MONTHLY NEWSLETTER I June 2019

Correspondents, Survivors and China Watchers INSIDE Discuss the Legacy of Tiananmen Square Recap: Book Night With Bill Holstein 2

EVENT RECAP OPC Blasts Extradition Bill in Hong Kong 2 by jonas ekblom and contributors hirty years have passed since the world People Column 6-7

witnessed China’s brutal attacks against pro- Press Freedom Tdemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Update 8-9 but the country’s campaign against critics and dissidents has returned with renewed intensity, using more subtle New Books 10 tactics and new technology to carry out oppression. Q&A: CHAD BOUCHARD On May 9, the OPC gathered a small army of activists, Jim Huylebroek 11 survivors, experts and foreign correspondents to explore Left to right: Susan Jakes, Bruce Kennedy, Dorinda the legacy of Tiananmen, discuss the state of China’s Elliott, Adi Ignatius, Carroll Bogert and Dori Jones Yang. escalating crackdown, and illuminate the road ahead for Caroll Bogert, then with Newsweek, agreed: “It democracy advocates. At the first panel in a day-long event, five veteran was a torrent of talk!” She also said that there was “the correspondents who were there in 1989 said the event feeling that China was actually speaking. Suddenly was groundbreaking, and at the time it seemed protests everyone would talk to you about what was happening.” had emboldened more people to speak candidly about Several members of the panel had been corre- their concerns, clearing the way for foreign reporters to spondents in China for many years before the Tianan- cover China. men protests broke out. They had seen first-hand the “People were so open!” said author Dori Jones Yang, increased unrest a stalling Chinese society had led to. who covered the protests for BusinessWeek. “They “People were frustrated with the slowing of reform,” were open about politics: what they were thinking about Adi Ignatius, who reported for The Wall Street Journal, [Chinese leader] Deng Xiaoping.” Continued on Page 3

OPC Vice President Scott Kraft Says Journalists ‘Won’t Shut Up’ Despite Attacks speech on June 8 at the Jerusalem But Kraft focused his remarks EVENT RECAP Press Club’s third international not on physical attacks, but on by patricia kranz conference on press freedom. the challenges journalists in the The theme of the conference was United States face from President cott kraft, managing “Journalism under Siege.” Trump’s campaign against them editor of the Los Angeles “Our profession is indeed, as the “Enemy of the People” and Times and third vice presi- S under siege,” Kraft said. “Too Trump’s “loose association with dent of the OPC, urged journal- many of our colleagues have been the truth.” ists to stay focused on telling the murdered, attacked and harassed Citing information from the truth and “resist the temptation around the globe – in attacks or- Washington Post’s Fact Checker to counter name-calling with our chestrated by powerful people and tally, he said President Trump de- own name-calling” in his keynote often-totalitarian governments.” Continued on Page 4 Scott Kraft 1 1 Bill Holstein Discusses ‘Tiananmen’ China’s Tech Campaign Continued From Page 1

Against US in ‘Art of War’ observed. “There was discontent among the students and it had to come out some way.” EVENT RECAP Ignatius also took a longer view and said that if the Chinese authori- ties had met what he called “moderate demands” from the protesters, by chad bouchard CHAD BOUCHARD PHOTOS: Bill Holstein, left, and Barbara Demick “China would have taken off sooner.” here’s no shortage of recent headlines about China’s digital Dorinda Elliott, who covered the events for Newsweek, also pointed Left to right: William J. Holstein, Wu’er Kaixi, Rose Tang incursions and boundless appetite for data, from cyberattacks on Holstein said China employs a style of hacking that leaves no finger- to the protests’ influence on present-day China. “It was a real turning and Zhou Fengsuo. businesses and theft of personnel information for U.S. govern- prints, like that of a hacker group known as APT 10 that infiltrated IBM’s point for China,” Elliott said. “It is what has led to the distortions in T cloud computing system by posing as legitimate users for four years. ment employees, to spy chips in tech devices used by the U.S. military. today’s China.” Amid this trickle of stories, it can be easy to miss undercurrents. William “The clear and consistent Chinese pattern is that they make copies of The moderator for the panel, Susan Jakes, editor at ChinaFile, said J. Holstein, a past president and longtime member of the OPC, has the data they want, then exfiltrate it through email channels, so they left she was the only one on the panel who hadn’t been at Tiananmen Square placed these headlines in context, bolstered with his own reporting, in no footprints.” in 1989, and asked the panelists to recall what reporting was like on his new book The New Art of War: China’s Deep Strategy Inside the Holstein said China’s Ministry of State Security is orchestrating those burning days three decades ago. United States. much of the digital espionage campaign through other hacker groups, Bruce Kennedy, who covered the events for CNN and NPR, vividly and has gained access to companies that are several levels down the U.S. On June 5, Holstein discussed the book at Club Quarters with Bar- remembered that “at one point there was such trauma going on. People Navy’s supply chain. bara Demick, who served as Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles were wounded and people were shooting.” He said much of this high-tech war is being waged on an economic Times from 2007 to 2017. Demick told attendees that “I thought I knew The panelists also turned their eyes to the future and reflected on scale, with China legally acquiring technology companies, gaining this story of what China is doing in the United States, and I didn’t until I reforms the protests spurred, such as the presidential term limits that read the book.” Continued on Page 5 were recently scrapped by current president Xi Jinping. “One thing Deng Xiaoping hasn’t gotten enough credit for is creating term limits for the highest leaders in the land,” said Jones Yang. “I was very optimistic OPC Calls for Hong Kong Peaceful Protesters in Hong Kong Force Government about the future of China until last year.” to Retreat on Extradition Bill, For Now The OPC invited three survivors from the Tiananmen Square protests Left to right: Andrew Nathan, Wu’er Kaixi, Sheryl WuDunn, to Withdraw Extradition Bill to speak about their experiences during and after the protests. The panel Jerome Cohen and Teng Biao. by Philip Bowring started with a showcase of archival footage featuring all three protestors by pete engardio present: Wu’er Kaixi during a hunger strike, Rose Tang at the front lines OPC SEEKS NEW OFFICE MANAGER HONG KONG, June 17, 2019–It was an historic eight days in Hong Kong, of the protests, and Zhou Fengsou at a hearing. ust days ago, it appeared that press freedom was hurtling toward culminating in the biggest demonstration the territory had ever seen. It “I was honored being China’s most-wanted person,” Wu’er Kaixi The Overseas Press Club of America is looking for a person who can one of its most crushing blows yet. Despite a massive peaceful showed that peaceful mass action can still work. said, and laughed when he said that his student activism and hunger work 20 hours a week managing the office and writing for the monthly Jprotest march by some one million Hong Kong residents – roughly The cause was the introduction to the Legislative Council of a bill strike around the Tiananmen protests put him at the very top of the Chi- Bulletin newsletter. The job is four hours a day five days a week in the one-seventh of the territory’s population – all signs suggested that the which would have enabled the extradition of criminal suspects to nese government’s watchlist. OPC’s midtown office. Administrative tasks include answering the government of the Special Administrative Region was poised to ram a jurisdictions, notably the mainland, with which Hong Kong had no Rose Tang took the opportunity to reflect on her fellow protesters phone, inputting membership information in the database, handling bill through the Legislative Council that would have allowed fugitives extradition treaty. that did not achieve fame or even died protesting: “There are so many mailings, and doing routine banking and accounting. The job includes wanted by Chinese authorities to be extradited to the mainland. In a dis- Chief Executive Carrie Lam demanded that the bill be brought to an nebulous people that died for nothing or were jailed for nothing,” she writing the People and Press Freedom sections of the OPC Bulletin and play of force not seen in memory in Hong Kong, riot police on June 12 immediate vote, scheduled for Wednesday June 12. Few believed that told the audience. two short book reports. The job is ideal for freelance journalists who started turning on peaceful protesters and journalists alike with tear gas, the government could be forced by public opinion to change course. The threat of persecution is still very strong, and even outside of seek a steady income while also having the time and freedom to do batons, water cannons, and volleys of plastic bullets. The Hong Kong Nonetheless, on June 9 more than 500,000 people held a peaceful China, many Chinese are wary of talking about the Tiananmen Square their own reporting and writing for half the day. The hours also work Journalists Association has documented 26 cases of police abuse against three-mile march from the city’s Victoria Park to the legislature events. Former UPI correspondent William J. Holstein, a past OPC presi- well for parents of school-age children. Interested candidates should press covering the protests. buildings. Lam took no heed. dent who moderated the panel discussion, asked participants: “Is there a send a cover letter and resume to OPC Executive Director Patricia In a breathtaking turn of events, disaster turned into what could be By late morning on June 12, tens of thousands had assembled, global war between the government and survivors?” To which all three Kranz at [email protected]. a stunning victory for press freedom at a time of seemingly relentless bringing the central district to a standstill. The demonstrations carried nodded in agreement. assaults against civil liberties by authoritarian governments around the on until around 4:00 p.m. when hundreds of riot police kitted out with “A lot of the survivors are today afraid to talk,” said Zhou Fengsuo, world. Yielding to enormous pressure, Hong Kong Chief Executive party choked China to death, after, they decided to ease their grip a masks, helmets, shields and batons and firing tear gas, rubber bullets who himself has fallen victim to abuse from supporters of the Chinese Carrie Lam announced on June 16 that she was suspending consideration bit,” Kaixi said. and pepper spray advanced on the crowds. By the time the protesters regime. “I was beaten a few times in San Francisco,” he said, adding: of the controversial bill. Massive protests have continued, however, For the mothers of those who died at Tiananmen, the past bleeds into were dispersed, many were injured and Hong Kong was in a state of “This is the situation we are facing as survivors.” amid demands that the government withdraw the bill entirely. Long-time present-day, particularly when they raise their voices in a country that shock at the unprecedented violence. Zhou Fengsuo also praised journalism and the journalists that cov- Hong Kong journalist Philip Bowring, former editor of the Far Eastern prefers to keep them silent. In a touching tribute beteween panels, Sharon For two days Lam was silent, apparently meeting with mainland ered the protests. “The most important thing is press freedom,” he said. Economic Review and a past president of the Hong Kong Foreign Cor- Hom, a professor at NYU Law and the executive director of Human officials. Then she emerged on June 16 to announce the postponement When the panel shifted focus to current-day affairs, Kaixi expressed respondents Club, shared his account of the recent events (see sidebar). Rights in China, unveiled the next phase of an effort to send letters from of the bill. frustration over the non-confrontational attitude other countries have The OPC calls on the Hong Kong government to end consideration of the mothers that fearture four demands: the truth about the events that The public response was a mega demonstration with a message: the extradition bill, for the threat against press freedom is by no means toward China’s leadership: “Why are we so over-complimenting to the transpired, full accountability for the government’s role, a formal apology, resurrect this bill and we will be back. Lam finally apologized for her over. The extradition bill could be reintroduced, and swiftly passed by Communist regime?” and compensation for their loss. As part of the project, the names, faces, failures. Her career is in ruins but more important for Hong Kong is that Hong Kong’s rubber-stamp legislature, at any time. The law not only Rose Tang agreed, and appealed to the audience: “Let’s not over- and life stories of the deceased were posted online and incorportated into a the mass movement to protect its separate identity has for now beaten would shatter the independence of Hong Kong’s legal system and the estimate the Communist party’s power. They are afraid of ordinary 22-minute documentary that was released soon after the day of panels. the odds. promise of “one country, two systems,” which is critical to preserving people.” The project is called The Forgotten, serves as a memorial to those press freedom and for the SAR to remain a viable regional base for hun- There was a worry among all three panelists that the current regime who have been silenced, and those who continue to speak on their Philip Bowring is a former editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review dreds of reporters and editors representing international media organiza- could tighten their grip even more, a grip that was once loosened after behalf. and a past president of the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club. the Tiananmen protests: “Before Tiananmen Square the Communist Continued on Page 5 Continued on Page 4 June 2019 June 2019 2 3 ‘Tiananmen’ supports intervention. Biao said ‘Scott Kraft’ formal White House briefing in months, “If every single story is about the Continued From Page 3 that Chinese communism “is not Continued From Page 1 and that at the Pentagon and State De- government’s point of view, it is propa- just a threat to Chinese people, but partment, it’s been a year. The same ganda,” said Magdalena Rigamonti of The third panel discussion of livered more than 3,000 falsehoods in his to the whole world. It is maybe resistance to turning over public infor- the Warsaw Press Club. the day was moderated by author first 18 months in office. Less than a year the most important thing that all mation is happening at the state and local Kraft closed with an appeal for jour- Sheryl WuDunn, who won the later, he crossed the 10,000 mark. countries, all people on this planet, level, he said. nalists around the world to stand up for OPC’s 1989 Hal Boyle Award and Kraft described how in the early are facing.” “The challenge to us is to carry on. those who are punished for courageous a Pulitzer prize for her coverage days of the Trump Administration, the For governments and entities To stay focused. To tell the truth. To reporting. of China. The spotlight focused on LA Times editorial pages ran a series of who decide to intervene, Jerome recommit ourselves to accountability “The principles we hold dear have Chinese president Xi Jinping and editorials titled “Our Dishonest Presi- Cohen, a professor at NYU Law, reporting. To keep battling for more in- been tested before, and they will be on the disproportionate effect that dent.” The newspaper made T-shirts for offered an observation: “They formation from our government,” Kraft tested again,” Kraft said. “But we aren’t one man can have on the billion- the staff with a phrase across the chest don’t respond to world criticism, said. going away. We won’t shut up.” member society that he governs. that reflected their commitment to telling but they do respond to world Journalists from Israel and Poland at Patricia Kranz, executive director of The panelists analyzed both the the truth. The phrase was: “We Will Not pressure. What the Japanese call the conference also lamented the lack of the OPC, and Bill Collins, chair of the man and his methodology: what Shut Up” – and it was translated into 10 gaiatsu, world pressure, is impor- access to high-level government officials. OPC’s Press Freedom Committee, also he does, how and why he does it, Left to right: Sophie Richardson, Rebecca Blumenstein, Bill languages, including Arabic and Hebrew. tant in China.” “[Israeli leader Benjamin] Netanyahu attended the conference. v and the ways in which Jinping’s Holstein and Dexter “Tiff” Roberts. He noted another concerning trend: A short afternoon session on does not give interviews to people who policies have departed from previ- for the truth to escape, even when used today, while Dexter “Tiff” The dwindling amount of information the outlook for contemporarryh will ask him hard questions,” said David ous leaders. people cannot. Roberts, a Mansfield Fellow at the that Americans are getting from their Hong Kong followed, moderated Horovitz, editor of the Times of Israel. Columbia professor Andrew In the final panel of the day, University of Montana, suggested government. He said there has not been a by Minky Worden, OPC governor Nathan described the overarching the topic was how both new and that the U.S. may now be overesti- and Human Rights Watch director goals of Xi’s policies: “Impos- long-established technologies have mating China’s ability to advance of global initiatives. ing control over society, includ- become tools of control for China. other areas, like robotics. ‘Holstein’ ‘Hong Kong’ Lee Cheuk Yan, secretary of ing those who are not with the The conversation covered emerg- Each of the panelists pointed to Continued From Page 1 Continued From Page 2 the Hong Kong Alliance in Sup- program.” ing technologies like artificial intel- surveillance as a key area of con- port of Democratic Movements in access to “pitch meetings” in Silicon Valley where Chinese- tions. But as Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Martin Lee This is nothing new, said ligence and smart cities, but also cern. Roberts looked at domestic China, described being allowed on backed venture capital firms gained access to as much as 50 warned at the OPC’s May 9 event, Tiananmen Square Thirty Kaixi, who survived Tiananmen seemed to keep veering back to affairs, citing surveillance in Xin- a plane and then detained once the percent of the flow of deals, “giving the Chinese access to Years Later, the law would also expose virtually anyone who Square. “That’s how Chinese gov- telecom giant Huawei and its major jiang, the province in Northwest authorities confirmed his name, emerging technologies before the Pentagon does.” says or publishes legitimate criticism of Beijing to be detained ernments have been ruling China: developments toward establishing China that houses many minority due to his political efforts. Holstein posits that the two countries’ economic models and sent to China for trial based merely on an affidavit or wit- with fear.” 5G mobile networks both within populations, including the perse- Martin Lee, founding chair- have set the stage for an asymmetrical tech war. Demick quot- ness statement alleging a crime under Chinese law, however Those who comply are offered and beyond China’s borders. cuted Uyghurs. Holstein looked man of Hong Kong’s Democratic ed a line from the book, “It’s the very porous nature of Ameri- trumped-up the charge. “In other words,” Lee said, “Hong social and economic advancement. Holstein noted that those to China’s actions abroad, citing Party, recounted his plan to buy a can democracy that allows the Chinese strategy to work.” Kong cannot guarantee the safety of anybody in Hong Kong, “I call it ‘the lousy deal,’” he said. developments reflect not only dif- recent security breaches at large, coffin with which to lead a politi- He said while the Chinese system facilitates big moves and not just us but any one of you.” “Economic freedom in exchange ferences in technological capabili- multi-national corporations like cal march, only to realize, ahead coordinated research, the U.S. has suffered problems that stem What’s more, the extradition bill would likely be followed for political freedom.” ties, but also larger philosophical Equifax and Marriott as evidence of the purchase, that the symbol from policies on developing technologies. by another attempt to pass a national security law provided But even there, the govern- differences in the ways that the of the country’s ability to acquire could have unintended inflama- “People who are against [U.S. regulation] say, ‘well, you’re for under Article 23 of the Basic Law to “prohibit any act of ment maintains a type of balance. two countries develop and roll out big data. “The question among the tory results. When he changed the picking winners and losers, you’re interfering in the free treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central “You cannot let go of the economy technology. American data people is: What are order, the person on the other end marketplace,’” Holstein said. “We just have not been able to People’s Government, or theft of state secrets.” Such a law was because that will empower ac- “China takes a long-term, 5- they doing with all of these data?” of the line said, according to Lee, overcome this ideological argument.” introduced in 2003 and withdrawn, again after vehement public tors who are stronger than you,” to10-year development cycles for he asked. “‘This is first time I’ve ever heard He said China also uses soft influence to manipulate the protest. The Chinese government has expressed strong support Nathan said. transformational technologies. We Sophie Richardson, Human of anyone ordering a coffin and U.S. system, such as funding at universities to quash possible for reintroducing the national security law. While that’s been the case for don’t,” he said. The result: Though Rights Watch’s director of China, canceling it,’” he said, provoking criticism, and getting Hollywood to self-censor by funding These legislative actions are occurring in the context of many decades, one critical change both countries are working to took a broader view, pointing to laughter from the audience. studios. other attacks on press freedom in Hong Kong, including abduc- for the new guard, said Kaixi, is advance areas like AI and quan- a tendency in the media to make On a more serious note, Demick asked about Huawei, the Chinese tech company tion and detention of book sellers, physical attacks against staff that “Xi Jinping wants to export tum computing, he said, the 5G spurious or unfounded claims that he warned that Honk Kong’s the U.S. blacklisted in May from doing business with U.S. and facilities of Next Media, and denial of a work visa for the his ideas to the world. That’s dif- rollout has been the first instance the Chinese don’t value privacy. proposed extradition law would firms over national security concerns. Holstein said the case Financial Times’s Asia news editor, apparently in retaliation for ferent than his predecessors.” That for which the U.S. doesn’t have an “Why would you logically expect threaten the safety of everyone in illustrates how the Chinese state-owned enterprise system hosting a talk at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club includes political crackdowns, answer. people to value a right that they’ve caught the U.S. off guard with advanced technology, namely Hong Kong (see the Hong Kong by the leader of the Hong Kong National Party. censorship of the press and Inter- Moderated by Rebecca Blu- never had?” 5th-generation cellular technology. story jump on page 5). Hong Kong civil society is maintaining its vigilance. So net, and the controversial social menstein, Pulitzer prize winner The day of panels and social “They’re trying to do this across the board. Quantum com- Mak Yin-Ting, former chair must the global journalism community. The world has a lot to credit system that is currently and deputy managing editor of events to commemorate the 30th puting, supercomputers, artificial intelligence, and on and on. lose if Hong Kong ceases to be a global hub of information, of the Hong Kong Journalists As- under development. The New York Times, the panel anniversary of Tiananmen drew They are trying to use their considerable wealth and legitimate especially for Asia and China. Once press freedom is gone, it sociation, offered a grounding ob- Both Kaixi and Teng Biao, a included a look at the recent past. capacity crowds at Club Quarters expertise as well as stolen expertise to leapfrog us,” he said. will be very difficult to rebuild, and the world will lose its most servation: “Telling the truth is our former lawyer, law professor and The panelists agreed that over rivaling previous “China Hands” “So here’s a case where they have come up with a technology important window on China. nature, our job as a reporter. But in law reformer who was kidnapped the last decade, the U.S. tended reunions, with media outlets and we have no answer for. We were caught sleeping. This is like China, you have to fight for it.” He three times in China and is now to underestimate China’s ability documentary crews covering the Sputnik in the 50s, to my mind.” v Pete Engardio was Asia correspndent for BusinessWeek said that sometimes activists and living in enforced exile, strongly to develop technologies that are discussions. v based in Hong Kong from 1990 to 1996. v journalists win the fight, allowing

June 2019 June 2019 4 5 PEOPLE By Farwa Zaidi and Chad Bouchard WELCOME N E W OPC SCHOLARS outsiders to follow, confronting The New York Times announced on katz.substack.com. 2025.” The group is one of the few MEMBERS Diksha Madhok, the OPC Foundation’s threats from several fronts and June 10 that the paper will no longer international parties, having run in a total 2011 Theo Wilson winner, has returned to filing stories “that consistently publish daily political cartoons that Fifty images from OPC member Nicole of 11 countries. Walt write that the party J. David Ake Quartz, this time as editor and director of broke new ground, brought the ran in the paper’s international edition Tung were featured in a photo exhibition aims to solve problems of stagnation, Director of Photography the Quartz India platform. Previously she nature of the conflict vividly and online. The decision came after in Hong Kong through May 26 to mark inequality and high unemployment by The Associated Press the centenary of Save The Children New York served as digital editor at ThePrint from alive, and exposed the ruthless complaints about a caricature of Israeli “stopping Europe’s major corporations Hong Kong. The images focused on Iraq Active Resident 2017 to 2019, a stint at Quartz as India cynicism of those perpetuating Prime Minister Netanyahu that ran in from sitting on mountains of cash, and editor and ideas editor from 2014 to 2017, the conflict.” The team’s work April. The move means the Times has also and Syria, many depicting the effects of by having central banks boost investment Chelsea Dulaney conflict on children. Tung told the South Freelance and before that was a reporter for Reuters also garnered this year’s Pulitzer ended its relationship with two contracted with higher interest rates.” Varoufakis said Berlin in New Delhi starting in 2011. Prize for international reporting. cartoonists, Heng Kim Song and China Morning Post that she had not in the interview that a growing income Active Overseas, Young El-Mofty and Michael are the Patrick Chappatte. Chappatte won the consciously focused on children in her gap, which many see as the root cause for (29 and under) Leticia Duarte, the winner of the 2019 first Egyptians to win the Mi- OPC’s awards for best cartoons in 2011, work, but on documenting the effects of Europe’s populism, “is the greatest gift to Linda Kinstler Harper’s Magazine Scholarship in mem- chael Kelly Award. war on civilians overall. She said only the fascists. I don’t call them populists. I Duarte Repnikova 2015 and 2018. The editorial page editor, Freelance ory of I.F. Stone, has been named one of James Bennett, said in a statement that he when she started curating images for the call them fascists, just so we know what Linda Kinstler, CA exhibition did she realized how many of two GroundTruth Global Fellows for De- Press team that produced the series “China The team of Myanmar journalists was grateful for the work of Kim Song we’re talking about.” Active Non-Resident, Young that received this year’s OPC’s Bob Con- her images showed kids living in a world (29 and under) mocracy Undone, a new reporting initia- Clamps Down” on the religious crack- and Chappatte, and that the decision had Wa Lone Kyaw Soe Oo of destruction. “There were kids working OPC Governor Minky Worden, direc- tive covering the rise of authoritarianism down in China. The series won the Osborn sidine Award, , been in the works for more than a year. Hasan Oswald around the globe. Her project will focus and colleagues, has won a Human Rights in fields or outside playing no matter what tor of global initiatives at Human Rights Freelance Elliot Prize for Excellence in Journalism In an NPR interview with Chappatte, the Press Award in the investigative feature the conditions were around them. It’s like Watch, penned an op-ed for The Washing- Spring Valley, NY on the connection between the rise of pop- on Asia; the Society of Professional Jour- cartoonist said that the Times’ decision they had become used to this rhythm of ton Post for the May 15 edition calling for Active Resident, Young ulism in Brazil and the U.S. Duarte’s OPC nalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for foreign writing category for “Myanmar Burn- and statement “sends a signal discarding a (30-34) war – it had become part of their life. And FIFA to reconsider naming Saudi Arabia fellowship is with GroundTruth. correspondence; the Society for Advanc- ing.” Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were whole genre that is so rooted in the history what’s even more frightening is they can as co-host of the 2022 World Cup. Worden ing Business Writers and Editors Best arrested in December 2017 and convicted and tradition of democracy.” Maria Repnikova, 2009 Alexander Ken- name every type of weapon,” she said. outlined the country’s poor human rights in Business Award, in the International on trumped-up charges of disclosing state drick Scholarship winner, has won a book record, including unlawful attacks in the Reporting category; and the Wilbur Award secrets but were pardoned and released OPC member David Fondiller has of the year award from the International Two years after OPC Governor Azmat brutal Saudi-led war in Yemen, restrict- for best national print publication report- on May 7 amid international pressure. joined Altran, a global innovation and Journal of Press and Politics at the Interna- Khan and member Anand Gopal first ing life-saving aid, beheading 37 Saudi ing on religion. The series also received On World Press Freedom Day on May 3, engineering consulting firm. Fondiller tional Communication Association for her filed their 2017 article “The Uncounted,” nationals in April, criminalizing same-sex an OPC Citation for Excellence in the Joe the two journalists were honored with the will serve as the company’s new VP of book Media Politics in China. Repnikova the investigative piece continues to serve relations, and an egregious record on and Laurie Dine category this year, and 2019 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press communications for its North America had an OPC Foundation fellowship at Re- as inspiration and a door-opener in the press freedom. Qatar had been slated as was a finalist for a Deadline Club Award Freedom Prize. The team also won a Pu- division. In his new role, he will oversee uters in Beijing. search for accuracy in underreported likely candidate to host the games, which for beat reporting as well as an ASNE- litzer Prize in International Reporting on public relations, executive and internal April 15. The Human Rights Press Awards communication, and digital and social civilian casualties from U.S. airstrikes sparked international outcry over human AWARDS APME O’Brien Fellowship Award for are a nonprofit organization based in Hong media. He will also lead communications around the world. A May 15 piece in rights abuses. Qatar lacks the infrastruc- OPC past president David A. Andelman Impact in Public Service Journalism. The Kong recognizing rights-related reporting at one of the division’s subsidiaries, Frog, the Columbia Journalism Review called ture for a recent expansion of the tourna- won the Deadline Club Award in Opinion AP team risked detention to document from around Asia, organized by The For- a design and innovation firm. Fondiller their reporting for The New York Times ment from 32 teams to 48, so would likely Writing category for his Reuters work how China’s Communist Party is bearing eign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, has previously worked for Merill Lynch, Magazine, which won the OPC’s 2017 need to share hosting with Saudi Arabia. entitled “The World Through the Prism of down on the country’s far-Western Xinji- The Hong Kong Journalists Association Marakon, and Boston Consulting. Ed Cunningham Award, “an often-cited Worden argues that groups had worked Donald Trump.” This marks the second ang region, suppressing religious freedom and Amnesty International Hong Kong. standard bearer of civilian casualty for years to improve conditions in Qatar, year in a row Andelman was winner in and minority rights. Kang won the OPC OPC member Johnathan Katz has investigations.” The CJR article details including better safety for migrant work- the opinion category. Last year, he won Foundation’s 2016 Fritz Beebe Fellowship UPDATES launched a newsletter to delve into the reporting in 2018 by American freelancer ers building stadiums, but that those ef- the Opinion Writing award for his work that sent him to the Beijing bureau. He has HBO announced on June 10 that the “backstory” behind big international Amanda Sperber on the Pentagon’s forts could not be repeated in Saudi Arabia with CNN. The Deadline Club Awards reported extensively in Xinjiang, includ- network has canceled VICE News stories. The subscription email, currently decade-long operations against al-Shabab where human rights activists are routinely were presented during a dinner on June ing a May 7 story co-bylined with OPC Tonight, ending a seven-year partnership provided for free, is called The Long in Somalia. Like Khan and Gopal, she jailed or silenced. She wrote that FIFA’s 14. Finalists for that category this year member Kathy Gannon, who is senior cor- with VICE Media. The 30-minute nightly Version, and aims to “provide the deep uncovered denials and discrepancies in consideration of Saudi Arabia “stands in included Jesmyn Ward of TIME for “My respondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan news program premiered in 2016, and context the 24-hour news cycle tends U.S. casualty reports. The article outlines stark contrast to the organization’s claims True South,” and Steve Dunlop of The for the AP, about Pakistani Christian girls quickly grew its viewership. Led by Josh to miss.” So far he has covered U.S. steps Khan and Gopal took in reporting that human rights are a key part of its val- Journal News/lohud.com for “Tappan Zee being trafficked to China as brides for Tyrangiel, the executive vice president influence in Venezuela, myth-making “The Uncounted,” including on-the- ues and the rules of the game.” Bridge Name Change.” In the Deadline Chinese men. of news at VICE Media, the show won among white supremacists, and the ground tours of wreckage of nearly Club Award’s Digital Innovation category, several awards during its run, including 150 strike locations, recording of GPS PEOPLE REMEMBERED OPC Olivier Rebbot Award winner Nari- political legacy of Nicaraguan civil winners were Maurice Tamman, Mat- the OPC’s 2018 David Kaplan and David coordinates, photos and 3D-mapping Tony Horowitz, winner of the 1990 man El-Mofty was named with col- wars, among others. The Los Angeles thew Green, Mari Saito, Sarah Slobin A. Andelman and Pamela Title Awards, using a commercial drone that was cross- Hal Boyle Award, died on May 27 at the leagues as winner of the Michael Kelly Times on June 9 asked him to adapt one and Maryanne Murray of Reuters for as well as five Emmy awards for various checked against satellite imagery, local age of 60. According to his publisher, Award by Atlantic Media. El-Mofty, along of his Long Version pieces as an op-ed “Ocean Shock,” a story about the impact news segments. Tyrangiel told his news reports, and government records. Horowitz suffered cardiac arrest while in with investigative journalist Maggie Mi- for the paper. The piece, entitled “Call of biofuels in Southeast Asia that also won employees that he would be leaving VICE Washington, DC on tour for his newest chael and Yemeni video journalist Maad Immigration Detention Centers What the OPC’s Citation for Excellence in the at the end of June. VICE Media has seen OPC Governor Vivienne Walt book Spying on the South: An Odyssey al-Zikry, won a Citation for Excellence They Really Are: Concentration Camps,” Whitman Bassow category this year. significant upheaval over the past several interviewed former Greek finance Across the American Divide, which this year in the Hal Boyle category for examined President Trump’s Border Patrol months, starting with layoffs of 10 percent processing centers and other immigration minister Yanis Varoufakis for a May 23 was released just two weeks before his OPC member and OPC Foundation reporting on Yemen for The Associated of its staff in February. lockups, in which at least seven migrant article in Fortune magazine. Varoufakis death. He won the Hal Boyle award for scholar Dake Kang has racked up sev- Press. Judges for the Michael Kelly Award children have died in the last year while in ran as an E.U. parliamentary candidate his coverage of the Gulf War for The eral accolades along with the Associated said the team untangled complexities of in May elections under a new political Wall Street Journal along with his wife, the war in Yemen that are very difficult for custody. More information and a signup form for The Long Version is available at party called DiEM25, an abbreviation for “Democracy in Europe Movement Continued on Page 10 June 2019 June 2019 6 7 7 PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE... by Farwa Zaidi and Chad Bouchard Police in Sydney, Australia raided the opened into the attack on her car. She ap- drove over a mine. The mine exploded, Rengifo was conducting interviews in the headquarters of the Australian Broad- OPC Denounces Turkey’s Indictment of Bloomberg Journalists peared on Good Morning Greece shortly and Nangbatna was killed along with village of La Esmeralda, a region near the casting Company on June 5. Police after the attack and said she believes it four soldiers in the same van. The vehicle Venezuelan border that has been plagued said in a statement that the raid was part NEW YORK, June 18, 2019 – The Overseas Press Club of America condemns the is connected to her reporting on Dimitris was part of a military convoy heading to with violence, when he was shot and of an investigation into the publication action taken by Turkey’s judicial system to indict two Bloomberg journalists for Koufudinas, who is serving 11 life sen- Lake Chad, where members of the Chad- killed by two gunmen who sped away on of classified material. The statement also routine reporting on the challenges facing the Turkish economy. tences for murders he committed while ian army had recently been attacked by a motorcycle. Camera operator Ricardo claimed the ABC raid was not related to affiliated with an anarchist group. Islamist militants. Nangbatna was travel- Llain was also injured by a grazed bullet. the raid of Sunday Telegraph editor An- Bloomberg reporters Fercan Yalinkilic and Kerim Karakaya have been charged ing with the convoy in order to cover the He was transferred to a local hospital and nika Smethurst’s home one day before. with undermining Turkey’s economic stability, according to Bloomberg and media Somali police arrested television reporter attack for his network. He was rushed to later released. The two were working on According to ABC employees, the raid reports. The court accepted an indictment from a prosecutor who recommended a Abdirahman Keyse Mohamed with- a nearby hospital following the explosion a film about Mayo Villareal, a political lasted around eight hours, and focused on jail term of two to five years for the reporters, if convicted. out charge on May 13 and fired gunshots and was pronounced dead. He was forty- activist and nurse from the region who 2017 reporting on unlawful killings and at him during the arrest. Abdirahman is two years old. treated victims during Colombia’s guer- misconduct by Australian special forces in The charges against the journalists result from an August 2018 Bloomberg story reporter with the privately-owned broad- Brazilian journalist Robson Giorno was rilla conflict. Rengifo also worked for the Afghanistan. Police say these reports were about how Turkish authorities and banks responded to Turkey’s biggest currency caster Bulsho TV. His arrest is linked to shot and killed in Rio de Janeiro on May Arauca government as a film consultant. based on leaked documents. shock since 2001. interviews he conducted about the recent 25. Unknown assailants came to Giorno’s Arauca Governor Ricardo Alvarado arrest of a member of parliament. Abdirah- home and lured him to a car on the street blamed the killing on members of the Unknown assailants attacked Russian vid- man was injured when one of the officers where the shot him six times. He died Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. eo blogger Vadim Kharchenko on June John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg, said “we condemn the indictment fired his gun at the ground and debris hit on the scene. Giorno was the founder of 1. Kharchenko is the founder of the You- issued against our reporters, who have reported fairly and accurately on the journalist in the leg. He is currently Jornal O Marica, a website covering local The body of Mexican journalist and po- Tube channel “Lichnoe Mneniye,” which newsworthy events. We fully stand by them and will support them throughout this in prison pending an investigation into news and politics. He was the principal litical activist Telesforo Santiago translates to “Personal Opinion.” He re- ordeal.” police allegations that he was making anti- reporter for the site. Rio de Janeiro local Enriquez was discovered on May 2 in ported that on the June 1, he was attacked national propaganda, spreading fake news, police have opened an investigation into the southern state of Oaxaca. Enriquez was while returning from an intended meeting A criminal court in Istanbul is scheduled to hear the case on Sept. 20. and disobeying a police order not to record the attack. Police in charge of the inves- the founder and director of El Cafetal, a with a potential source in which the source interviews. No formal charges have been tigation say Giorno was killed because of community radio station in San Agustin did not show up. He later stated in a video Turkey is the world’s leading jailer of professional journalists and ranks 157th in the filed against him. Police took Abdirahman his reporting and his political activity. His Loxicha. He was also politically active and that two men shot at him several times World Press Freedom Index, according to Reporters Without Borders. to a local hospital following his arrest. He news website had recently reported that he a member of Section 22, a local chapter of with a non-lethal weapon, hitting him in was transferred back to jail at the police was planning to run for office in Marica. the teachers’ union National Coordinator the abdomen. He was also hit in the head The annual index measures the state of journalism and press freedom in 180 station after treatment. He also frequently criticized local politi- for Education Workers. His body was found and stabbed several times in his right hand countries. cians for corruption and absenteeism. A in the evening of May 2 with several gun- and arm. Kharchenko linked the attack to San Francisco Police raided the home of friend of Giorno’s, who asked not to be shot wounds. According to a statement by his YouTube videos, which often cover freelance journalist Bryan Carmody on At least seven journalists were attacked Since May 22, at least three journalists named, said Giorno had received threats the Oaxaca state attorney general’s office, protests and his investigations into alleged May 10. According to police, the raid was on the night of May 22. Reporters were working in Syria were injured in at- and had purchased a bullet-proof car just Enriquez died at the site where his body police abuse. He has more than 175,000 in connection to leaked information about allegedly targeted while covering violence tacks by suspected pro-government forces days before his death. was found. Enriquez founded El Cafetal subscribers. Kharchenko said he had met the death of public defender Jeff Adachi. in the central hub of Jakarta, where at least in two separate incidents in Hama. Assail- five years ago and ran several unsuccessful with a police informant who promised to Adachi died on Feb. 22, and details of his eight people were killed and hundreds ants fired shells at a group of journalists in A well-known Afghan journalist, Mina campaigns for mayor of San Agustin. deliver evidence that a regional police de- death were reportedly sold to local news more injured. The rioting began near the Hama, including a crew from Sky News Mangal, was shot dead in the streets of partment was falsifying cases. The infor- outlets. The search warrant on Carmody’s Mexican reporter Francisco Romero headquarters of the country’s electoral and American journalist and activist Bilal Kabul on May 11. Mangal worked for mant had not shown up, and Kharchenko home came after city leaders demanded Diaz was shot dead on May 16. According commission on May 21, following the Abdul Kareem. Abdul Kareem was several Afghan television channels and was attacked during his walk home. that the leak be investigated. Carmody to his wife, he had received a tip about a commission’s announcement that incum- injured. A drone hovered above the jour- later became an advisor for Afghanistan’s was handcuffed for five and a half hours parliament. She was on her way to work possible story. Around 6:00 a.m., he arrived Pakistani reporter Gohar Wazir was de- bent President Joko Widodo, known as nalists before the shell exploded. Abdul while police searched his home and then in the morning when two unidentified men near an establishment in Quintana Roo, tained for covering protests in the Pashtun Jokowi, had won his bid for reelection. Kareem was hit in the arm and taken to his office, five miles away. They were shot her in broad daylight. A spokesperson where unidentified gunmen shot him twice region. Wazir is a reporter with private The Alliance of Independent Journalists a hospital. According to Sky News cor- looking for the identity of the anonymous for local police said the two escaped on a in the head. Romero had been enrolled in a satellite TV station Khyber News. Security the government temporarily blocked ac- respondent Alex Crawford, the group was source who leaked the details of Adachi’s motorbike. According to friends and fam- federal protection program since mid-2018. officials arrested him on May 28 after he cess to social media networks and slowed “clearly identified as journalists” and was death. Carmody says he was treated like a ily members, Mangal had received threats He was assigned government bodyguards reported on demonstrations of the Pashtun down Internet connection speeds during “deliberately targeted.” Two days later, criminal, with the police “running around in the recent past, and she had posted on after he received death threats around the Tahafuz Movement (PTM,) a mass move- the crisis. Press freedom advocates say Mustafa al-Abbas, a reporter for Al- like they were a SWAT team.” This is the her Facebook page that she was scared for time that two of his colleagues at Semanar- ment promoting the rights of the Pashtun President Widodo has been a disappoint- Jisr, was injured in an airstrike. He was hit first such raid of a journalist’s home or her life. One of the shows Mangal hosted io Playa News were killed. Romero left his people. A day before his arrest, he had ing leader in terms of protecting journal- in the face and shoulders. office in recent American history. Accord- was focused on women’s rights. Her residence on the day of his death without interviewed Mohsin Dawar, a prominent ists and free expression, failing to honor Greek CNN reporter Mina Karami- ing to California law, Carmody should death has prompted other female journal- informing his bodyguards. About a month PTM leader who was elected to Pakistan’s pledges to improve. Reporters Without trou’s car was recently bombed in an be allowed to keep a confidential source ists in Afghanistan to speak out about the ago, Romero made a video where he said National Assembly last year. Wazir was Borders said that “authorities continue to overnight attack. A makeshift explosive confidential. dangers they face in their profession. A he’d been abducted and threatened for his arrested along with twenty-one other suppress information and Jokowi’s cam- device went off at 2:30 a.m. on May 14 spokesperson for the U.S. State Depart- reporting, but that he would never be si- people under the Maintenance of Public paign pledge to open up the West Papua MURDERS after it was placed underneath her car. The ment on Twitter called Mangal’s death a lenced. He covered crime and local politics Ordinance. This allows for “preventative” region to foreign journalists was just an Chadian reporter and cameraman Obed car was parked outside Mina’s home in threat to press freedom worldwide. for Quintana Roo Hoy, a major state news- detention for up to six months. illusion. If journalists can go there – un- Nangbatna was killed on May 25. The northern Athens. The car was destroyed paper. He was previously an editor and der certain conditions – they are closely reporter, who worked for Chadian Na- but no one was injured in the explosion. Colombian documentary filmmaker reporter for Semanario Playa News. v Several Indonesian journalists were watched, exposing their sources to repri- tional TV Broadcaster Tele Tchad, was Karamitrou is a police reporter for CNN’s Lezama Rengifo was killed on May 9. attacked during recent post-election riots. sals by the authorities.” traveling in a military vehicle when it Greek program. An investigation has been June 2019 June 2019 8 9 9 ‘People’ Continued From Page 7 NEW BOOKS By Farwa Zaidi Geraldine Brooks. Horowitz grew up in DC, and graduated from Brown still served as Trump’s top White House adviser. University and Columbia University’s WHITE HOUSE Graduate School of Journalism. He Acosta continues to serve as CNN’s chief White spend a decade overseas as newspaper eteran CNN chief White House corre- House correspondent. He previously reported on the reporter, mainly covering wars and spondent Jim Acosta, in his newly released Obama administration from the White House and conflict in the Middle East, Africa, book, takes readers into the trenches of his around the world. He regularly covers presidential V press conferences, visits by heads of state, and issues and the Balkans for The Wall Street high-profile battle against President Donald Trump in Journal. the so-called war on truth. The Enemy of the People: impacting the executive branch of the federal govern- A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America, ment. v Bill Seamans, longtime OPC mem- [Harper Collins, June 2019] follows the saga from ber and award winner, died on April Acosta’s unique point of view as arguably the admin- EGYPT 21 at the age of 93. Seamans was a istration’s most reviled journalist in the White House decorated World War II veteran who pool. fter a celebrated career covering China for earned two Bronze stars and a Purple Trump positioned himself as an anti-media can- The New Yorker, American writer and jour- Jim Huylebroek Heart for his service in the U.S. Army. didate soon after announcing his candidacy in 2015, nalist Peter Hessler set his sights on what col- JIM HUYLEBROEK OF COURTESY He later attended Brown University A leagues warned would be a much quieter assignment. vilifying journalists and undermining the credibility Journalism heroes: The men and women on the GI Bill and graduated from the In 2011, he and his family decided to move to Egypt. of newsrooms with relentless verbal assaults, framing Meet the OPC Members: who cover their own country’s conflicts Columbia University Graduate School them as “the enemy of the people” and coopting the Then, soon after the move, the Arab Spring began and of Journalism. He earned an Emmy for despite the risks. The fixers, interpret- term “fake news” to mean reporting that is critical pitched the country into chaos. Hessler has distilled ers and drivers, who often don’t receive his work with CBS. He joined ABC Q&A With Jim Huylebroek or unflattering to his administration. Acosta quickly his years of travel, experience and reporting into a praise. News as a correspondent and served found himself in the crosshairs, prompting death new book, The Buried: An Archaeology of Egyptian for 29 years, including five years as Jim Huylebroek is a freelance When and why did you join the OPC: threats, confrontations with foul-mouthed supporters Revolution [Penguin Press, May 2019]. Hardest story: A story on the deadly toll bureau chief in London, and 22 years photographer currently based in Kabul, In 2016. I had been asked for identifica- at political rallies, and pipe bombs delivered to CNN Hessler explores Egypt’s modern identity and on a family after a group of its children as bureau chief in Tel Aviv. He cov- Afghanistan. His work has been tion by security forces during reporting a headquarters. revolution through the lens of an ancient concept found an unexploded rocket near their ered the Gulf War and won an Emmy from Pharaohs, that the past does not fade away, but published by a range of organizations couple of times, and decided it was time Acosta recounts his front-seat coverage of major to get a press card. house. for the news special Nightline: In the exists “forever in the present.” He draws connections and news outlets, including The New stories from the campaign trail and administration, York Times, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Holy Land. In 1975, he won the OPC between contemporary and ancient Egypt, showcas- Advice for journalists who want to from probes into collusion with Russia, travel bans on The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Der What drew you to Afghanistan? award for best interpretation of for- ing the lives of ordinary people during a time of trag- work overseas: I don’t feel like I’m in a Muslim-majority countries, hardline immigration pol- The conflict, the natural beauty and the eign affairs-television. He was an OPC edy and heartache. He and his wife learned Arabic, Spiegel, The Telegraph, VICE, UNICEF, position to give advice yet, but if I would: icies, to the head-spinning rotation of appointments people. I was looking for a place to be- member from 1977 to 2009. v and became close friends with their instructor, who UNHCR, The Norwegian Refugee Find a place you’re interested in and give and firings. The book also gets readers closely drawn gin my career as a photojournalist after provides sophisticated but cynical political commen- Council and others. He has reported on yourself the time to learn about it. Know portraits of iconic administration cast members, such doing a graduation project about the con- tary. He writes about his translator and friend, a gay a range of stories, including following that it requires an investment. Keep in as Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Stephen Miller, Steve flict in Mali and its impact on civilians. man struggling to find opium production and smuggling from mind potential risks. Bannon, Sean Spicer, Hope It was the end of 2014 and a big troop a place in a severely Afghanistan to Western Europe, and Hicks and Jared Kushner. drawdown of U.S. and NATO forces was homophobic culture, exploring the aftermath of conflict in Favorite quote: Ultimately, Acosta’s ques- happening in Afghanistan. Since many of and the neighborhood Mali. His first photo book, Afghanistan: I and the public know tions resulted in a tempo- Unsettled - Three Years Documenting the foreign press left too, I figured there What all schoolchildren learn, garbage collector, an would be space for me to get started. rary revocation of his press illiterate man whose Afghans on the Move, was published in Those to whom evil is done pass in November 2018. He access to the city’s 2018. Do evil in return. frames the job of covering Major challenge as a journalist: - W.H. Auden trash becomes a kind of Hometown: Antwerp, Belgium. Confidence. politics under Trump as a archaeological excava- showdown between secrecy Place you’re most eager to visit: tion. Despite upheaval, Education: Bachelors degree in Pho- Best journalism advice received: and transparency, writ- Colombia/Venezuela. Hessler traveled to digs tography from Karel de Grote College, Not really advice, but I learn a lot from ing that “neutrality for the at Amarna and Abydos, Antwerp, Belgium. conversations with more experienced Most common mistake you’ve seen: sake of neutrality doesn’t where residents live be- colleagues. English, Dutch, Having preconceived notions about the really serve us in the Age of side the tombs of kings. Languages you speak: French, Spanish, German, Persian, Pashto “frame” into which a story fits – it’s Trump.” The book chronicles (not fluent). Worst experience as a journalist: always apparent in the final product. Acosta cites unnamed the story of a country Emails from outlets claiming to have no sources in his examination, notably at one point where a weak state has collapsed, but its underlying First job in journalism: budget but offering to publish photos for Country you most want to return to: quoting a senior White House official as saying society remains in many ways painfully the same. Freelancer (still am). “exposure.” Mali, to revisit the people who were so bluntly that “the president’s insane.” Acosta writes Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where helpful when I came there without money that Trump’s frustration overt journalists’ use of he served as Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007 Countries reported from: Afghanistan, When traveling, I like to … or experience during my studies.. anonymous sources within his own administration and Cairo correspondent from 2011 to 2016. He is also Iraq, Somalia, Mali, Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, Go to isolated places without phone or may have helped to fuel the war on media; when a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, Bos- Internet coverage, since I can then catch Twitter handle: @jimhuylebroek v he could not find leaks and critics inside the White the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama nia, Croatia, Germany. up on editing backlogs. When I’m in Ka- House, he turned his antagonism toward journalism Book Prize, and Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for bul there’s always something on, which doesn’t facilitate time management. itself. However, Acosta cites three unnamed sources the National Book Award. He won the 2008 National Want to add to the OPC’s collection of who pointed to Steve Bannon as the originator of Magazine Award for excellence in reporting. v Q&As with members? 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