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EVENT RECAP Tiananmen Event Preview 4 by gabrielle paluch oreign correspondents, members of the Award Winners 6-7
Overseas Press Club and corporate sponsors OPC Backs Fgathered on April 18 at Cipriani 25 Broadway Press Freedom Day 8 in Manhattan for the annual gala to celebrate award winners and honor journalists who faced great personal People Column 9-11 peril in the field over the last year. Press Freedom “While this is journalism we admire, even more Update 12-13 important, it is work we need,” said keynote speaker New Books 14
Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington MOORE STEVE Post, who highlighted the achievements of journalists Martin Baron, keynote speaker. Q&A: who uncovered crimes and disasters around the world Krithika Varagur 15 this year, even as the press was vilified back home. “If said. “The wonderful thing about Jamal was that he our government proudly exports language that vilifies kept going. He walked into that consulate, he contin- an independent press, we endanger them – and break ued to write his columns, he continued to do his work. faith with what we as a nation have long stood for. If And the simple truth about him is that he loved being we import that language from authoritarian regimes, we Visit the threaten what has kept us free.” a journalist.” OPC website at Washington Post columnist and associate editor OPC President Pancho Bernasconi bestowed the opcofamerica.org to David Ignatius lit a candle to honor the 53 journalists President’s Award on Maggie Steber, whose arresting, see photos and video killed in 2018, including his friend and former col- intimate photography work documenting face transplant clips from the Annual league Jamal Khashoggi, who was slain at the Saudi recipients for National Geographic demonstrated her Awards Dinner. Arabian consulate in Istanbul while working on a story. “preternatural ability to get into a story subject’s life in “Jamal knew when he walked into the Saudi con- a way that most cannot.” sulate in Istanbul that he was a marked man,” Ignatius Continued on Page 4
Jason Rezaian Says White House Lacks Clear Iran Policy something disastrous – but avoid- very different idea of what they EVENT RECAP able – could ignite between the think our Iran policy should be by chad bouchard two countries. – and what it is. That scares the “If you look at the Trump ad- crap out of me.” ason Rezaian, a Washing- ministration, there is not a singular Moderating the chat was Far- ton Post reporter who spent policy on Iran,” he said. “I think if naz Fassihi, senior writer at The almost two years in Tehran’s J you were to take a three-man poll Wall Street Journal. She is an Evin prison, told attendees at an of President Trump, his national Iranian-American journalist who OPC book night that US-Iran rela- security advisor, and his Secretary grew up in Tehran and Portland, tions are “in a bad spot,” and that Jason Rezaian, left, of State, each one would have a Continued on Page 8 there is an increasing likelihood and Farnaz Fassihi 1 1 OPC Annual Awards Dinner
Lester Holt, Awards presenter. Sarah Lubman, chair of the dinner committee.
Sudarsan Raghavan.
Left to right: Minky Worden, Gordon Crovitz and Melissa Ng.
OPC President Pancho Bernasconi. PHOTOS: STEVE MOORE STEVE PHOTOS:
Michael Serrill, left, and Trudy Rubin.
David Ignatius.
Pancho Bernasconi, left, and OPC Executive Director Patricia Kranz.
David Andelman, left, and Han Tjan.
David Ignatius lights the Candle of Remembrance.
David Rohde.
April-May 2019 April-May 2019 2 3 ‘Awards Dinner’ on their behalf. “They Continued From Page 1 are both fathers to young daughters, from “I feel very deeply all my pictures belong to whom they have been the people in them; they don’t belong to me,“ separated for too long,” Steber said. he said, “we miss them Awards presenter Lester Holt, anchor for both dearly.” NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC, pre- The Cornelius Ryan sented the awards. Three awards were given Award for the best non- for coverage of the war in Yemen, including a fiction book on inter- New York Times Magazine piece chronicling national affairs went to the journey of a precision missile from creation Rania Abouzeid for her in Tucson, Arizona, to its deployment in Yemen searing account of the on a group of villagers planning to dig a well. lives of Syrians from Additional regions and conflicts represented all sides caught up in included the aftermath of the war in Syria, Bronwyn Starr, left, Left to right: a catastrophic war, atrocities committed against the Rohingya in and Brian Byrd. Mike Chase, Patrick Chappatte, and Leah Spiro. “No Turning Back,” Myanmar, Venezuela, and Gaza. The New York published by W.W. Times hauled in six awards, while two-time Maggie Steber, left, receives the President’s Award Norton & Company. In from Pancho Bernasconi. award winners included VICE News Tonight her acceptance speech, on HBO, The Washington Post, The Associated lustrating the kinds of freedom that democracy Abouzeid explained that what motivated her to Press and Reuters. The Pulitzer Center on Cri- needs and autocracy fears: A scene inside a Saudi write the book was the U.N.’s announcement that sis Reporting supported three of the winning Arabian classroom “that highlighted the chang- they had decided to stop counting the dead in awards. ing face of that country and the dangers inherent Syria’s war. “Nobody is voiceless,” she said, “we The prestigious Hal Boyle Award for best in one particular profession -journalism.” just need to listen.” newspaper or news service reporting from All three awards in photography went to For their in-depth podcast series, “Caliphate,” abroad was won by Sudarsan Raghavan for his women. Carolyn Van Houten of The Washington journalists at The New York Times received the Yemen coverage in The Washington Post. “In Post won the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award Lowell Thomas Award. “We had a vision of ex- an era where great reporting is often associated for her months of documenting migrant caravans plaining the radicalization process step by step,” with mobilizing massive teams,” the judges during their journeys through Central America. awardee Rukmini Callimachi said, as she ex- said, “sometimes all it takes to deliver outstand- Nariman El-Mofty won the Olivier Rebbot Left to right: plained what processes were behind the creation ing work is one talented reporter with in-depth Award for her photos of Yemenis affected by Maggie Steber, Pancho Bernasconi and Nina Berman. Doug Jehl, left, and Paula Dwyer. of the podcast, including a shocking confession knowledge of the subject and courage to go dig- war. And for her quiet, intimate glimpse into from a source, who admitted to having killed ging in the field.” the lives of elderly women living in Japanese someone at the direction of ISIS. Over months Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe prisons, Shiho Fukada won the award for feature of reporting, Callimachi and her colleagues were Oo were honored with the Bob Considine Award photography for work published in Bloomberg able to reveal in detail how ISIS recruits and for their investigation into a massacre in the Businessweek. Fukada spoke about what her functions, frequently encountering such difficult Myanmar village of Inn Din, the work for which work said about the role of women in Japanese admissions. “We thank our editors for giving us they were jailed. “Their journalistic mission led society. “They said going to prison was the first the time to make this uncomfortable podcast.” to an outstanding series of articles exposing and time they felt they had been paid attention to,” Patrick Chappatte, cartoonist for The New explaining the atrocities against the Rohingya,” she said. “Just because they had a family didn’t York Times, won the award for best cartoon the judges wrote. Unable to attend in person, mean these women had a home.” v on international affairs. Among the slides he their colleague Simon Lewis expressed gratitude displayed was a work judges singled out for il- China Watchers to Examine Tiananmen After 30 Years recaps of five panels covering a host of experts to discuss what les- TIME; Minky Worden, an execu- EVENT PREVIEW: MAY 9 range of angles to observe the 30th sons and portents anaylists might tive with Human Rights Watch; anniversary of the deadly Tianan- glean from the past about China’s and Sheryl WuDunn, former New eservations are al- men Square crackdown in 1989. present and future direction. York Times Beijing correspondent ready filled to capacity for The event will be streamed live, Moderators will be Rebecca and winner of multiple awards. Left to right: Laura King, Betsy Kraft, a day-long event on May R and members can follow the dis- Blumenstein, deputy managing The event is co-sponsored by Left to right: Jon Sawyer, Patricia Kranz, Kem Sawyer. Scott Kraft and Tracy Wilkinson. 9, titled Tiananmen Square Thirty cission on Twitter via #OPC1989 editor of The New York Times; the U.S.-Asia Law Institute at Years Later: Is the Past a Portent and #Tiananamen30. William J. Holstein, former China New York University, the Center of an Even More Authoritarian At press time, organizers were correspondent and past presi- for U.S.-China Relations at the Future? Stay tuned for videos busy preparing for a day of panels dent of the OPC; Susan Jakes of Asia Society/ChinaFile, and the on the OPC’s YouTube channel with survivors of the event, cor- ChinaFile at The Asia Society, Weatherhead East Asian Institute and watch the website for written respondents who covered it, and a who spent 10 years in Beijing for at Columbia University. April-May 2019 April-May 2019 4 5 THE DAVID KAPLAN AWARD THE BEST CARTOON AWARD THE DAVID A. ANDELMAN THE ROBERT SPIERS BENJAMIN Best TV or video spot news reporting from Best print, digital or graphic journalism on AND PAMELA TITLE AWARD AWARD abroad international affairs Best international reporting in the broadcast Best reporting in any medium on Latin media showing a concern for the human America VICE News Tonight on HBO Patrick Chappatte condition “The Killing Rooms of Mosul” The New York Times Caracas Bureau VICE News Tonight on HBO Reuters STEVE MOORE STEVE CITATION “Year of the Dog: Inside the World’s “Venezuela Coverage” 2018 AWARDS AND WINNERS Nic Robertson, Nima Elbagir, Nick Paton THE MALCOLM FORBES AND Largest Human Migration” Walsh, Waffa Munayyer and Salma Abdelaziz MORTON FRANK AWARD CITATION THE HAL BOYLE AWARD THE OLIVIER REBBOT AWARD CNN Best international business news reporting CITATION David Luhnow, Samantha Pearson, Juan Best newspaper, news service or digital Best photographic news reporting from “The War in Yemen” in any medium Adam Ellick, Taylor Adams, Kristin Bye, The Wall Street Journal reporting from abroad abroad in any medium Leah Varjacques “Silent Slaughter” Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe The New York Times and Sudarsan Raghavan Nariman El-Mofty THE EDWARD R. and New York Times staff “‘It’s an Act of Murder’: How Europe Out- VICE News Tonight on HBO The Washington Post The Associated Press, with support from MURROW AWARD The New York Times sources Suffering as Migrants Drown” “Walking to America” “Yemen’s War and Humanitarian Crisis” the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Best TV, video or documentary interpretation “The Enablers” “Yemen: On The Edge” of international affairs with a run time up to CITATION 30 minutes CITATION THE JOE AND LAURIE DINE AWARD THE KIM WALL AWARD Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry CITATION Cam Simpson, Gavin Finch and Kit Chellel Best international reporting in any medium Best story or series of stories on international and Nariman El-Mofty Spencer Platt Kavitha Chekuru, Adrienne Haspel, Bloomberg dealing with human rights affairs using digital storytelling techniques The Associated Press, with support from the Getty Images Laila Al-Arian and Teresa Bo “The Brexit Short” Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting “Looking for Home” Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English Jeffrey E. Stern David M. Halbfinger, Yousur Al-Hlou, John “Yemen’s Dirty War” “No Shelter: Family Separation The New York Times Magazine, with sup- Woo, Malachy Browne and Iyad Abuheweila at the Border” THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD port from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis The New York Times THE FEATURE Best non-fiction book on international affairs Reporting “The Death and Life of a Gaza Medic” THE BOB CONSIDINE AWARD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD CITATION “From Arizona to Yemen: The Journey of Best newspaper, news service or digital Best feature photography on an international VICE News Tonight on HBO Rania Abouzeid an American Bomb” CITATION interpretation of international affairs theme published in any medium “Rebuilding Mosul” W. W. Norton & Company Michelle Mizner, Katie Worth, Carla Borras, No Turning Back: Life, Loss and Hope CITATION Raney Aronson and Andrew Metz Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo and colleagues Shiho Fukada in Wartime Syria Associated Press Staff FRONTLINE and GroundTruth Reuters Bloomberg Businessweek, with sup- THE PETER JENNINGS AWARD The Associated Press “The Last Generation” “Myanmar Burning” port from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Best TV, video or documentary about inter- CITATION “China Clamps Down” Reporting national affairs with a run time over Barbie Nadeau CITATION “For Many of Japan’s Elderly Women, 30 minutes Oneworld Publications THE ROY ROWAN AWARD Tamer El-Ghobashy, Louisa Loveluck, Prison Is a Haven” Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs and Guns THE WHITMAN BASSOW AWARD Best investigative reporting in any medium Liz Sly and Alice Martins Karen Edwards and Gemma Atwal on the Mafia Coast Best reporting in any medium on interna- on an international story The Washington Post CITATION HBO tional environmental issues “Syria: Reflections from a Shattered Land” Kadir van Lohuizen and Yuri Kozyrev “Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped International Consortium of Investigative The Washington Post, with support from by Boko Haram” Abrahm Lustgarten Journalists, NBC News Investigative Unit, Fondation Carmignac THE MADELINE DANE ROSS ProPublica and The New York Times The Associated Press and media partners THE ROBERT CAPA GOLD MEDAL “Arctic: New Frontier” AWARD Magazine “Implant Files” AWARD THE ED CUNNINGHAM AWARD Best international reporting in print or digital “Fuel to the Fire” Best photographic reporting from abroad Best magazine-style, long-form narrative showing a concern for the human condition CITATION requiring exceptional courage and enterprise THE LOWELL THOMAS AWARD feature in print or digital on an international CITATION Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry, Nariman published in any medium Best radio, audio or podcast coverage of story Mansi Choksi Maurice Tamman, Matthew Green, Mari El-Mofty international affairs Harper’s Magazine Saito, Sarah Slobin and Maryanne Murray The Associated Press, with support from Carolyn Van Houten Anand Gopal “The Newlyweds” Reuters the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting The Washington Post Rukmini Callimachi, Andy Mills, Larissa The New Yorker “Ocean Shock” “Yemen’s Dirty War” “The Road to Asylum: Inside Anderson and Wendy Dorr “Syria’s Last Bastion of Freedom” CITATION the Migrant Caravans” The New York Times Finlay Young, Kathleen Flynn “Caliphate” ProPublica and TIME THE FLORA LEWIS AWARD CITATION “Unprotected” Best commentary in any medium on Khalil Hamra CITATION international news The Associated Press Amy Martin “Conflict in Gaza” “Threshold,” with support from the Pulitzer Trudy Rubin Center on Crisis Reporting The Philadelphia Inquirer “‘Threshold’ Season Two: Cold Comfort” “Stress test for Democracies: Populism, Autocrats, China and Trump” v April-May 2019 April-May 2019 6 7 OPC Supports World Press Freedom Day PEOPLE By Chad Bouchard and Farwa Zaidi WELCOME N E W by bill collins MEMBERS to the Committee to Protect Journalists. to his “fake news” diatribes. OPC SCHOLARS on the international and allan dodds frank Liu Anderson • 251 journalists were imprisoned in 2018 Other issues – notably access to govern- 2017 Fritz Beebe winner Yi-Ling criminal gang MS-13. Peter Copeland round the world, journalists work for doing their jobThe 2019 World Press Free- ment records – are serious problems inside the Liu was named winner of the Mat- Former OPC Gover- Author in a constant climate of fear and dom Index from United States. Led by the Deadline Club – the thew Power Literary Reporting nor Rukmini Cal- Washington, DC Active Non-Resident intimidation and their safety seems to • Reporters Without Borders categorizes the New York City chapter of the national Society Award. Based in Beijing, Liu covers limachi of The New A York Times was a Stephanie Fillion be declining. Authoritarian governments are media climate in more than three-fourths of the of Professional Journalists – a joint effort to the effects of technology on Chinese. making more overt threats against journalists, She has written for The Economist, finalist in the Interna- Freelance 180 countries studied as “problematic,” “dif- strengthen freedom of information laws is be- Quebec, Canada demeaning the profession as “fake news” and ficult” or “very serious.” ing organized. The Freedom of the Press Com- The Guardian, the New Yorker on- tional Reporting cat- Active Overseas exerting greater control over the media through • In Turkey alone, the regime of Recep mittees of The Overseas Press Club of Amer- line, Foreign Policy Magazine, Guer- egory for the “Caliph- (29 and under) ate” podcast. Other physical and electronic surveillance. Those Tayyip Erdoğan has 191 journalists in jail, 167 ica, the Society of Silurians Press Club, the nica Magazine, Off Assignment and Kern Hendricks hostile moves have led to unprecedented levels exiled and sought for arrest and 34 journalists New York Press Club, the Deadline Club and the Los Angeles Review of Books. winners received hon- Freelance Photojournalist of violence against reporters throughout the from other countries targeted, according to the other local professional journalism organiza- Liu previously reported for the As- ors for international Kabul world. A majority of the world’s population Stockholm Center for Freedom’s ad in the New tions and local journalism schools are expected sociated Press in Hong Kong on an reporting, including Active Overseas does not even have access to an unfettered free York Times supporting World Press Freedom to participate. OPC Foundation Fellow The Breaking News (30-34) press. Day. Every citizen of the world deserves access Domestic, Large Market. She and a Photography category David Larabell This is the global state of journalism as we • Freedom House reports that 68 countries to unfettered information provided by a free Suman Naishadham, the 2018 colleague from The Associated Press that went to Reuters photo staff for Literary Agent, Creative Artists Agency observe 2019 World Press Freedom Day. suffered an overall decline in overall freedom press. That fundamental right to the truth can H.L. Stevenson winner, who had an broke the news that more than 500 im- photos of migrants en route from OPC Foundation fellowship at the New York The annual May 3 event at the United Na- (political rights, civil liberties) during 2018 best be assured when countries support a media migrant recruits and reservists in the Central and South America to the Associate Resident tions was founded by UNESCO to honor the while 50 countries improved. environment where reporters can cover politics Reuters bureau in Mexico City, will US. armed forces had been discharged US. And Lorenzo Tugnoli of The be returning to the Mexico capital, Hikmat Noori sacred principles of freedom of the press and This marks an alarming 13th consecutive robustly, where media safety is guaranteed, and through July 2018, many for ques- Washington Post won the Feature Freelance the journalists who uphold press freedom with year that the global average freedom score has where journalists can do their job free of gov- this time in the internship program tionable reasons. The winners will be Photography category for covering Kabul their work every day. declined. ernment intrusion. The OPC is forever commit- for The Wall Street Journal. She is formally recognized at MRE’s annual famine in Yemen. Maggie Steber, Active Overseas It’s also a time to evaluate the state of press But the intimidation and threats against ted to protecting and promoting journalists and graduating from the master’s pro- conference scheduled for Oct. 25 at this year’s OPC President’s Award (30-34) freedom globally and stand up for the brave journalists are not limited to foreign countries. the highest standards of the profession across gram in journalism at the University the Navy League of the United States recipient, was one of the finalists Rachel Parsons media under attack. Reporters are facing increasing pressure from the globe. of Missouri in May. headquarters in Arlington, Virgina. in that category along with Lynn University of Southern California Press freedom is an essential component authorities in the United States. Bill Collins is a former OPC Governor who Johnson of National Geographic for Yifan Yu, Jerry Flint winner in Los Angeles of every functioning democracy. And we must Garance Burke was also part of reporting on the youngest face trans- The U.S. Department of Justice, for exam- works as a communications consultant. He 2018, has left New York City for the Student stand up and defend journalists and access to ple, is considering guideline revisions to make formerly worked as communications director the AP team that was named a final- plant recipient in the U.S. West Coast where she will now cover Joasia E. Popowicz the information they provide. it easier for authorities to access journalists’ at Ford Motor Company based in New York. ist for the Pulitzer Prize in National tech for the Nikkei Asian Review. Reporting. The staff was recognized Former OPC Governor Martin Columbia University While UNESCO recognizes freedom of records. He is head of the OPC’s Freedom of the Press Graduate School for its authoritative coverage of the Smith was honored with a Peabody expression and freedom of the press as a basic And the increased pressure comes as the Committee. Theodore Anderson, winner of of Journalism Trump administration’s migrant fam- award for his work on “Separated: human right, the fact is that a mere 13% of the number of newsroom employees working for Allan Dodds Frank is Past President of the the 2015 Walter and Betsy Cronkite New York ily separation policy that exposed a Children at the Border,” a Frontline Student world’s population has access to a free press, U.S. media organizations, especially on the lo- OPC, from 2008 to 2010, and was president of Scholarship, is now the digital edi- federal government overwhelmed by documentary. The award is Front- according to Freedom House. cal level, has declined 45% during the last 15 the Silurians from 2013 to 2015. His work has tor of the San Francisco Business Dexter (Tiff) Roberts the logistics of caring for and track- line’s second Peabody of 2019 in Writer & Speaker on China In a data driven world, the metrics used to years. won Emmy and Loeb Awards, with a career Times. Anderson had an OPC Foun- ing thousands of immigrant children.. the news category. In the film, Smith Missoula, MT measure the ongoing state of global press free- In the United States, the attacks on the news that includes The Daily Beast, ABC News, CNN dation fellowship in the AP bureau investigates the origins and impacts Active Non-Resident dom are decidedly negative: media are also alarming with several incidents and Bloomberg. v in Bangkok. AWARDS Cosima Schreiber • 54 journalists were killed in 2018, an in- of the Trump administration’s “zero of death threats and mail bombs perpetrated by Many OPC award winners and oth- Columbia University crease over the two previous years, according Two OPC Foundation scholars were tolerance” immigration policy. He the followers of Donald Trump who subscribe ers with OPC ties were honored with Graduate School among the winners announced by the traced what happened to children Pulitzer Prizes this year. A Pulitzer of Journalism Military Reporters and Editors associ- who were separated from their par- New York City Prize in International Reporting went ents at the US-Mexico border, and Student ‘Jason Rezaian’ this was the first time I had the opportunity to make a choice for myself ation, the preeminent organization for to the “staff of Reuters, with no- examined the immigration policies of Continued From Page 1 in a year and a half. And as much as I had longed for that moment, it U.S. media professionals specializing Joseph Snell table contributions from Wa Lone both the Trump and Obama admin- wasn’t that easy.” in national security. The competition Northwestern University Oregon. The Iranian government spread rumors in 2010 that she had and Kyaw Soe Oo,” who won istrations. He found that separations Fort Worth, TX Fassihi asked about the possibility of prisoner exchanges with Iran. for defense journalism produced in been shot, and an arrest warrant had been issued. She won the OPC’s Hal the OPC’s Bob Considine Award were happening to families who’d Student He said the country had recently signaled, in unusually strong terms, that 2018 was judged by faculty at North- Boyle Award that year for her reporting on opposition protests. for their reporting from Myanmar. crossed the border months before Brianne Talocka that it would be open to prisoner exchanges. western University’s Medill School of She said after years of covering the Middle East, she still can’t be in Winners of the Hal Boyle Citation “zero tolerance” was actually an- Reporter “I worry that [the Trump] administration has been pretty successful Journalism. Sophia Jones, Reuters a public space with headphones on. “I have to be hyper alert of every for Excellence this year, Maggie nounced. Regional News Network bringing American citizens home from a variety of countries that we winner in 2012, won the award for /FiOS 1 News sound I hear and every conversation,” she said. Michael, Maad al-Zikry and have tough relations with,” Rezaian said. “North Korea, Venezuela, Tur- Print Overseas, Large Market divi- Rye Brook, NY Fassihi asked Rezaian about his recovery from torture, solitary con- Nariman El-Mofty of The Associ- Former OPC Governor Rukmini key – I wonder if it’s not politically expedient for this administration to sion for the Fuller Project, which was Active Resident finement, and 544 days of imprisonment. ated Press, also won a Pulitzer Prize Callimachi, who has won three (29 and under) have Americans languishing in Iranian prisons.” produced in partnership with The New He said he still suffers effects of PTSD, with sleeplessness and vivid in International Reporting. 2016 Hal OPC awards including this year’s Rezaian has released a new book about his ordeal, titled Prisoner: York Times Magazine. She wrote Rachel Waldholz nightmares of returning to his cell. He said it took a long time to adjust Boyle Award winner Hannah Drei- Lowell Thomas Award for the pod- My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison–Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, about the complicated role the U.S. Freelance to life outside, getting car sickness because he’d lived so long “without er of ProPublica won this year’s cast she hosts called “Caliphate,” Berlin High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me played in recruiting and training Af- horizons.” He remembered one of his first meals at a restaurant during a Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for also garnered a Peabody award in Active Overseas Out. v ghan women in the armed forces. The short vacation after his release. her series on Salvadoran immigrants the radio/podcast category in April (30-34) Emanuel R. Freedman winner in 2004, “And they put a menu in front of me. And I had to make choices. And on New York’s Long Island in the for the same program. “Caliphate” is Garance Burke, won for Print wake of a botched federal crackdown Continued on Page 10
April-May 2019 April-May 2019 8 9 Continued From Page 9 Dirty War.” Additionally, El-Mofty won the Keller will now become a board member of 20th Century. It is the story of OPC member John PEOPLE REMEMBERED OPC’s Olivier Rebbot award this year for a the organization while teaching at Princeton a woman and the son she bore Moore in April was Veteran correspondent Peter Gall passed series of photographs titled “Yemen: On the University and Sing Sing Correctional Fa- out of wedlock who seeks her awarded the World Press away March 9 in Edina, Minnesota, after the first narrative podcast series from The Edge.”. cility in Ossining, NY. out when he is in his twenties. Photo of the Year for a a 14-year battle with Parkinson’s disease New York Times, and this marks the first By then, she is an indepen- photo taken at the US- at age 82. He began his career in journal- Peabody awarded to a Times podcast. The UPDATES David Ariosto, an OPC Governor and dent small-town dressmaker Mexico border last June. ism with a brief stint as a reporter for the Peabody Awards highlight work that dem- OPC President Pancho Bernasconi and executive producer at GZero Media, and the shock of finding her The picture, titled “Crying Pasadena Independent and Star-News. onstrates how the media can defend public Executive Director Patricia Kranz met told MSNBC host Ali Velshi on April 30 son shatters her peace. Bill Girl on the Border,” went Gall then enlisted in the U.S. Army, where interest, encourage empathy, and expand with visitors from Press Club Polska in late that there is little more the U.S. can do to Holstein, past president of viral after it was posted, he attended language school and became its audience’s understanding of the world April for lunch and conversation. Jaroslaw increase support for opposition against the OPC, writes that “Smith and was also used on a fluent in Russian. Later he worked for 18 around them. Callamichi was also named a Wlodarczyk, secretary general of the In- Nicolás Maduro Moros in Venezuela, short is a master story teller in the cover of TIME magazine. years at McGraw-Hill, Inc., starting out as Pulitzer Prize finalist this year for “Caliph- ternational Association of Press Clubs, and of boots on the ground, because so many classic American tradition. The photo is of a young a correspondent for Business Week, cov- ate” and “The ISIS Files.” Magdalena and Maksymilian Rigam- sanctions and other measures are already in In this book, he uses letters girl named Yanela who ering environment, labor, and the White onti traveled to the United States to collect place. He said those strategies include indi- more than a century old to pa- had just arrived in the U.S. House, and for three years was the bureau Former OPC award winner Hannah Dreier the prize for Photography Book of the Year rect pressure on the regime’s allies. “When tiently build a psychological with a group of a dozen chief in Moscow. He later became director recently won the WBUR Daniel Schorr in the Pictures of The Year International you see the Trump administration ratchet up drama…It becomes riveting.” refugees from Central America. Moore has of McGraw-Hill World News, a multi-me- Journalism Prize. Drier is an immigration (POY) competition for the Rigomonti’s pressure against Cuba, it’s partly to pressure spent a decade focusing on immigration in dia business news network based in New reporter at ProPublica. Her winning seg- book Echo, which was published by the Venezuela,” he said. He added that most Vivienne Walt, TIME magazine’s his photography. He photographed along York City. Gall is survived by his wife of ment was an hour-long investigative report Press Club Polska. Americans would not support sending U.S. Paris correspondent and a Governor for the US-Mexico border and captured rare 57 years, Pali Gall, his brother Pirie Gall, titled “The Runaways.” Dreier investigated ground troops for support. Separately, Ari- the OPC, landed another cover story images of ICE raids and mass deportation. his three children and six grandchildren. the Suffolk County Police Department in Bill Keller, head judge of the OPC’s Best osto spoke to an audience at the New York for the magazine’s issue in Europe for He published them in a book titled Un- New York and their failure to look into the Commentary Award this year, is stepping Public Library on April 24 about his newest the week of April 22. The article, titled documented. Bernard Krisher, publisher of The murders of immigrant teenagers. Days after down from his role as editor-in-chief of book This is Cuba, which was published “How Nationalists Are Joining Together Cambodia Daily and former Newsweek her story aired, the Suffolk County Legisla- The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news or- late last year. In the book, Ariosto examined to Tear Europe Apart,” examines how Minky Worden, an OPC Governor who Tokyo bureau chief, died of heart failure ture forced the police department to conduct ganization that focuses on criminal justice sweeping changes in the country over the many leaders are using white supremacist serves as director of global initiatives at on March 5 at a hospital in Tokyo. He was an internal investigation. Dreier won the issues. Keller will be replaced by Susan last decade. Ariosto sat with photographer rhetoric and touting anti-immigrant poli- Human Rights Watch, was recently in the 87. Krisher began his career as a foreign OPC’s 2016 Hal Boyle Award for her story Chira, a former reporter and editor for The and photo editor Cynthia Carris Alonso to cies, a campaign spearheaded by ex-White news for her remarks on the crisis in Asian correspondent in Japan. He wrote for “Venezuela Undone” for The Associated New York Times. Bill Keller had previ- discuss the book. House chief strategist Steve Bannon. Walt football. Asia’s football chief and FIFA’s Newsweek, Fortune, and Wired. He was Press. ously worked for the Times for thirty years, tracks his travels to Europe where he met second-in-command, Sheikh Salman bin founder of The Cambodia Daily, the coun- including eight as the paper’s executive edi- OPC Past President Larry Smith has co- with multiple leaders, encouraging them Ebrahim al Khalifa, was elected to a sec- try’s first English-language newspaper. OPC Governor Alix Freedman of Reuters tor. He joined The Marshall Project when it written a book titled Hidden Hearts – The to embrace the strategies used by Presi- ond term in early April. He was criticized He supported the OPC Foundation and in April served as a judge for the 2019 Hill- was founded in 2014. Since then, it has won Peterborough Letters with author Betty dent Trump during the 2016 presidential last year for silence over the imprisonment accepted several scholars as fellows. The man Foundation Prizes for Journalism. The multiple awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. Beeby. The book is a window into the early campaign. Earlier in April, Walt talked of soccer player Hakeem al-Arabi, who government’s closure of the print edition Hillman Foundation every year honors jour- to NPR host Ailsa Chang about the fire was detained in Thailand. Worden accused in September 2017 drew condemnation nalists for outstanding “service of the com- that ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral on Sheikh Salman of failing to protect human from press freedom groups. He dedicated mon good.” This year’s winners featured April 15. In her interview, she described rights. In commentary released after his his last three decades to humanitarian writers from Reuters, The Miami Herald, witnessing the fire from her own balcony. election, she wrote “Sheikh Salman should work in Cambodia as chairman of World and MSNBC. Freedman was a judge along Walt had reported on the cathedral for commit to uphold and to carry out FIFA’s Assistance for Cambodia. Krisher is sur- with author Ta’Nehisi Coates, Jelani Cobb TIME and told NPR that church officials 2017 Human Rights Policy, including in vived by his wife, his two children and and Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker, had shown her conditions of the roof at his home country.” His new term lasts two grandchildren. v The American Prospect’s Harold Myerson, the time. According to her, the gargoyles until 2023. and The Nation’s Katrina Vanden Heuvel. on the roof had been falling off and were The Hillman Foundation has been awarding being fixed with PVC pipes. Walt believes OPC award winner Matt Kaminski was journalists for their work since 1950. that disrepair, along with inadequate fund- recently named the new editor-in-chief of Politico. Kaminski won the OPC’s 2014 The Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism ing for the cathedral, contributed to the Commentary Award. He most recently Ethics recently announced their 2019 win- fire. Walt lives in Paris and has reported served as global editor of Politico. He’ll ners, who included two past OPC award for TIME since 2003. be replacing John Harris, who was not winners. Hannah Dreier, who won the only editor-in-chief, but founded the pub- 2016 Hal Boyle Award, received the award lication in 2007. Harris will stay aboard for her story in ProPublica titled “A Be- to serve as chairman of the editorial over- trayal.” The story follows a teenager and sight committee, as well as editor-in-chief MS-13 gang member who became a govern- of Politico Europe. He will also be writing ment informant and was betrayed by federal a column about the 2020 election. Kamin- agents. The Associated Press also won for ski joined Politico in 2014, after working their reporting on Yemen throughout 2018. for The Wall Street Journal for a decade. The team, comprised of reporters Maggie It was there that Kaminski wrote “On Michael, Nariman El-Mofty, and Maad Ukraine,” which garnered the OPC award. al-Zirky, also won the Hal Boyle Cita- Left to right: Pancho Bernasconi, Jaroslaw Wlodarczyk, Magdalena Rigamonti, Patricia tion for Excellence this year for “Yemen’s Kranz, and Maksymilian Rigamonti visit at Club Quarters.
April-May 2019 April-May 2019 10 11 11 PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE... By Farwa Zaidi A Myanmar court on April 23 rejected the broke out in Londonderry on April 18. The The messages included explicit threats and Journalists, Free Press Unlimited, and forbidden to leave the country. Turkmen tortured three detained teenage boys. One final appeals of Reuters reportersWa Lone riots had broken out after officers entered a demand for Sercan to stop her reporting. many more reporting organizations. government officials often impose travel of the boys later died. and Kyaw Soe Oo, who have been impris- the Creggan area to search for arms and She immediately filed a report with the bans on dissidents. They were widely oned since December 2017. Last Septem- explosives. The New IRA in their state- police, and interior minister Carmen Dan Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s biggest known to have had Achilova in their sights Honduran journalist Leonardo Gabriel ber, the two journalists were sentenced to ment accepting responsibility apologized announced in a Facebook post shortly after violators of press freedom, detained three for years. She has been the victim of two Hernandez was killed near his home on seven years behind bars. At the time of their to McKee’s partner, family, and friends. that an investigation had been opened. more journalists during the month of April. dozen physical assaults over the course of March 17. According to news reports, an arrests, the two reporters were investigat- McKee was one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Sercan has reported on alleged plagiarism According to CPJ, at least sixteen jour- the last two years. In November 2016, she unidentified attacker shot and killed Her- ing the massacre of ten Rohingya Muslims. in 2016, named one of the most influential by a former education minister and by nalists, excluding these three, have been was assaulted three times over the span nandez in his city of Nacaome. Hernandez According to their report, the massacre was and rising European media workers. graduates of the country’s national security detained in the country since December of just a few days. Turkmenistan is one of was the host of a program on the local, carried out by Myanmar troops and Bud- and intelligence academies. Her reports 2018. On April 4 or 5, Saudi authorities the world’s biggest harassers of free press. privately owned Valle television channel The Washington Post on April 17 launched dhist villagers. By the time it was published, prompted ten resignations and stripped at arrested blogger Naif al-Hindas. On Prague-based Radio Azatlyk is one of the called “El Pueblo Habla.” He used his pro- a Press Freedom Partnership News- in February 2018, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe least sixteen people of their degrees. April 9th, bloggers and columnists Ali few sources of independent news in the gram as a platform to discuss social issues letter, a monthly newsletter offering Oo were in jail for their investigation. Sev- al-Saffar and Redha al-Boori were Turkmen language. and local politics. He was often critical of en soldiers connected to the violence were readers a view of the latest issues affecting Bahraini journalist Ibrahim al-Sheikh also arrested. The reasons for their arrests government officials, including the mayor subsequently arrested. During the sentenc- press freedom worldwide. The newsletter has been detained by authorities. On April have not been made public. Al-Saffar and Wei Zhili, a labor rights website editor in of Nacaome and regional members of Con- ing of the journalists, a judge claimed that will include a curated selection of content 14, the public prosecutor’s office wrote in Al-Boori have not published anything in China, was arrested on March 20. Another gress. In the past, Hernandez had received the confidential files found on them would from the Press Freedom Partnership in- an Instagram post that they had detained an the past several years, and Al-Hindas’ blog labor rights editor, Ke Chengbing, went threats related to his work. A report by CPJ have been valuable to “enemies of the state cluding details of the most pressing cases unnamed journalist on charges of spread- has been unused since 2018. Al-Saffar and missing on March 20 as well, and is be- in 2014 found that organized crime and and terrorist organizations.” Numerous ap- of journalists under attack, commentary ing false news and rumors. They alleged Al-Boori are connected to another jour- lieved to be in police custody. Chengbing, corruption in Honduras have produced an peals on their part have been rejected. Ac- and analysis from Post writers, and updates that the journalist had “cast doubt on the nalist who was also arrested this month. is Zhili’s coworker at ILabour.net. The ed- overwhelming rate of unsolved cases of cording to CNN, they are now hoping for on initiatives and events from the paper’s capabilities of the defense forces and the However, they have not posted on their itor-in-chief, Yang Zhengjun, was arrested violence against journalists. a presidential pardon. Wa Lone and Kyaw press freedom partners. The first edition coalition.” The post came a few days after own since 2015. The past month has seen a in January and charged with “picking quar- Soe Oo received the OPC’s Bob Considine of the newsletter was delivered on May the Bahraini Council of Representatives’ large wave of journalists being detained by rels and provoking trouble.” Zhili’s wife, The CPJ on March 13 released a book this year, along with Reuters staff, for their 1. Some of the organizations involved are Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Saudi authorities, with little to no informa- prominent feminist writer Zheng Churan, and digital campaign titled The Last work in Myanmar. CPJ, Reporters Without Borders, Interna- Affairs released a statement condemning tion given to the public about the reason said she believes that Zhili and his cowork- Column, highlighting the human cost of tional Women’s Media Foundation, One al-Sheikh’s column criticizing the military for their arrests or their whereabouts. ers were arrested because of their reporting reporting the news. The book was pub- Reporters Without Borders on April 18 Free Press Coalition, and Reporters Com- campaign. The council called on the public on labor rights issues and on the preva- lished with support from News Corp, the released their 2019 World Freedom In- mittee for Freedom of the Press. prosecutor to punish al-Sheikh. On April Two Pakistani Shia journalists were ab- lence of black lung disease among Chinese Dow Jones Foundation, and HarperCol- dex in collaboration with The Washington 15, the Bahrain Mirror published an article ducted just days apart in Karachi in early workers. Churan wrote on Facebook that lins Publishers. It features the final works For the six-month anniversary of Jamal Post. The index evaluates the level of free- stating that al-Sheikh had been arrested. April. The first victim was Matloob Zhili was arrested at his parents’ home by of twenty-four different journalists killed Khashoggi’s murder, Washington Post dom available to media in 180 countries. Bahraini authorities including the public Hussain Moosavi, a journalist for Daily officers who told his parents that he’d been while doing their jobs. Some journalists publisher and CEO Fred Ryan penned It was released during a live event, which prosecutor would not respond to questions Jang. He was abducted from his home brainwashed. An officer from the branch featured are Jamal Khashoggi, Daniel a stern op-ed in his honor. Ryan exam- also featured discussions about global regarding whether al-Sheikh is the detainee on March 30 by a group of masked men who arrested Zhili told CPJ over the phone Pearl, and Marie Colvin. The introduction ined what has been done in response to press freedom with a group of award- they are holding. According to CPJ’s latest in civilian garb. They came in unmarked that he had no information on Zhili’s ar- was written by CNN’s chief international Khashoggi’s death and what still needs winning journalists. The conversations prison census, at least six journalists are vehicles accompanied by three police cars. rest. China is currently the world’s second correspondent, Clarissa Ward, who wont to be addressed. He wrote that “each day were moderated by Dana Priest and Mary currently detained. Moosavi’s family has not heard from him largest jailer of journalists, after Turkey. the OPC’s 2016 David Kaplan Award for that Trump allows the Saudis to avoid ac- Jordan of the Post, and featured journalists since then. His brother believes that his re- coverage of Syria. This is a global initia- countability, the more tyrants around the The ACOS Alliance on April 2 launched such as Jonathan Karl, Fitsum Arega, and porting could be a reason for his abduction Mexican journalist Hiram Moreno sur- tive, which includes the publication of the world come to believe that they, too, can a “News Organizations Safety Self- Karin Olofsdotter. As a result of increased since Moosavi “annoyed” many people vived a gun attack in the city of Oaxaca on book, a mini-documentary, live events, and kill with impunity.” He wrote that while Assessment,” a resource designed to help tensions toward journalists in the US, not with his posts on social media. The second March 20. Moreno is the editor of news educational content. the U.S. government has been lacking in news organizations review and improve just from the president, the United States victim was Syed Ali Mubashir Naqvi, website Evidencias. An unidentified assail- its response to Khashoggi’s murder, there their current safety practices and protocols. Zambia’s Independent Broadcasting Au- has fallen three places in this year’s index. a cameraman for Aab Takk News TV. He ant shot at Moreno while he was leaving has been some progress on other fronts. In The resource is a brief set of questions and thority suspended Prime TV’s license for The U.S. media climate is now described was abducted in a similar manner from the a convenience store around 4:00 p.m. He March, 36 countries banded together at the guideline notes that should prompt impor- 30 days for alleged unprofessionalism. Ac- by the RSF as “problematic.” TV Channel’s parking lot. Both Moosavi fled on a motorcycle while Moreno man- UN Human Rights Council to condemn tant conversations regarding the best safety and Naqvi are members of Pakistan’s Shia aged to call for help. He was rushed to a cording to the government agency, the TV The New Irish Republican Army claimed Khashoggi’s death in the strongest possible practices and how to encourage practical minority, making their twin disappearances nearby hospital and treated for his injuries. network features “unbalanced coverage, responsibility for the shooting death of terms. They called for the Saudi govern- and effective ways to implement such all the more disturbing. CPJ believes that Since 2013, Moreno has been enrolled in opinionated news, material likely to incite journalist Lyra McKee on April 18. McK- ment to cooperate with an ongoing UN practices. The Self-Assessment supports the Pakistani establishment might be at- a federal protection program. The head of violence and use of derogatory language” ee was hit by a bullet fired at the police inquiry. Multiple countries have suspended news organizations to better understand tempting to mirror Riyadh’s constant anti- the Federal Mechanism for the Protection particularly in their coverage of recent by- during a riot in the predominantly Roman political visits to Saudi Arabia, curtailed their own strengths and weaknesses in rela- Shia rhetoric. of Human Rights Defenders and Journal- elections in Shesheke district. The ruling Catholic and nationalist Creggan area of arms sales, and withheld other gestures of tion to all the individuals working for them ists, Aaron Mastache, declined to provide came after a complaint about the network Londonderry. McKee is the first journalist support for the regime. who are exposed to danger-including free- Soltan Achilova, one of the few journal- any further information on the nature of by the ruling Patriotic Front Party. On to be killed on the job in the United King- lancers. The resource pays special attention ists in Turkmenistan to work openly for an the protective measures. Moreno is the March 5, Prime TV filed an appeal with Romanian journalist Emilia Sercan was dom since 2001. Her death is a reminder to gender issues, mental health care, digital independent media outlet, has been banned founder and editor of Evidencias, which Information and Broadcasting Minister, he target of numerous death threats on of the so-called Troubles of 1968 to 1998, security needs, and working with local by authorities from leaving the country. On covers general news, crime, and security in Dora Siliya. The network’s offices were April 15. Sercan is an investigative jour- when more than 35,000 people were journalists and freelancers. It includes links March 21, Achilova was about to take a the region. He also often reports for the site raided by police in November, after airing nalist for the independent Romanian news killed during violence between Catholic to relevant articles, reports, and guides. flight to Tbilsi, Georgia, to attend an inter- and had recently covered allegations that footage that was allegedly defamatory to site PressOne. She received the threats via republican gunmen and police. McKee’s The assessment is a collaboration between national conference when officials stopped members of the State Investigation Agency the president. v text messages from an anonymous source. death was a direct result of the riots that the ACOS Alliance, Committee to Protect her at the airport and told her she was
April-May 2019 April-May 2019 12 13 13 NEW BOOKS By Farwa Zaidi
stories, pitches vs. assignments and so on UPCOMING WW II ASIA – is always tough. Having a beat or focus area helps a little with this, but I certainly pc member Andrew Nagorski, an arag khanna, a leading strategist on geo- EVENTS haven’t fully figured it out. Another chal- award-winning journalist who worked for politics and economics based in Singapore, more than three decades for Newsweek, lenge, of course, is getting paid, both on O outlines what he sees as a steep global shift time and enough. I’ve been lucky to have has taken another deep dive into World War II, P in power toward Asia in his newest book, The Fu- made it work over the last few years but this time with a close look at the early days of ture is Asian [Simon & Schuster, February 2019]. strongly endorse a culture of transparency Hitler’s campaign and its galvanizing affect He wrote that in the 19th century, the world was around finances in our industry. on allies. 1941: The Year Germany Lost the Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Ameri- TIANANMEN War [Simon & Schuster, June 2019], is canized, and now, in the 21st century, it is being Best journalism advice received: Nagorski’s fourth book about different Krithika Varagur Asianized. VARAGUR KRITHIKA OF COURTESY Don’t talk too much and lean into silences SQUARE THIRTY aspects of the war. He chronicles how Khanna challenges the notion that China is the in interviews. YEARS LATER Hitler’s tactical mistakes and policies of sole power and influence in Asia, arguing that a terror forged a new and powerful alli- broader, interconnected Asian system spans from Meet the OPC Members: Worst experience as a journalist: ance among Churchill, FDR, and Stalin. Saudi Arabia to Japan, Russia to Australia, and Reporting on human rights issues in the By the start of 1941, Hitler had 12:03 p.m. Turkey to Indonesia. Five billion people across the Q&A With Krithika Varagur structurally and temporally limited capac- already cast his shadow over most of region are linked through trade, finance, infrastruc- ity of a journalist is always tough. For in- to 7:00 p.m. Europe. Poland and France had quickly rithika varagur is an Ameri- ture, and diplomatic networks that represent 40 When and why did you join the OPC: stance, I met many abused female migrant fallen. Britain remained removed from the can freelance journalist based percent of global GDP. I joined the OPC when I moved to Indo- workers in Lombok, Indonesia in 2017 May 9 in London. She spent more than conflict, though German bombers were at- He points out the many ways that Western K nesia in 2016 because I thought the press and felt really conflicted about making two years working in Indonesia, filing a tacking its cities and German U-boats harassed powers have misinterpreted, underestimated and card might be useful for a freelancer. And them repeat their traumatic experiences range of stories for print and online media its ships. Stalin was still observing the terms of misdiagnosed Asia. Westerners analysts have it was! in the Gulf, even after obtaining their in- on topics including fundamentalism and the Nazi-Soviet pact. Roosevelt vowed to stay out mistakenly forecast imminent world wars and formed consent. But I think it’s important extremism, politics, an investigation of the war. Hitler was confident that victory was debt-driven collapses around the region. Yet Asia What draws you to reporting on to sit with those uncomfortable feelings. I into Ivanka Trump’s clothing factory in within reach. is experiencing a new wave of growth sparked in religion? I’m interested in politics and don’t expect it will get any easier. West Java, violence against gay Indone- Nagorski wrote that Hitler’s plan to invade the part by countries such as India and the Philippines. human rights, primarily in Southeast and sians in Aceh, reunions of East Timor’s Soviet Union was not kept secret, due to Soviet Khanna wrote that some nationalist leaders have South Asia, and it’s impossible to get Journalism heroes: Jane Mayer, Law- stolen children, and immigrants who spies and Nazi leaks. Allied forces tried to warn set aside territorial disputes in favor of integration a sense of what’s going on without ac- rence Wright, Pankaj Mishra. were deported from her hometown in Stalin several times, but were dismissed as capital- and infrastructure investments that will have a last- counting for religion. I lived in Indonesia, New Jersey to Indonesia. Her work has ist propaganda. Nonetheless, Hitler risked several ing effect on the next generation of digital innova- which is the world’s largest Muslim-ma- Advice for journalists who want to appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic, attacks and lost due to disastrous military blunders. tion. From investment portfolios and trade wars to jority country, for two years, and I wanted work overseas: Learn the language (or The New York Times, The New York His rush to declare war on the United States after Hollywood’s East-facing movies, he demonstrates to report from there because it’s a huge, one of them) as well as you can. Review of Books, The Financial Times, the attack on Pearl Harbor helped to secure U.S. that Asianization has taken hold of the global zeit- successful, multicultural democracy, and many more. Varagur won this year’s involvement. Britain emerged with two powerful geist. but it’s not secular, and in fact never has Favorite quote: A recent addition: “Turn OPC Foundation’s Sally Jacobsen Fellow- allies, and Germany was doomed to defeat. Khanna is the founder and managing partner been. I’m also interested in fundamen- every page” from Robert Caro. ship, and a fellowship with the Associated Nagorski’s book is a portrait of hubris and of FutureMap, a data- and scenario-based strategic talisms (having written about Muslim, Press in New Delhi. She won awards megalomania pitted against the emerging opposi- advisory firm. Khanna is a regular commentator on Hindu, and Buddhist variants to date) and Place you’re most eager to visit: the Silk in two categories of the 2018 Religion tion. His chronicle sets the stage for how events international affairs and is currently a CNN Global extremism, so understanding religious Road cities of Uzbekistan. News Association awards. Varagur is also led to the Holocaust, and foreshadows the postwar Contributor. His articles have appeared in a variety dynamics is hugely important. Faith- a Fulbright scholar and has worked as a division of Europe, which ultimately led to the of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, based networks and links are also really Most over-the-top assignment: For my writer and editor at the Huffington Post Cold War. Financial Times, The Washington Post, New York cool. In the course of my book research first Financial Times assignment, I took in New York, and a contributing writer to During his long tenure at Newsweek, Andrew Times Magazine, TIME, and more. The Wall Street I’ve been working in Nigeria and Kosovo, two planes, a cargo ship, and a fishing Vogue India. She is currently writing her Nagorski spent three years as Berlin bureau chief. Journal said Khanna’s book offers a “valuable and in addition to Indonesia, and am amazed boat to visit the Indonesian spice island, first book, for Columbia Global Reports, This role allowed him to examine the country’s thoroughly researched analysis of one course that at how religious texts, rituals, and ideas Pulau Run, that had been traded for Man- about Gulf religious investments. efforts to overcome division, their immigration the region may take.” v link those disparate places. And since I’m hattan 350 years ago. debate, and German-Jewish relations. writing about Saudi religious investments His experiences in Germany, and Hometown: Edison, NJ. and soft power, it is also a story about Most common mistake you’ve seen: later in Warsaw, helped him to write geopolitics and foreign policy. Really, Having preconceived notions about the Education: Harvard University (A.B. his multiple books on World War II. I can’t imagine working as a journalist “frame” into which a story fits – it’s English, 2015). Nagorski was also a bureau chief in today without accounting for religion. always apparent in the final product. Hong Kong, Rome, Bonn, Moscow, Languages you speak: Tamil, Bahasa It is endlessly interesting. (And not just and Berlin. He has been a member of Country you most want to return to: Indonesia, Spanish. for foreign correspondents; I’ve riffed on the OPC since 2001. v the Indonesia tagline that I’m from the Timor-Leste First job in journalism: I interned at “world’s largest Christian-majority na- Vogue India when I was 18, in 2012. tion,” the U.S.!) Twitter handle: @krithikavaragur. v
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