THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA, NEW YORK, NY • March-April 2015 Awards Dinner to Honor Correspondents Under Fire EVENT PREVIEW: April 30 By Patricia Kranz “Free Press Under Fire” is the theme of this year’s Dateline maga- zine, which will be distributed at the OPC’s Annual Awards Dinner on April 30. Two reporters with first- hand knowledge of the challenges

and dangers facing international Heisler Todd Times York The New Shannon Taggart journalists today will be featured at Left to right: Dean Baquet of , David Rohde of Reuters the dinner, as well as the OPC’s ef- and Deborah Amos of NPR. forts to improve training for those less concern for our profession and to honor journalists killed during the who report in crisis zones. its practitioners,” Mabry told Rohde. course of their work over the last OPC President Marcus Mabry Rohde’s key role this year in year. Gannon was seriously wound- selected David Rohde, investiga- crafting a new set of industry stan- ed in last April when an tive reporter for Thomson Reuters, dards for freelancers working in dan- attacker shot the car she was riding to receive this year’s President’s ger zones was another important fac- while en route to cover upcoming Award. While on leave from The tor, indicating “how centrally I want elections. She was riding with Pu- New York Times to write a book to put those issues to the mission of litzer Prize-winning AP photojour- about Afghanistan, Rohde and two the OPC,” Mabry said. nalist Anja Niedringhaus, who was Afghan colleagues were kidnapped Kathy Gannon, special regional killed in the attack. She talks about by the in 2008. Held cap- correspondent for Afghanistan and the incident in an interview that is tive for seven months in the tribal for The , posted on our website. areas of Pakistan, Rohde managed will lead a moment of silence in the Pulitzer Prize winner Dean to escape with the help of one his traditional Candlelighting Ceremony (Continued on Page 2) Afghan colleagues. He won the Pu- litzer Prize in 1996 for his coverage Theater of War Event to Heal Hidden Wounds of the massacre in Srebrenica, and family and friends, will be aimed shared a second Pulitzer Prize in EVENT PREVIEW: April 28 at generating crucial dialogue about 2008 for coverage of Afghanistan The OPC is co-hosting a dramat- the unique challenges faced by and Pakistan. ic reading of scenes from Sopho- those report on war, conflict, and “I want to honor you, your history, cles’ Ajax with actors Frances Mc- other types of trauma throughout your spirit, your survival, your self- Dormand and David Strathairn. the world. Journalists who cover conflict The reading is translated, direct- Inside. . . often carry lingering effects of the ed and facilitated by Bryan Doerries Women’s Voices Panel Recap...... 3 suffering they witness. Theater of and produced by Phyllis Kaufman. The event is co-hosted by the Scholars Luncheon Recap...... 4-7 War is a public health project that has presented hundreds of read- OPC, the Kal and Lucille Rudman People Column...... 8 ings of ancient Greek war plays in Institute for Entertainment Industry Press Freedom Update...... 9 military communities as a catalyst Studies at Drexel University and Situational Awareness Training.....10 for facilitated audience discus- the Dart Center for Journalism and sions about the visible and invisible Trauma. Admission is free, but seat- Q&A: Tracy Wilkinson...... 11 wounds of war. This special pre- ing is limited. Check our website New Books...... 12 sentation for journalists, and their for details on how to reserve seats. (Continued From Page 1) Dress for the event is black tie. For the first time, the Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, will Awards Dinner will be streamed live. Check the OPC Panel: More Women’s Voices Needed to Fight Extremism deliver the keynote speech. Baquet started his career in website that day for the link. EVENT RECAP: March 16 1978 at the New Orleans Times-Picayune and worked By Chad Bouchard for the Tribune before joining The New York THE OPC THANKS SUSAN KILLE Times in 1990. He also worked for the Los Angeles When reporting on an international crisis, it’s critical Times as managing editor and editor between 2000 and The OPC bids a fond for journalists to seek out the voices of women. farewell to Susan Kille, who Women are often the first to bear the brunt of rising 2005. Baquet took over as executive editor at the Times began writing for the Bulletin in May last year. He won the Pulitzer Prize for investi- in November 2011. Following extremism and militarism, and they are also in a unique gative reporting in 1988 for leading a Tribune team that the death of Al Kaff, she took position to detect and prevent radicalization among exposed City Council corruption. responsibility for the People their own children. But their voices are too often lack- column. She also wrote our

ing in stories from foreign media, speakers said during a Photos: Chad Bouchard Deborah Amos of NPR will present this year’s 22 awards Press Freedom Update, book March 16 forum to highlight the work of women activ- in categories including news coverage, print, cartoons, pho- reviews and introduced the Rukmini Callimachi, left, and Gini Reticker tography, broadcast, books, commentary and multimedia. member Q&A feature. ists in North Africa and the Middle East. Amos covers the Middle East for NPR. She started her ca- Susan worked for The The OPC co-hosted the panel with Peace is Loud, the New York Times for 30 years Norwegian Foreign Ministry and International Civil Ac- reer at the network in 1977, and worked overseas as Lon- and then returned part- Kille don Bureau Chief and correspondent in Jordan, where she time for another four years. tion Network (ICAN). Abigail Disney, founder of Peace won accolades for her coverage of the Gulf War in 1991. “I thank my former boss Seymour Topping for is Loud, told the capacity crowd that militarism and ex- Amos worked for ABC’s and World News To- introducing me to the OPC and its members, tremism are the two main challenges to women’s lives speakers and award winners. The OPC is doing around the world, and therefore “we are more in need night as well as PBS programs NOW and Frontline. She important work and I was proud to have a small returned to NPR in 2003. In 2009, Amos won the Edward part in that,” Susan said. now than we have ever been for women’s voices.” Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting from Georgetown Susan is a consummate professional who met Filmmaker Gini Reticker said she wants to see wom- University, and won Washington State University’s Edward every deadline, challenged us to widen the scope en portrayed not merely as victims of violence, but as of the Bulletin and helped the OPC keep track of R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. active agents against extremism. the activities of our far-flung members. We will Rana Allam The dinner will be held at the Mandarin Oriental Ho- sorely miss her. “Women, in fact, are in leadership positions in a lot tel on Columbus Circle, and begins with a reception at Helping out with the Bulletin and preparations of the human rights organizations that are working still 6:00 p.m., sponsored by multinational computer company for the Annual Awards Dinner is the OPC’s new on the ground, and I don’t feel like their stories are cov- intern, Randy Fung. Randy is a second-semester Lenovo. Daimler, maker of Mercedes-Benz automobiles, student at the Bard Globalization and Interna- ered,” she said. is sponsoring a “Meet the Winners” reception immediate- tional Affairs Program that combines internships Egyptian journalist Rana Allam, former Editor-in- ly following the dinner. Tickets for this year’s dinner are during the day with advanced coursework on Chief at the English-language Daily News Egypt, said $250 for OPC members and $250 for a member’s guest; international affairs in the evening. Two of his that many women feel deceived by the revolution they teachers last semester are OPC members: An- $750 for non-members. Table prices are $7,500 (Friend), drew Nagorski and Ilan Greenberg. fought for, which has excluded women as polygamy and $9,000 (Sponsor), $12,000 (Patron), $15,000 (Fellow). repressive laws increase. OPC Board of Governors member Rukmini Callima- OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA • BOARD OF GOVERNORS chi of The New York Times, who moderated the forum, PRESIDENT ACTIVE BOARD Charles Graeber Robert Nickelsberg ASSOCIATE BOARD PAST PRESIDENTS asked Allam if she thought international media is cover- Sanam Anderlini, left, and Mossarat Qadeem Marcus Mabry Jacqueline Albert- Freelance Journalist Freelance ­MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO ing the challenges of women in Egypt properly. she said. “They’re often the first ones to warn us about Editor-at-Large Simon and Author Photojournalist Brian I. Byrd Michael Serrill The New York Times U.S. Bureau Chief Lara Setrakian Program Officer David A. Andelman “Absolutely not,” she said. American media tends to things because they’re the first ones to feel it and see it.” Politique Internationale Co-Founder & CEO NYS Health John Corporon focus on women’s issues from an American perspective, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Azmat Khan News Deeply Foundation Allan Dodds Frank Pakistani activist Mossarat Qadeem combats extrem- Calvin Sims Investigative Reporter Alexis Gelber and is “concerned with what we wear or whether we’re ism by enlisting mothers and training them to recopg- President and CEO Rukmini Callimachi BuzzFeed News Bill Collins William J. Holstein being harassed or not. Our problems are much bigger,” International House Foreign Martin Smith Director, Public & Marshall Loeb nize signs of radicalization in their sons. Correspondent President Business Affairs Larry Martz Allam said. “Our problems are violence at home.” Near- “We build [a mother’s] critical thinking first. We SECOND VICE PRESIDENT The New York Times Dan Klaidman Rain Media Ford Motor Comapny Roy Rowan ly every married woman she knows was beaten by her Abigail Pesta Deputy Editor Leonard Saffir build her ability and capacity to start questioning, be- Freelance Journalist Yahoo News Emma Daly Larry Smith husband at some point, she added. Jane Ciabattari Liam Stack Communications Richard B. Stolley cause in my view it’s the mother who is the first one to After a recent crackdown on non-governmental or- THIRD VICE PRESIDENT Columnist Breaking News Director recognize and realize the first sign of anger resentment Pancho Bernasconi BBC.com Evelyn Leopold Reporter Human Rights Watch EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ganizations, Allam said, “we really don’t have civil so- Vice President/News Independent Journalist The New York Times Patricia Kranz or behavioral change in her child.” Getty Images United Nations Daniel Sieberg ciety working for women anymore.” Only a few such Chris Dickey Global Head OFFICE MANAGER organizations are operating, but they are under legal Her network, the Institute for Inclusive Security, TREASURER Foreign Editor Seymour Topping of Media Outreach Boots R. Duque Tim Ferguson The Daily Beast, Paul Moakley Emeritus Google restrictions and lack support. ICAN co-founder Sanam teaches women to make their own livelihoods so they Editor Paris Deputy Director Professor of EDITOR can gain more independence and influence in their com- Forbes Asia Photography and International Journalism Abi Wright Chad Bouchard Anderlini agreed that foreign journalists should seek out Visual Enterprise Columbia University Executive Director, more women as sources. munities. SECRETARY Peter S. Goodman Time magazine Prizes OPC Deidre Depke Editor-in-Chief Graduate School ISSN-0738-7202 “Ask the women about what’s going on in their coun- “Unless and until a woman is economically empow- Journalist and International Charles Wallace of Journalism ­Copyright © 2015 tries. They will give you a perspective which is deep in ered, she can’t question.” Author Business Times Financial Writer Columbia University Over­seas Press Club Awards of America terms of the social context, but directly links it to the Qadeem said her group in Pakistan has rehabilitated political, to the economic, and gives you an understand- and reintegrated more than 900 boys who were on the 40 West 45 Street, New York, NY 10036 USA • Phone: (212) 626-9220 • Fax: (212) 626-9210 • Website: opcofamerica.org ing that you will not get from the political male elite,” path to violence and extremism. OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 2 OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 3 Junger Offers Wisdom, Urges Caution at Luncheon 2015 OPC Foundation Scholarship Winners pathizers make an organized annual EVENT RECAP: Feb. 20 march to the Israeli border via the reverse route taken by fleeing Pales- by Chad Bouchard tinians in 1948. This year’s OPC Foundation Scholar Awards Lun- cheon featured stories of inspiration and optimism – a J.p. Lawrence welcome antidote to a year of tragic news for foreign cor- Columbia University Graduate respondents. School of Journalism This year’s keynote speaker, award-winning journal- H.L. STEVENSON ist, filmmaker and author Sebastian Junger, told the 15 FELLOWSHIP OPC Foundation scholars he was impressed by award Funded by the Gamsin family and winners’ work, and encouraged the group to continue to Michael Dames sponsored by family and friends; dig in to a vocation he called “an almost sacred task.” Left to right, Fatima Bhojani, Alexander Saeedy, Katerina Voutsina, Max de- presented by Sharon Gamsin Haldevang, J.p. Lawrence, Makini Brice, Mariam Berger, Timothy Patterson, J.p. was a military photojour-

Eleven of this year’s scholars have fellowships around Michael Dames Jenny Starrs, Kyle Walker, Eilís O’Neill, James Reddick, nalist with the U.S. Army National the globe with The Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Sebastian Junger Tusha Mittal,Ted Andersen and Ben Taub. Guard in Iraq when he first met Street Journal, and the GroundTruth Project. Kyle Walker, a senior at the University of Tulsa and the Ugandan soldiers employed by Following is a list of the 15 schol- dent status to desperate villagers. He “This is a critical missing link in the career of many winner of the David R. Schweisberg Memorial Scholar- American private contractors. He is young people,” OPC Foundation President Bill Holstein arship and fellowship recipients for is also fluent in Spanish and French. intent on telling their stories and the ship, compared journalism to noisemakers he’d seen in 2015. The winners emerged from a said. “They need to get on the ground and get that first a festival procession during a trip to Croatia, a tradition price they paid to fight in America’s dose of professional experience; the first ratification of highly competitive selection process Eilís M. O’Neill wars. In his essay he wrote how U.S meant to scare away malevolent forces. Columbia University Graduate their talent.” consisting of 170 applicants from aid to Uganda supports a corrupt and “Journalism seems to be about making some noise, around 60 different colleges and School of Journalism Scholars shared stories about past projects and abusive regime. A graduate of Bard throwing light on things, getting people’s attention,” he universities. HARPER’S MAGAZINE College, J.p. has an OPC Founda- talked about what seeded their passion for journalism. said. “We’ve got to stave off the darkness in some small SCHOLARSHIP in memory of Transforming suffering and hardship into positive work tion fellowship with The Associated way.” Kyle Walker I.F. STONE Press in Uganda. emerged as a common theme of the afternoon event. During his keynote speech, Junger offered advice and University of Tulsa Endowed by John R. MacArthur Theo Wilson Scholarship winner Fatima Bhojani, a words of caution as he recounted his first impulsive foray DAVID R. SCHWEISBERG ME- and the Pierre F. Simon Charitable Mariam Berger student at the Columbia University Graduate School of into foreign reporting during the Bosnian War in the early MORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Trust; presented by Rick MacArthur, Oxford University Journalism who grew up in Karachi during violent up- 1990s. Ambitious but unprepared and inexperienced, he Sponsored by the Schweisberg Fam- publisher, Harper’s Magazine STAN SWINTON A former freelance reporter in heaval, talked about her reporting on children who live packed a bag, flew to Vienna and showed up at the As- ily; presented by David’s brother, FELLOWSHIP Matthew Schweisberg Argentina, Eilís intends to return to under the threat of drone attacks in northwest Pakistan. sociated Press bureau, disheveled and sweating, ready to Endowed by the Swinton Family; “The reason I’m so fascinated by violence and terror- As a journalist, Kyle intends to South America, this time as an en- presented by Helen Swinton, cover the war. cover national conflicts and societies vironmental reporter to cover the ism is that these are not just abstract forces that have fun- Stan’s wife “You know, we’re actually fine,” he remembers an in transition. In his essay, he wrote pressing issues that plague the entire Possessing an extensive back- damentally shaped my life,” she said. “You can either run editor telling him that day, “But maybe you would like a about Holy Week traditions on the continent, including specifically the away from it or embrace it and create something from it. ground reporting and studying in the glass of water?” Dalmatian island of Korcula where clean-up of the Riachuela River in Middle East, Miriam wrote about I hope I can create something meaningful out of what’s Undeterred, Junger eventually found work covering groups of local men lead a Good Buenos Aires. A graduate of Oberlin media politics in the region and the been given to me.” the war in Sarejevo, and embarked on a career that in- Friday procession singing, as they College, she is fluent in Spanish. In pressing need to cover the stories Yale University student Alexander Saeedy won the cluded covering the war in Afghanistan. have for centuries, medieval Croa- her essay, she wrote about the prob- that go beyond terrorism. An Ara- foundation’s first ever Fritz Beebe Fellowship, which is He said part of the power of journalism is that you tian hymns. With a double major in lems caused by the “soy revolution” bic speaker with some Hebrew and aimed at aspiring business journalists. The fellowship, en- don’t need an advanced degree or “permission” to go re- physics and philosophy, Kyle, a col- in Argentine agriculture. Persian skills, she is now earning a dowed by former OPC President Larry Martz and his wife port in risky areas, which “makes the profession and the lege senior and Rhodes finalist, is degree in Modern Middle Eastern Anne, will take Saeedy to Belgium to work for Reuters, world wide open to people,” but can also put early-career editor-in-chief of his student news- James Reddick studies. A former Fulbright Scholar where he will bolster his pursuit of a business journalism paper. University of California at Berkeley in Egypt and a Phi Beta Kappa grad- journalists in danger. Graduate School of Journalism career. uate of , Miriam “One of the downsides of journalism is that it’s incred- Max de Haldevang IRENE CORBALLY KUHN has an OPC Foundation fellowship H.L. Stevenson Fellowship winner J.p. Lawrence ibly exciting, and you really can get sucked into the drama Columbia University Harriman SCHOLARSHIP in the AP bureau in Jerusalem. spoke about meeting Ugandan soldiers working for U.S. and the adventure and the thrill of frontline war report- Institute Endowed by the Scripps Howard contractors while he was serving with the U.S. Army Na- ing,” he said. REUTERS FELLOWSHIP Foundation; presented by Jack Ben Taub tional Guard in Iraq. He learned that they had not been Junger decided to stop covering conflict after his Sponsored by Reuters and funded Howard-Potter of the Pamela Columbia University Graduate compensated for injuries sustained during their work. His friend, filmmaker , died from a shrapnel by The Correspondents Fund; pre- Howard Family Foundation School of Journalism fellowship will take him to the Associated Press bureau in wound while covering the civil war in Libya in 2011. He sented by David Rohde of Reuters James was already working as a EMANUEL R. FREEDMAN Uganda, where he plans to follow up with those contacts. felt he no longer wanted to risk causing grief and stress A Russian major at Cambridge journalist in Beirut when the Arab SCHOLARSHIP Roy Rowan Scholarship winner Tusha Mittal, also a among family and friends. Hetherington died from blood University, Max has traveled exten- Spring erupted in 2011. He wants to Endowed by family; presented by journalism student at Columbia University, talked about loss that might have been preventable if colleagues near sively throughout the former Soviet return to take stock of the region’s Alix Freedman, Manny’s daughter covering brutal conflict in eastern India, and visiting mas- him had been trained to stop the bleeding. In his honor, Union. He wrote about how the gov- collective loss and document the and Ethics Editor, Reuters ernment of does not rec- next chapter. Fluent in French with Ben got hooked on foreign cor- sive migrant labor camps in Abu Dhabi. She plans to Junger founded Reporters Instructed in Saving Col- ognize the existence of “novostroi- some Arabic, the Lewis & Clark respondence when he took a year work with the GroundTruth Project to return and continue leagues (RISC) to give free combat training and frontline kas,” or squatter settlements, and graduate wrote about Nakba, the off from Princeton to learn more telling their stories. medicine for experienced freelancers who cover wars. thus denies basic services and resi- day Palestinians and Lebanese sym- about the freelance world and found

OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 4 OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 5 his way to Kilis on the -Syr- a joint Master’s degree in Journal- Ted Andersen OPC Foundation Scholar Awards Luncheon ian border. In his essay, he wrote ism and French Studies and is focus- University of California at Berkeley about his last encounter in Kilis ing on the ways migration is shaping Graduate School of Journalism Photos by Michael Dames with American Steve Sotloff who Europe. In her essay, Makini wrote THE WALTER & BETSY was soon kidnapped and later be- about the plight of unaccompanied CRONKITE SCHOLARSHIP headed by ISIS. Proficient in Italian child migrants in France who lose Funded by Daimler and Supported and Dutch and learning Arabic, Ben the protections of the child foster by CBS News and friends; pre- has also a keen interest in immigra- care system when they turn 18. Flu- sented by Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews; tion and has an OPC Foundation ent in French, she has an OPC Foun- Vice President, CBS News fellowship in the Reuters bureau in dation fellowship in the Reuters bu- Ted became fascinated with Lat- Jerusalem. reau in Senegal. in America via a 3,000 mile, 23-state trek through Mexico. A graduate of Fatima Bhojani UC-Santa Barbara with an M.A. Columbia University Graduate Katerina Voutsina in international relations from San School of Journalism The Fletcher School, Tufts University Francisco State University, Ted THEO WILSON SCHOLARSHIP S&P Award for Economic and wrote about the economic and en- Sponsored by donations from fam- Business reporting vironmental problems posed by the Sebastian Junger, left, and Bill Holstein ily and friends; presented by Theo’s Endowed by Standard & Poor’s; 172-mile Nicaragua Canal. A mul- friend, Roz Massow presented by Natalie Evertson, S&P timedia journalist, he has an OPC Roy Rowan Scholarship winner Tusha Mittal with Rowan Born in Karachi at a time when Capital IQ Foundation fellowship in the Bang- political turmoil claimed the lives Majoring in European political kok bureau of The Associated Press. of many family members and raised economy, Katerina is focused on in , Fatima is no stranger policy making in the EU, its history Jenny Starrs THANK YOU to the chaos caused by violence, a and politics of institutions. In her Northwestern University The OPC Foundation is especially subject she covered in her poignant essay, she questioned whether Jean- NATHAN S. BIENSTOCK grateful for its Patrons and Friends essay about children in northwest Claude Junker is the right choice to MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP who supported the 2015 Scholar Pakistan living with the constant lead the European Commission. A Endowed by the Richard Leibner Awards Luncheon. Their contribu- threat of drone attacks. An aspiring native of Greece, she is a graduate of and Carole Cooper Family Founda- tions ensure the continued suc- national security and military affairs Panteion University with a master’s tion; presented by Steve Sadicario, cess of our scholarship/fellowship correspondent, Fatima is also fluent from Boston University. She has an N. S. Bienstock program. in Urdu and Hindi and is a graduate OPC Foundation fellowship with In her essay, Jenny wrote about of the University of Pennsylvania. in Brussels Election Day in South Africa and its Jacqueline Albert-Simon and Flora Lewis winner Makini Brice impact on immigrants trying to build Patrons Tusha Mittal lives and attain citizenship, a story Bloomberg Columbia University Graduate Timothy Patterson she covered for the City Press in Daimler School of Journalism Columbia University Graduate Johannesburg. A college senior, she Ford Foundation ROY ROWAN SCHOLARSHIP School of Journalism has experience both in print and vi- Endowed by family, friends and ad- JERRY FLINT FELLOWSHIP sual media and is looking to expand Reuters mirers; presented by Roy Rowan FOR INTERNATIONAL her coverage beyond the African The Wall Street Journal Already an accomplished jour- BUSINESS REPORTING continent. She speaks intermediate nalist in her native India, Tusha Endowed by family and friends; French. She has an OPC Foundation Friends wrote about “India’s hidden civil presented by Kate McLeod, fellowship in multimedia journalism The Associated Press war,” the Maoist conflict in eastern Jerry’s wife with the GroundTruth Project. India, and its brutal human toll. In After eight years in the U.S. Navy, N.S. Bienstock, Inc. her essay, she discussed a prisoner the Annapolis graduate spent two Alexander Saeedy BlackRock exchange involving 14 innocent in- years on a motorcycle on a 28,000- Yale University Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP digenous women. Born and raised mile trek from the top of Alaska to THE FRITZ BEEBE CBS News in Calcutta, she is a graduate of De- Ushuaia, Argentina, learning Span- FELLOWSHIP Sebastian Junger and Theo Wilson winner Fatima Bhojani Pauw University and speaks Hindi ish and Portuguese en route. Having Endowed by Anne and Larry Martz; Ford Motor Company and Bengali. Tusha has an OPC volunteered to go to Afghanistan as presented by Larry Martz The GroundTruth Project Foundation fellowship with the a combatant, Tim wrote about his in- Pursuing a combined bachelor/ /GlobalPost GroundTruth Project. vestigations of corruption within the master degree in economic history Pamela Howard Family Afghan National Police. Intent on a in four years, Alex is intent on a ca- Foundation Makini Brice career as a conflict reporter, he has reer in business journalism. Fluent in IBT Media New York University an OPC Foundation fellowship in French and learning German, he an- Knight-Bagehot Fellowship, FLORA LEWIS INTERNSHIP an Associated Press bureau in South alyzed the explosive growth of low- Columbia University Endowed by the Pierre F. Simon America. cost airline carriers in Europe and Standard & Poor’s Charitable Trust; presented by the rest of the world and asked why William S. Rukeyser Jackie Albert-Simon, Flora’s friend their growth has not been as great in With a BFA in screenwriting the U.S. He has an OPC Foundation from the University of Southern fellowship in the Reuters bureau in California, Makini is now pursuing Brussels. Fritz Beebe winner Alexander Saeedy, left, and Larry Martz

OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 6 OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 7 By Randy Fung and Chad Bouchard PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE... PEOPLE... v Russian newspaper Novaya Gaze- in jail, Mohamed Fahmy, a natural- OPC SCHOLARS torial cartooning. Kal has been an co-authored a book about veterans, ta reports that police in Moscow have ized Canadian who has given up his John Ismay, 2014 Flint winner, editorial artist for nearly four decades For the Love of Country, with Star- filed charges against Sergei Doro- Egyptian citizenship, and Egyptian is now the Veterans & Military Is- and his cartoons are widely distribut- bucks CEO Howard Schulz. vskoi, a former deputy governor ac- Baher Mohamed were released on sues Reporter at KPCC Public Radio ed by CartoonArts International and cused of arranging the murder of Igor bail in February. The two face charg- NEW YORK: Pulitzer Prize- in Los Angeles. Ismay had an OPC the New York Times Syndicate. Domnikov. Dorovskoi, a journalist es that they aided a terrorist organiza- Foundation fellowship with Global- winning foreign correspondent John with the Novaya Gazeta who died af- tion, which both have denied. Austra- Post. He was also a contributor to the Photographer Mads Nissen of the F. Burns has retired after 40 years ter he was beaten with a hammer near lian Peter Greste, also an Al Jazeera C.J. Chivers’ story in The New York Danish newspaper Politiken received at The New York Times. Burns start- his apartment building in Moscow in journalist, was deported in February. Rob Stothard/Getty Images Times of American military exposure the World Press Photo of the Year 2014 ed reporting from his first overseas to chemical weapons in Iraq. for his image of a gay couple during post in South Africa in 1976. He has July 2000, had written reports critical BBC staff hold a silent protest in an intimate moment in St Petersburg, since filed stories from bases around of Dorovskoi and other government In a report released on March 2, London against jail terms for Al Nizar Manek, winner of the 2012 Russia, where lesbian, gay, bisexual the world, including Moscow, Bos- officials. The charges mark an “un- the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Jazeera journalists in Egypt I.F. Stone award, will now be at the and transgender people live under the nia, China, Afghanistan and Iraq. He precedented” move against a mas- China found that its members were last summer. Center for International Development shadow of discrimination and harass- served as head of the Baghdad bureau termind in the killing of a journalist experiencing fewer delays receiving at Harvard University. With a keen ment. The photo also won first prize in during the American invasion and oc- in Russia, the Committee to Protect press cards than in previous years, ● Avijit Roy, a freelance jour- interest in Africa, he the Contemporary Issues category. cupation of Iraq. During his career, he Journalists reported. but authorities continue to threaten nalist and naturalized U.S. citizen of will be focusing on has written more than 3,000 articles cancellation or non-renewal during Bangladeshi origin, was stabbed to Egypt’s automotive Syrian lawyer and human rights and has won two Pulitzer Prizes for Al Jazeera is calling for the release the course of their work or as a result death on Feb. 26 by two unidentified sector. Manek was activist Mazen Darwish has been International Reporting. of two journalists whom the Nigerian of critical content. A member survey men while he was leaving a book fair previously a Marjo- named as World Press Freedom Hero government has detained for more conducted in January revealed that 10 in Dhaka with his wife, who was crit- rie Deane Fellow at by the International Press Institute PEOPLE REMEMBERED than a week. Ahmed Idris and Ali members had been threatened, and ically injured but survived in the at- (IPI). Darwish has defended media the Financial Times Ned Colt, a former NBC News Mustafa were taken from their hotel others detained or interrogated about tack. Roy covered a range of secular freedom Syria for more than a de- in London and Bar- Manek foreign correspondent who covered room on March 24 while they were their work. The New York Times has issues on his , including atheism, cade, and carried out his work over ron’s in New York. Asia and other regions around the getting ready to report on Nigerian not been able to secure visas for its science, homosexuality and free ex- the last three years from prison. The Manek is a frequent contributor to world, died after a stroke on Feb. 12 military fighting Boko Haram, part of correspondents since October 2012. award was presented on March 28 in pression. He reported receiving email Africa Confidential. at age 58. He was instrumental in the the network’s coverage of Nigeria’s Meanwhile, Reuters appears to be Yangon, Myanmar during IPI’s an- and social media death threats to networks coverage of the , the latest to join a list of news ser- Michael Miller, former OPC nual World Congress. elections. The two were accused of himself and family and friends from and was kidnapped for three days operating without protection or clear- vices with websites blocked in main- Islamists before the attack. Bangla- foundation fellow at the AP bureau in near Fallujah during his stint there. UPDATES ance. Idris is a veteran journalist with land China. The agency reported on deshi police arrested a 29-year old Mexico City, has taken on the Morn- After leaving NBC in 2009, Colt ing Mix team at . HOLLYWOOD, Calif.: Steven more than 30 years of experience. He March 19 that its homepage was not student and extremist blogger in con- Spielberg will direct Jennifer Law- worked at the United Nations report- joined the network in 2010. Mustafa, available, and the Cyberspace Admin- nection with the murder on March 2. Michael won several Society of Pro- ing on the Syrian refugee crisis and fessional Journalist Awards for his rence in a biopic based on the mem- a cameraman, has worked with Al istration of China did not respond to with the International Rescue Com- work the last five years with the Mi- oir of OPC member Jazeera since 2011. a request for comment. Censorship ● Journalist and human rights ac- mittee. He joined NBC News in 1996 ami Times. and war photogra- tracking website Greatfire.org report- tivist Abdul Karim Mohammed al- pher Lynsey Ad- and worked in London, Beijing and Washington Post Tehran corre- ed at press time that Reuters.com is 65 Khaiwani was shot and killed by un- WINNERS dario. Addario won . Colt is survived by wife, spondent Jason Rezaian, who has percent blocked in China. Bloomberg identified gunmen near his home in Heidi Levine became the first in- the OPC’s Olivier Cathy Robinson. been detained in Iran on unspecified News, The New York Times and Wall Sanaa, Yemen on March 18. He was augural winner of the Anja Niedring- Rebbot Award in charges for nearly eight months, has Street Journal websites remain fully a contributor opposition media and haus Courage in Photojournalism 2010. She also re- Maria Golovnina, Reuters bu- Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia reau chief for Afghanistan and Paki- been allowed to hire a lawyer. He blocked. a former editor of Al-Shoura, a pro- Award for her work in Gaza. The ceived the MacAr- Addario hired Leila Ahsan, who also repre- democracy newspaper that closed in award, which was in honor of Pulit- thur Fellowship in stan, died in Islamabad on Feb. 23 at age 34. Golovnina joined Reuters in sents Jason’s wife, Iranian journalist police arrested and 2005. Al-Khaiwani won Amnesty zer Prize-winning AP photographer 2008, and was part of a New York Yeganeh Salehi. The two were ar- jailed a teenager for distributing a You- International UK’s Special Award Niedringhaus, who was murdered Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 and worked in Lon- don, Singapore and . She was rested in their Tehran home on July Tube video in which he celebrated the for Human Rights Journalism under by Afghan police in Afghanistan in in 2009 for International Reporting 22, but Salehi was released on bail death of founding Prime Minister Lee Threat in 2008. April 2014. for work in Waziristan. based in Russia from 2002 to 2005, and later became chief correspondent after two months. President Barack Kuan Yew and criticized his authori- ● Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, a Four-time recipient of the OPC’s SEATTLE, Wash.: Three-time in . She reported from Obama called for the release of tarian control of the country. 16-year- well-known dissident journalist in Thomas Nast award, Kevin “KAL” OPC Award winner Rajiv Chan- Afghanistan during the 2009 presi- Rezaian and two other Americans old Amos Yee, a frequent video blog- Yemen, was shot and killed by two Kallaugher, cartoonist for the Bal- dresakaran, has announced he will dential election and reported from in a statement on March 20, which ger, was released on bail and faces a timore Sun and The Economist, re- leave the Washington Post to launch a Iraq. Golovnina moved to the London marked the Persian New Year. fine and three years in jail if convicted. men on a motorcycle in Sana’a on ceived two awards in less than one startup in Seattle, in partnership with editing desk in 2010, and covered the The incident comes as press freedom March 18. Kwaiwani reported on month. He received Europe’s Grand Starbucks, that will produce long- war in Libya in 2011. She was found An Egyptian court has adjourned watchers wonder if Kuan Yew’s death civil rights abuses and corruption, Prix Award for cartoon of the year, form documentaries focused on so- unconscious in Reuters’ Islamabad the trial of two Al Jazeera television could spark reform and loosen long- and was beaten and jailed under the and the 2015 Herblock Prize for edi- cial impact. Chandresakaran recently office, but could not be revived. journalists until April 22. After a year standing limits on free speech. (Continued on Page 10)

OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 8 OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 9 (Continued From Page 9) in a mortar explosion while covering Ciudad Nueva in Zanja Pytã, Para- fighting between Ukrainian troops guay, was shot and killed by two men Meet the OPC Members: a Q&A With Tracy Wilkinson former regime. He was a support- and pro-Russian separatists. Both on a motorcycle in the Brazilian bor- By Patricia Kranz er of the Houthi rebel movement, sides blamed the other for the death, der city of Ponta Porã on March 4. which took over Sana’a last year and Tracy Wilkinson is a longtime foreign correspondent according to news reports. He died The Paraguayan Union of Journalists sparked political upheaval. Houthi who currently works as Mexico bureau chief for the Los in a hospital from his injuries. Niko- said in a statement that Servían was forces have raided news outlets, de- Angeles Times, covering Mexico, Central America and layev joined Segodnya in 2008, and critical of the local government, but the Carribean. She started working as a metro reporter tained journalists and banned web- covered conflict and unrest in Iran, it was not known if he had received for The Times in 1987, and later covered news from sites amid escalating violence. Somalia, and Libya. threats before the attack. Four other postings in El Salvador, Vienna, Jerusalem and Rome. journalists have been killed near the She became Mexico bureau chief in 2008, when she was ● Ukrainian photographer Serhiy ● country’s northern border since the part of a team that won an OPC Hal Boyle Award for Nikolayev, who worked for the news- Gerardo Ceferino Servían Coronel, a radio journalist for Radio start of last year. coverage of the drug war. In 2011, she won a Robert F. paper Segodnya in Kiev, was killed Kennedy Journalism Award for coverage of the earth- quake in Haiti, and in September last year, she won a Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Tracy Wilkinson GJS Teaches Situational Awareness to OPC Foundation Scholars Latin America and the Caribbean. was probably the hardest story I had covered because By Kyle Walker probably loaded. In neither case are the rules of the game Hometown: I’m not sure what “hometown” means any it took me out of my comfort zone (Latin America) and In the late morning of Saturday, Feb. 21, all fifteen 100 percent clear. more. I live in Mexico City, I haven’t lived in the U.S. I had so much to learn while also working under dire 2015 OPC Foundation scholars gathered on the fifteenth This is where situational awareness comes in. You for 22 years. The last place in the U.S. where I lived conditions including mortar fire, lack of electricity and floor in the headquarters of The Associated Press in can’t know ahead of time what specific threats will present was Los Angeles, and I was born in Albuquerque, New extremely complicated logistics just to get around. More midtown Manhattan. We were there to hear from Frank themselves when you’re working on a story. Mexico. But Atlanta is probably the closest thing I have recently, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti was another very Smyth, veteran freelance journalist and founder of Glob- Sure, you can research the lay of the land, the politi- to a hometown, since I went through most of elementary difficult story – the concentrated mass of death and al Journalist Security (GJS). cal situation, the major actors, whether or not there have and high school there, and it’s where my mother lives. hopelessness in a country that was already pretty much on its ass. Smyth has filed stories from numerous countries in- been recent kidnappings – all topics we discussed Sat- Education: Proudly went to public schools in New cluding El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Rwanda urday – but precisely what will put your life on the line, York City and Atlanta, and then to Vanderbilt Univer- Well, of course, I’ve been and Iraq, where he was detained for 18 days by Baathist that’s impossible to know. So, like a street fighter, it’s My pet peeve about editors: sity. Also studied at the Universidad Complutense de blessed with wonderful editors. (Are they reading this?) forces in Abu Ghraib prison while reporting from Kurdis- important to be constantly aware of the changing situa- Madrid in Spain. tan. Smyth is now a world- tion on the ground. But I have seen cases at other papers where editors sit- recognized expert on press In all honesty, situational Languages: English, Spanish, some Italian. Can say ting somewhere in the U.S. think they know the story freedom. He’s what they call awareness was never some- “no problem” in about half a dozen languages. better than the reporter in the field, and dictate what the the real deal. story should be based on their (usually faulty) assump- thing I spent much time wor- First job in journalism: Interned at the Atlanta Journal And so is his colleague, rying about. But for the past tions. Or they encourage and accept faulty reporting that and then worked for United Press International, just out jibes with a preconceived narrative. Sara Salam, GJS’s senior year it’s been impossible of college, in Lima, Peru. trainer in personal safety and not to give it some thought: My journalism heroes: My father. A slow-and-steady- emotional care. Though not the murders of James Foley Where I have lived: Peru, Nicaragua, El Salvador, wins-the-race kind of guy. Unassuming, but, by all ac- a journalist, Salam is a cer- U.S., Austria, Bosnia, /Palestinian territories, Italy, and Stephen Sotloff and the counts, a true pro. In one of the eulogies when he died tified Krav Maga instructor Mexico. Where I have reported: Honduras, Guatemala, deaths or disappearances of in 2013, someone said he managed to be a tough and and founder of Washington, other journalists worldwide Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Chile, Venezu- Jane Reilly exacting journalist who was also a good man. D.C.-based martial arts stu- lent a serious tone to my ela, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brit- dio Luminous Warrior. Frank Smyth, center, trains OPC Foundation scholars how experience of Saturday’s ain, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey, , Serbia, What motivated you to write The Vatican’s Exorcists: But Smyth and Salam to avoid and survive conflict. discussion. Montenegro, Croatia, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Driving Out the Devil in the 21st Century? It grew out Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. made sure to caution us: Impressive as they might be, I can’t speak for my colleagues, but I can thank them of a feature story I wrote for The Times, about one ex- when you do find yourself in a hostile environment, you for what they brought with them to that room on the When did you join the OPC? Can’t remember. Maybe orcist in Rome. The story got a lot of attention and a don’t have time to ask yourself, “What would Frank do?” fifteenth floor. We were a group diverse in ability and late 1990s? publisher asked me to consider a book. I was reluctant or “What would Sara do?” experience level, ranging from me, a senior undergradu- because I knew it would be a difficult topic, where one In these fight, flight or freeze situations, it will be the ate, to a graduate student who spent time on the Turkey- Advice to journalists who want to work in conflict would have to suspend some of one’s own beliefs and ability to act intelligently and quickly, combined with a lot Syria border, to another graduate who has spent several zones: Secure as much backup from a major organiza- attempt to analyze seriously things you might not neces- tion as possible. You don’t want to be on your own these of planning ahead and a little luck, that will make the dif- years now reporting on India’s Maoist insurgency. And sarily understand or even think possible. But ultimately, days. Always have extra radar up to survey your sur- ference between escape and death or serious injury. that was a strength. I thought it was fascinating that the Roman Catholic So what’s the trick? The metaphor that stuck with me The combination of other scholars’ perspectives with roundings. Develop networks of people and sources you can trust. Work fast, discreetly, have an exit strategy. Church has official, authorized exorcists, the ritual is the most (but also the one whose faults I think GJS would the expertise and experience brought by Smyth and Salam still very much a part of church doctrine, and there are most emphasize) was this one: “Being a journalist is like made our discussion of personal safety, situational aware- Best advice about journalism received: Type your different schools of thought within the clergy. The book being a street fighter.” ness and risk assessment not only useful, but empowering. notes. (I never did, and I regret it.) Also: always ask, has been translated into numerous languages. In spite of the obvious faults of this image (e.g., jour- There’s something Smyth said at the beginning of the “did you see it with your own eyes?” People will tell nalists are better off avoiding fights than seeking them day that might at first be frightening, but the broad-based you all kinds of stories, but what did they actually wit- handle: @TracyKWilkinson out), it is a profitable comparison. Street fighters and for- solidarity I found with other scholars turned a potentially ness? Verify, verify, verify. eign correspondents are both playing a certain kind of alarming mantra into a call to action: “It’s up to you to Want to add to the OPC’s collection of Q&As with mem- game, and in both cases the stakes are high and the dice figure this out on your own.” Hardest story to cover: At the time, the war in Bosnia bers? Please contact [email protected].

OPC Bulletin • March/April 2015 • Page 10 OPC Bulletin • Month 2011 • Page 11 Russia, as well as recently declas- racy activist who became a beacon New Books sified U.S. government documents of the dissident movement. As Ped- NORTH KOREA outlining what No had divulged to erson left the Yangon home, Suu Kyi N THE GREAT LEADER AND American interrogators after his de- asked her to spread the word about I the Fighter Pilot, author and fection. the hardships that the peo- former Washington Post [Viking, “He was one of the ple of Myanmar have en- March] journalist Blaine Harden great witnesses of the cold dured under military rule. weaves together the duel biographies war,” Harden said in an in- “Don’t let people forget of No Kim Sok, a young fighter pilot terview. “His ability to tell us,” she told Pederson. In who defected by flying his MiG-15 a story was exceedingly the book, she draws from to an American base in South Korea good.” exclusive interviews with Harden covered East at the end of the war in 1953, and “The Lady” after her re- Africa and Eastern Europe that of “Great Leader” Kim Il Sung. lease in 2010, as well as for the Post during the fall No, who changed his name to recently disclosed dip- Kenneth Rowe after defecting, of the Eastern Bloc states in 1989. He covered Japan lomatic cables, and even secretly renounced Communism risked a trip to the coun- but pretended fanatical devotion and the Koreas from Tokyo from 2007 to 2010. He accepted a buyout try’s closed and opulent new capital so he could rise to the position of from the Post in 2010, and his work Naypyidaw during her research. fighter pilot and make his bid for has appeared in the Los Suu Kyi was elected to par- freedom. In doing so, he Angeles Times, The Wall liament 18 months after she was gave Americans a fully Street Journal, The Econo- released, part of the country’s functioning specimen of mist, Foreign Policy and so-called “winter thaw” that has re- top Soviet technology, as Politico. sulted in some loosening of oppres- well as documents, pho- sive policies. tographs and interviews MYANMAR Pederson is a writing teacher at to U.S. intelligence ENA PEDERSON, Southern Methodist University and agencies. Ra journalist and for- a frequent commentator on Dal- No, who is now 83, mer U.S. State Depart- las Public Radio. She is a graduate called Harden after read- ment speechwriter, sheds of Columbia University’s Graduate ing his best-selling biog- new light on the story of School of Journalism. She has writ- raphy of North Korean Nobel Peace Prize laure- ten about Myanmar for the Huffing- defector Shin Dong-hyuk, Escape ate Aung San Suu Kyi in The Burma ton Post, the Washington Post and from Camp 14, and offered to tell his Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the the Christian Science Monitor. She own story. New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation was previously the Editorial Page Harden filled in gaps using docu- [Pegasus, January]. editor at the Dallas Morning News ments from archives in China and Pederson’s biography begins and has served on the Pulitzer Prize with her secret interview with Suu board. Pederson, who currently lives Kyi in 2003 at her home during the in Dallas, , has written two 15 years she was still under house other books, What’s Next and The arrest. She was smuggled past Upcoming Events guards to visit with the pro-democ- Lost Apostle. — By Randy Fung Mixer at The Half King 6:00 p.m. April 22 WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS Dean Baquet Brianna Lee Theater of War Executive Editor International Affairs Reporter The New York Times International Business Times 6:00 p.m. April 28 Active Resident Active Resident, 34 and under

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