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New President: OPC 'More Crucial' Than Ever Before Covering Conflict After James Foley THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA, NEW YORK, NY • September 2014 New President: OPC ‘More Crucial’ Than Ever Before By Chad Bouchard Other elected The election of a new Board of board members in- Governors rings in a new era for the clude Calvin Sims, OPC, along with fresh challenges president and CEO of and aims. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, International House, the board revealed election results who will serve as first for officers and 10 Active and three vice president; Abi- Associate board members. gail Pesta, freelance Club members elected Marcus journalist, who was Mabry, an author and editor-at-large elected second vice at The New York Times, to replace president; and Pan- outgoing President Michael Ser- cho Bernasconi, vice rill, assistant managing editor of president/news for Chad Bouchard Bloomberg Markets, who will re- Getty Images, who Incoming OPC President Marcus Mabry, right, shakes main on the board. will serve as third hands with outgoing President Michael Serrill after accepting the traditional gavel. The meeting was sobered by vice president. Tim news that journalist James Foley Ferguson, editor at Forbes Asia, will Peter S. Goodman, Azmat Khan, was executed at the hands of his take over as the club’s new treasurer, Dan Klaidman, Paul Moakley, Lara captors. Outgoing president Mi- and Jonathan Dahl, editor-in-chief of Setrakian and Liam Stack. chael Serrill asked for a moment WSJ/Money, will take the helm as The club also elected three As- of silence for Foley before passing secretary. sociate board members: Brian Byrd, the traditional gavel. Mabry said Ten Active members were elect- Emma Daly and Bill Collins. the club faces an “awesome task” ed to the board, including Jacque- Board members’ titles and affili- ahead. line Albert-Simon, Rukmini Calli- ations are listed in the masthead on “What we do at the OPC I think machi, Deidre Depke, Chris Dickey, page 2. is more difficult now, by almost ev- ery measure, than it’s ever been be- fore,” he said. “And it’s also more Covering Conflict After James Foley and former New York Times reporter crucial now, by almost every mea- EVENT PREVIEW: SEPT. 9 sure, than it’s ever been before.” David Rohde, who was abducted James Foley’s murder and other by members of the Taliban in 2008 Inside. recent tragedies have rekindled dis- and spent seven months in captiv- cussion about the safety of journal- ity before escaping; Phil Balboni, Event Previews ..............................2 ists, particularly freelancers, when GlobalPost CEO and co-founder, reporting on upheaval. Marcus Mabry’s Welcome...............3 who fought for Foley’s release since The OPC has partnered with the his abduction on Thanksgiving Day Foley Remembered.........................4 Columbia Journalism School and the 2012; and Nicole Tung, a freelance DART Center for Journalism and conflict photographer and friend of Tyler Hicks in Gaza..........................5 Trauma to present a panel titled “Af- Foley’s who first discovered him Video Chat Recap...........................5 ter James Foley: Covering Conflict missing. When Journalists Are Targets.” The event will get underway on People & Press Freedom...........6-10 Panelists include OPC award Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the winner, board member and New York Columbia Journalism School Lec- Q&A with Steve Herman...............11 Times foreign correspondent Ruk- ture Hall. Admission is free and open New Books....................................12 mini Callimachi; Reuters columnist to the public. What in the World... Photo Winners Share Secrets EVENT PREVIEW: SEPT. 18 EVENT PREVIEW: SEPT. 25 As traditional press organizations shrink their foreign For an up-close view of photographs that won OPC bureaus, three surprising media outlets are expanding over- awards this year, and a chance to meet some of the pho- seas operations. tographers, join the OPC Sept. 25 at the Columbia Uni- On Sept. 18, the OPC is co-sponsoring a panel discus- versity School of Journalism. sion at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism The event will include a photo exhibit showcasing Institute titled “What in the World are Buzzfeed, Mashable, work by Tyler Hicks and VICE News up to as They Expand Their International of The New York Coverage?” featuring editors from this hip digital trio. Times, who won the Mashable global news editor Miriam Elder, Buzzfeed OPC’s Robert Capa foreign editor Miriam Elder and VICE News editor-in- Gold Medal and a chief Jason Mojica will be on hand to discuss their strat- Pulitzer Prize for his egies. Amy O’Leary, a member of The New York Times photos of the Kenyan innovation report team, will moderate. mall massacre; OPC Tyler Hicks, left, and The event is free and open to the public, but attend- board member Robert Robert Nickelsberg ees are required to RSVP on Eventbrite or by calling (212) Nickelsberg, who won the Olivier Rebbot Award for 998-8044. The dicussion will get underway at 6:30 p.m. his book Afghanistan: A Distant War; and Jerome De- on the 7th floor of 20 Cooper Square, and is sponsored lay of AP, who won the John Faber Award for his pho- in collaboration with OPC and the Carter Journalism In- tos of unrest in the Central African Republic. stitute’s Global and Joint Program Studies and Studio 20 Hicks and Nickelsberg will join a 2009 OPC winner, program. Sarah Voisin, and James Estrin, editor of The New York Times Lens Blog to disuss best practices in international reporting. Remember to Vote... Voisin, a photographer for the Washington Post, won ...on the proposed amendment to the OPC con- the John Faber award in 2009 for her photos of Mexico’s stitution allowing those engaged in journalism- drug war. related work to be considered as candidates for The event starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia Universi- active membership. Check your email box for ty Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway. Please more information on the proposal and instruc- RSVP by emailing [email protected] or calling tions for voting online. Deadline is Sept. 17. the OPC at 212 626-9220. OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA • BOARD OF GOVERNORS PRESIDENT ACTIVE BOARD Azmat Khan Liam Stack Daniel Sieberg PAST PRESIDENTS Marcus Mabry Jacqueline Albert- Senior Digital Producer Reporter Senior Marketing EX-OFFICIO Editor-at-Large Simon Al Jazeera America The New York Times Head of Media Outreach Michael Serrill The New York Times U.S. Bureau Chief Google David A. Andelman Politique Internationale Dan Klaidman Seymour Topping John Corporon FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Deputy Editor Emeritus Abi Wright Allan Dodds Frank Calvin Sims Rukmini Callimachi Yahoo News Professor of Director Alexis Gelber President and CEO Foreign International Journalism Alfred I. duPont – William J. Holstein International House Correspondent Evelyn Leopold Columbia University Columbia University Marshall Loeb The New York Times Independent Journalist Awards Larry Martz SECOND VICE PRESIDENT United Nations Charles Wallace Roy Rowan Abigail Pesta Jane Ciabattari Financial Writer Leonard Saffir Freelance Journalist Columnist Paul Moakley Larry Smith BBC.com Deputy Director ASSOCIATE BOARD Richard B. Stolley THIRD VICE PRESIDENT Photography and MEMBERS Pancho Bernasconi Deidre Depke Visual Enterprise Brian I. Byrd EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Vice President/News Journalist and Time magazine Program Officer Patricia Kranz Getty Images Author NYS Health Robert Nickelsberg Foundation OFFICE MANAGER TREASURER Chris Dickey Freelance Boots R. Duque Tim Ferguson Foreign Editor Photojournalist Editor The Daily Beast, Bill Collins EDITOR Forbes Asia Paris Lara Setrakian Director, Public & Chad Bouchard Co-Founder & CEO Business Affairs SECRETARY Peter S. Goodman News Deeply Ford Motor Comapny OPC Jonathan Dahl Editor-in-Chief ISSN-0738-7202 Editor-in-Chief International Martin Smith Emma Daly Copyright © 2014 WSJ.Money Business Times President Communications Director Over seas Press Club of Rain Media Human Rights Watch America 40 West 45 Street, New York, NY 10036 USA • Phone: (212) 626-9220 • Fax: (212) 626-9210 • Website: opcofamerica.org OPC Bulletin • September 2014 • Page 2 China Hands Reconnect Mabry Welcomes New Board EVENT PREVIEW: SEPT. 12 By Marcus Mabry The work of the Overseas Press Club has rarely been The OPC’s China Hands reunion on Sept. 12 is gain- more difficult – or more important. ing momentum. Fellow sponsors, the Foreign Corre- Our world is more interconnected and complex than spondents Club of China (FCCC) and the Asia Society’s ever. We have the technology to tell stories nearly instan- ChinaFile, have helped identify and draw in top talent taneously from anywhere on the surface of the planet. And to discuss some of the hottest issues involved in China humankind has an unquenchable thirst to absorb them. coverage today as well as reflect on coverage over past Yet journalists – of the professional decades. and citizen variety – are besieged by The event kicks off with a lunch at 12:30 p.m., cost- threats, mortal and existential. The re- ing $20. The charge for attending afternoon panels, the sources American journalism organi- cocktail party and the dinner is $50 per person. zations commit to covering the world “Covering China’s Economy” is the topic that will continues to fall. Governments around be explored during lunch. Panelists include Orville the world assassinate reporters with Erica Lansner Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations impunity. And our own government Mabry at the Asia Society; Pete Engardio, an OPC award win- has made it a point to go after whistle- ner and longtime Hong Kong correspondent for Busi- blowers and journalists. (We hope the attorney general’s nessWeek; and John Bussey, assistant managing editor words that no journalist should go to jail for doing her job and executive business editor of The Wall Street Jour- will dictate the future of the case against New York Times nal.
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