World.” Speech: youtu.be/pERfYz-CMm0
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