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Awards Dinner to Honor Correspondents Under Fire 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 The New York Times, 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 Afghanistan 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 Taliban in 2008. Held cap- correspondent for Afghanistan and the incident in an interview that is tive for seven months in the tribal Pakistan for The Associated Press, 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 Chicago 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 Nightline 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.
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