Winners of the Overseas Press Club Awards 2017 Annual Edition DATELINE WHEN CIVILIANS ARE TARGETS What will it take to stop the carnage? DATELINE 2017 1 President’s Letter / dEIdRE dEPkE here is a theme to our gathering tonight at the 78th entries, narrowing them to our 22 winners. Our judging process was annual Overseas Press Club Gala, and it’s not an easy one. ably led by Scott Kraft of the Los Our work as journalists across the globe is under Angeles Times. Sarah Lubman headed our din- unprecedented and frightening attack. Since the conflict in ner committee, setting new records TSyria began in 2011, 107 journalists there have been killed, according the for participation. She was support- Committee to Protect Journalists. That’s more members of the press corps ed by Bill Holstein, past president of the OPC and current head of to die than were lost during 20 years of war in Vietnam. In the past year, the OPC Foundation’s board, and our colleagues also have been fatally targeted in Iraq, Yemen and Ukraine. assisted by her Brunswick colleague Beatriz Garcia. Since 2013, the Islamic State has captured or killed 11 journalists. Almost This outstanding issue of Date- 300 reporters, editors and photographers are being illegally detained by line was edited by Michael Serrill, a past president of the OPC. Vera governments around the world, with at least 81 journalists imprisoned Naughton is the designer (she also in Turkey alone. And at home, we have been labeled the “enemy of the recently updated the OPC logo). Bob Nickelsberg is Dateline’s photo American people” by the president of the United States. editor. Our theme for this issue: the failure of the international Tonight, together, we take a awards, we recognize others who community to take any action in stand. Even as we endure barrage have risked all to tell the story of the Mideast wars to curb human after barrage of criticism, disdain that gruesome civil war. These rights abuses. In addition, Emma and danger, we commit to speak- awards showcase the professional- Daly writes of the important role ing truth to power, to standing ism, perseverance and courage that international correspondents will strong against tyranny in any form. are the hallmarks of our profession play in monitoring the actions of The press will remain a bulwark and the everyday reality for many the Trump administration overseas. against those who would subvert or journalists. There is also an essay by Chris deny liberty. We will persist as an In addition to six awards for Dickey on America’s endless wars— independent watchdog exposing exemplary reporting on the Syrian many of which he has covered. corruption and official misconduct. conflict, there were multiple win- Finally, we have a piece by Anjali And we assert once and for all that ners whose work illuminated the Kamat on government pressure on the news media is not the enemy of unraveling of Venezuela’s public the press and the resulting self- the people: not in the United States institutions, state media control censorship in India. and not in any country in the world. in China and Russia and the fight Of course, the OPC simply could This evening, with the Presi- against the drug trade in Colombia not continue its work without the dent’s Award, we honor our col- and the Philippines. Other work dedication of my fellow governors, leagues who have died reporting detailed unethical practices of the the leadership of Executive Director from Syria. And with six separate International Olympics Committee Patricia Kranz and the hard work of and examined the powerful elites Office Manager Lucrecia “Boots” R. exposed in the Panama Papers. Duque and Web Manager and Social In an encouraging develop- Media Editor Chad Bouchard. ment for the financial future of our Finally, we could not continue industry, several of our awards are without the support of all of you – to journalists who received funding individuals, companies and institu- from nonprofit organizations devot- tions. Your generosity and pres- ed to excellence in journalism. The ence here tonight ensure that the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Report- Overseas Press Club will never stop ing funded three separate award taking a stand against those who winners and one citation winner. work to undermine the fundamen- Groundtruth and the International tal right to a free press. Consortium of Investigative Jour- Thank you, and please enjoy nalists each backed another award- your evening. winning entry. The important time we spend Deidre Depke, a former foreign together tonight is made pos- editor for Newsweek, is the New sible by the dedication of many, York Bureau Chief at Marketplace, including the 90 judges who read, the public radio show produced by Deidre Depke watched and listened to nearly 430 American Public Media. DATELINE 2017 1 A girl reacts as coloured water is thrown on her face while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours, in Mumbai, India, March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade A girl reacts as coloured water is thrown on her face while celebrating Holi, the Festival of Colours, in Mumbai, India, March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade Reuters congratulates Reutersthe winners congratulates of the 2016 Overseasthe winners Press of the Club 2016 Awards. OverseasWe’re proud to support Press the Overseas Club Press Club Awards.and the 2016 award winners, and wish them continued success. We’re proud to support the Overseas Press Club and the 2016 award winners, and wish them continued success. 2 DATELINE 2017 Board Of Governors / Overseas Press CLub PRESI d ENT Steve Herman AS S O C I AT E deidre depke White House Bureau Chief b OAR d MEM b ERS New York Bureau Chief Voice of America bill Collins Marketplace douglas Jehl Director, Public & Business Affairs FIRST VICE PRESI d ENT Foreign Editor Ford Motor Company deborah Amos The Washington Post Correspondent NPR Anjali kamat Emma daly Freelance Journalist Communications Director SECONd VICE PRESIdENT Human Rights Watch Calvin Sims Scott kraft Sarah Lubman President and CEO Deputy Managing Editor Partner International House Los Angeles Times Brunswick Group THIR d VICE PRESI d ENT Rachael Morehouse daniel Sieberg Pancho bernasconi Associate Producer CBS News 60 Minutes Global Head of Media Outreach Vice President/News Google Getty Images Robert Nickelsberg Freelance Photojournalist Minky Worden TREASu RER Director of Global Initiatives Abigail Pesta Michael Oreskes Human Rights Watch Freelance Journalist Senior Vice President of News / Editorial Director NPR S EC R E TA RY PAST P R ES I d E N TS EX-OFFICIO Liam Stack Mary Rajkumar Marcus Mabry Breaking News Reporter International Enterprise Editor The New York Times The Associated Press Michael S. Serrill david A. Andelman ACT I V E b OAR d Roxana Saberi Freelance Journalist John Corporon Hannah Allam Allan dodds Frank Lara Setrakian Foreign Affairs Correspondent Alexis Gelber McClatchy Newspapers Co-Founder & CEO News Deeply William J. Holstein Molly bingham Marshall Loeb Martin Smith President & CEO Larry Martz President Rain Media OrbMedia, Inc. Larry Smith Rukmini Callimachi Charles Wallace Richard b. Stolley Foreign Correspondent Freelance Writer The New York Times Vivienne Walt EXECu T I V E d IRECTOR Anupreeta das Correspondent Patricia kranz Reporter TIME and FORTUNE Wall Street Journal OFFICE MANAGER Christopher dickey boots R. duque Foreign Editor dAT E L I N E The Daily Beast, Paris Editor: Scott Gilmore Michael S. Serrill International Columnist Photo Editor: Maclean’s Magazine Robert Nickelsberg Charles Graeber Art Director: Freelance Journalist and Author Vera Naughton www.veranaughton.com 40 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036, USA Phone 212.626.9220 • Fax 212.626.9210 • opcofamerica.org DATELINE 2017 3 Overseas press CLub ANNuAL awardS Jimboy Bolasa’s bullet riddled body was found under a bridge. He was one of thousands of alleged Philippine drug dealers killed after President Duterte took office. on tHe CoVeR: People run for cover after an airstrike hits Islamic State positions in Mosul, Iraq. Goran Tomasevic/REuters 4 DATELINE 2017 TAble of Contents President’s Letter/President’s Award 1 by deidre depke Covering the u.S.’s Wars Without End 6 by Christopher dickey ‘We Condemn the International Community’ 10 by Alessandria Masi and Hiba dlewati The Trump Watch 14 by Emma daly Shrinking Press Freedoms in India 18 by Anjali kamat THE OPC ANNuAL AWARdS 20 The Hal Boyle Award 22 The Bob Considine Award 22 The Robert Capa Gold Medal Award 23, 24-25 The Olivier Rebbot Award 23, 28-29 The Feature Photography Award 26, 32-33 The Lowell Thomas Award 26 The David Kaplan Award 30 The Edward R. Murrow Award 30 The Peter Jennings Award 31 The Ed Cunningham Award 31 The Thomas Nast Award 34, 38 The Morton Frank Award 34 The Malcolm Forbes Award 35 The Cornelius Ryan Award 35 The Madeline Dane Ross Award 36 The David A. Andelman and Pamela Title Award 36 The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 37 The Whitman Bassow Award 37 imes The Robert Spiers Benjamin Award 40 T ORK Y Best Digital Reporting ew on International Affairs 40 /N LAK u Best Investigative Reporting 41 EREH B Best Commentary 41 ANIEL D Where OPC Members are Welcome 42 DATELINE 2017 5 Covering the U.s.’s Wars Without End overseas reporters risk all to get beyond the propaganda newsfeeds, even as the President labels them “enemies of the people.” and a $70 million aircraft had to that were impossible to confirm By Christopher Dickey be abandoned and blown up after independently. If, as the saying goes, it crash landed. The incident was a truth is the first casualty in war, in ithin days of taking reminder—a brief one amid a storm our current era of alternative facts office, President and of controversies—that the United truth might never make it off the commander-in-chief States is involved in shadow wars battlefield at all.