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China Hands Puzzle Over a Nation in Constant Flux THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA, NEW YORK, NY • October 2014 China Hands Puzzle Over a Nation in Constant Flux Orville Schell, EVENT RECAP director of the Cen- By Chad Bouchard ter on U.S.-China Foreign journalists have long Relations at the Asia wrestled with how to cover China’s Society, was dubious knotty stories for an outside au- about the country’s dience. What makes its economy chances to become tick? How do its leaders make deci- a world technology sions? Are censors gaining or losing leader, but refrained ground? How can journalists make from making con- sure to get the story right, complete crete predictions. with all the country’s nuances and “This is a very contradictions? contradictory place Lesley Topping On Friday, Sept. 12, the OPC, where opposite things OPC Foundation President Bill Holstein, left, looks on along with the Foreign Correspon- going in opposite di- as Pete Engardio, BusinessWeek’s former China cor- respondent, reviews decades of magazine headlines. dents’ Club of China and the Asia rections are true at the Society’s ChinaFile, assembled a same time,” Schell said. “It’s very hard China will be at the very top, right team of journalists, authors and in circumstances like that to actually along with us and with parts of Eu- thinkers for an afternoon and eve- get a trend line.” rope,” he said. “It’s just a matter of ning of meaty discussions to take on John Bussey, assistant managing time, just a generation of engineers big questions facing foreign media editor and executive business edi- in the country.” in the Middle Kingdom. tor of The Wall Street Journal, was Later, a forum focused discus- During a lunchtime panel, busi- more optimistic. sion on how best to cover the coun- ness writers and editors swapped “On the technology curve, I try’s nuances for foreign readers. views on the future of China’s im- think there’s just no question that (Continued on Page 10) penetrable economy, which plays by different rules than that of the rest of the world. Experts to Teach Safe Freelancing maker who was kidnapped in south- EVENT PREVIEW: Oct. 21 Inside. ern Iraq and held for 10 days in 2004 The murders of James Foley and while filming a documentary about Foley and Sotloff Panel Recap........2 Steven Sotloff have made it even the looting of archaeological sites; more imperative that freelance jour- Judith Matloff, a safety trainer at the Photo Winner Forum Recap............3 nalists learn how to protect them- Columbia University School of Jour- OPC Archival Interview Project .......3 selves as well as how to get the story. nalism; Bruce Shapiro, executive di- The OPC has invited experts in rector of the Dart Center for Journal- Digital Media Forum Recap.............4 the safety field to talk to members ism and Trauma; and Vaughn Smith, and guests at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at a member of the board of represen- “News Sorority” Book Night Recap..4 the Columbia University School of tatives for the Frontline Freelance International Affairs Building, 420 Book Review: “Factory Man”............5 Register (FFR). West 118th St., room 1302. The OPC and Frontline Club People & Press Freedom...........6-10 Speakers include Sawyer Alberi will continue the discussion of how of RISC (Reporters Instructed in to freelance safely during an event Q&A: Haley Sweetland Edwards....11 Saving Colleagues); Micah Garen, at the Frontline Club in London on an independent documentary film- Nov. 19. New Books....................................12 Reporting in the Aftermath of Foley and Sotloff who have been abducted. I think it’s appalling,” he said. EVENT RECAP Nicole Tung, a freelance conflict photographer and By Chad Bouchard friend of Foley’s who first discovered him missing, spoke “This is the most deadly and dangerous period for the with difficulty while describing her colleague. “Jim was press in recent history,” Joel Simon, executive director of one of the best people that I knew, and it’s hard not to get the Committee to Protect Journalists, told students and oth- choked up talking about him,” she said. er attendees at the Columbia Journalism School on Sept. 9 Reuters columnist and former New York Times report- during a panel about escalating risks to journalists. er David Rohde, who was held captive for seven months The event, “After James Foley: Covering Conflict in 2008 and 2009 by the When Journalists Are Tar- Taliban before he escaped, gets,” was arranged in re- recommended talking with sponse to the recent mur- loved ones about your wish- ders of Foley and Steven es in case of a kidnapping. Sotloff, both freelancers “Do you want a military who were abducted while raid to save your life? Do working in Syria and ex- you want a ransom paid on ecuted by members of the your behalf to one of these Islamic State. jihadist groups?” Out of the 70 journalists OPC award winner, killed in 2013, about a third board member and New York were freelancers, a percent- Times foreign correspondent age that has doubled in recent Chad Bouchard Rukmini Callimachi has re- years, Simon said. Rukmini Callimachi, left, and Nicole Tung listen to a ported on terrorist groups’ Phil Balboni, GlobalPost question from a journalism student at Columbia University. use of ransoms to fund their CEO and co-founder, who operations. She reported that spent years fighting for James Foley’s release, said when countries or companies tens of millions of dollars to recov- James Foley was abducted on Thanksgiving Day, 2012, er a single abductee. “Our citizens are now being doomed his organization hired a security firm to handle the case, by the policies of what Europe does,” she said. which in the end cost the company “millions of dollars.” The OPC co-sponsored the event with the Columbia “I’ve seen major international news organizations Journalism School and the Dart Center for Journalism and walk away from their freelance reporters, even some Trauma. 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 Executive Director, Alexis Gelber President and CEO Foreign International Journalism Prizes William J. Holstein International House Correspondent Evelyn Leopold Columbia University Graduate School Marshall Loeb The New York Times Independent Journalist of Journalism Larry Martz SECOND VICE PRESIDENT United Nations Charles Wallace Columbia University Roy Rowan Abigail Pesta Jane Ciabattari Financial Writer Awards 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 Bill Collins Editor The Daily Beast, Director, Public & EDITOR Forbes Asia Paris Lara Setrakian Business Affairs Chad Bouchard Co-Founder & CEO Ford Motor Comapny SECRETARY Peter S. Goodman News Deeply OPC Jonathan Dahl Editor-in-Chief Emma Daly ISSN-0738-7202 Editor-in-Chief International Martin Smith Communications Copyright © 2014 WSJ.Money Business Times President 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 • October 2014 • Page 2 2013 OPC Award Photos on Display at Columbia J-School Robert Nickelsberg and Jerome Delay of AP, who won EVENT RECAP the John Faber Award for his photos of unrest in the Cen- By Chad Bouchard tral African Republic. Photojournalists working in conflict areas face in- James Estrin, one of two co-editors of The New York creasing risks that heighten the need for safety and good (Continued on Page 4) planning. Working with dependable fixers, staying in touch with TWO OPC BOOK NIGHTS AHEAD editors and building trust with subjects were among the Mark your calendars for two OPC book many tips that two OPC award-winning photographers nights coming up at Club Quarters in November and a photo editor shared during a panel discussion on and December. best practices in international reporting on Thursday, Sept. On Friday, Nov. 7, join us for a discussion 25 at the Columbia University School of Journalism. with Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof The event coincided with the launch of a photo ex- and Sheryl WuDunn on their new book Path hibit on the building’s 3rd floor that will remain open Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Op- until the end of October, featuring work by Tyler Hicks, portunity. Kristof is an OPC award winner and longtime member of the club. The book centers on philanthropy, its benefits to the giver and best practices for getting the most out of chari- table work. Stop by on Monday, Dec. 1 to hear from OPC awards judge Anya Schiffrin on her book about investigative journalism, Global Muckrak- ing: 100 Years of Investigative Journalism From Around the World. Schiffrin is the director of the media and communications specialization at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs. Chad Bouchard Both events begin with cocktails at 6:00, and Left to right: Robert Nickelsberg, Sarah Voisin and James the main programs will start at 6:30.
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