2024 Foreign Press Awards Dinner

December 4 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, at 6 PM

The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the USA (AFPC-USA) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Foreign Press Awards, the 2024 Prizes of Professional Excellence, and the 2024 Scholarship Awards for master's programs in the U.S.

On December 4, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, the AFPC-USA will recognize two outstanding leaders: Emily Wilkins, President of the National Press Club, and Jodie Ginsberg, President of the Committee to Protect Journalists, who will receive the Foreign Press Awards, the Association’s highest honor.

In addition, journalists from media outlets serving international audiences will be celebrated for their exceptional work with the Prize of Excellence. During the ceremony, scholarships will also be awarded to international journalists pursuing master's programs in the United States, supporting their continued growth in the field.

The Foreign Press Awards Dinner will be held on Wednesday, December 4 at 6 PM at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

This will be a sit-down dinner. The Foreign Press Awards will begin with a reception prior to the dinner at 6 PM at the National Press Club.

The dress code is business attire.

For information about tickets and sponsorships, please contact: contact@foreignpresscorrespondents.org.

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2024 FOREIGN PRESS AWARDEES

Jodie Ginsberg

Jodie Ginsberg is the chief executive officer of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that supports journalists at risk by documenting threats and attacks on the media, providing advice and assistance, and conducting advocacy. A journalist by profession, Ginsberg joined CPJ in 2022 from media development organization Internews Europe, where she was the chief executive officer. She began her career at Reuters news agency where she held positions including Bureau Chief, London. In 2014, Ginsberg was appointed chief executive of London-based freedom of expression group Index on Censorship, which she led until 2020. An internationally respected campaigner on issues of media freedom and freedom of expression, Ginsberg is a regular speaker on journalist safety and issues involving access to information. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.

EMILY WILKINS

Emily Wilkins is the President of the National Press Club. She is a CNBC correspondent for the network’s Washington, D.C. bureau, covering Congress, key regulatory issues and policies that impact American businesses and the economy.

2024 professional excellence awardees

Somini Sengupta

Somini Sengupta, a foreign correspondent for *The New York Times*, has reported from a Himalayan glacier, a Congo River ferry, the streets of Baghdad and Mumbai and many places in between. *The End of Karma: Hope and Fury among India's Young* is her first book.

David Cho

David Cho is the editor in chief of Barron’s and head of editorial content for Dow Jones Wealth and Investing, which includes publications such as MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily and Financial News London.

Previously, David was the business editor of the Washington Post, where he worked for 20 years. In 2014, David was a member of The Washington Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its reporting on the Snowden documents. In 2010, he was the primary editor of a series on compromised medical research that won a George Polk Award. His writing about the financial crisis, which included a major exclusive about the pending failure of Lehman Brothers, was named by the Columbia Journalism School during its centennial celebration as one of its “100 Great Stories” of the last century. Before joining The Washington Post in 2001, David worked at The Star-Ledger, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Korea Herald.

David got his MBA from Columbia Business School and also has master’s degrees from the Columbia Journalism School and the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. He is a graduate of Yale University. He also studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music.

Andrew Freedman

Andrew Freedman is a Senior Climate Reporter for Axios and an author of the daily Axios Generate newsletter. He covers climate science and policy, extreme weather and the energy transition. He was previously science editor at Axios, deputy weather editor for the Washington Post, and a Senior Editor for Mashable. He also served as a senior reporter for Climate Central.

At Axios, Andrew serves as a frequent panelist and moderator of live events on climate and energy, including at COP28 in Dubai and this year at New York Climate Week and the UN General Assembly.

Andrew holds a Masters in Climate and Society from Columbia University and a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts. At The Fletcher School, he studied international environmental policy, including the history of UN climate negotiations.

Benjamin Daniel

Benjamin Daniel is an award-winning journalist from Germany. Since 2021 he has worked as North and Central America correspondent for ZDF German Television in Washington, D.C. His area of coverage alternates between the White House, State Department, Congress, and Pentagon as well as news coming from Canada, the Caribbean as well as Central America. Among other roles, he has had prior to his position as US-based correspondent, Benjamin had worked as a war and crisis reporter around the world. In this role, he reported live from Gaza, Israel, the West Bank, Pakistan or from ISIL’s battle for Mosul in Iraq, for example. To date, Benjamin has reported from more than 40 countries for ZDF. Benjamin is the recipient of multiple German Television Awards and was nominated three times for the renowned Axel Springer Award. He received scholarships from the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Johanna-Quandt-Foundation and is a fellow of the RIAS Berlin Commission as well as of the Next Einstein Forum – Africa’s Global Forum of Science.

**Jennifer Griffin**

Jennifer Griffin currently serves as the Chief National Security correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). She joined FNC in October 1999 as a Jerusalem-based correspondent. Prior to that, she reported for 3 years from Moscow for FNC. Since 2007, Griffin has reported daily from the Pentagon where she questions senior military leaders, travels to war zones with the Joint Chiefs and Secretaries of Defense, and reports on all aspects of the military and the current wars against ISIS and Al Qaeda.

Stephanie Ochoa

Stephanie Ochoa is a Mexican journalist based in Washington D.C. since 2020. She has more than 10 years of experience covering social and political issues in Mexico, Spain, and the United States. She is currently a White House Correspondent for Entravision. In this role, she reports daily -in Spanish- on national political issues for more than 20 of its local TV stations throughout the country under the Univision signal. One of the pillars of her daily coverage is the impact that this process will have on the Latino community, the biggest and fastest-growing minority in the US. In 2021 she earned recognition as an “Emerging Leader” by the Washington Academy of Political Arts and Sciences and in 2023, she received a “Capital Emmy” for her reporting on the 2022 US midterm elections for Telemundo Washington. Her work was highlighted in the photographic archive of women journalists in risk coverage, chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Diyar Kurda

Diyar Kurda is a Kurdish journalist and Washington D.C. Bureau Chief for Rudaw Media Network, one of the leading media outlets in the Middle East. While still an undergraduate, Diyar joined Rudaw in 2015 as Editor of the International Desk. In July 2020, he became the head of the planning department at the same media outlet. Since, 2022, he serves as the Washington D.C. Bureau Chief of Rudaw and senior political correspondent.
Diyar currently covers White House, the State Department andPentagon, regularly attending press briefings and asking questions about Middle East, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Kurdish issues in the region. During his time as a journalist in Washington D.C., Diyar has conducted many interviews with current and former U.S. officials on Middle East and Iraq affairs, including John Kirby, United States National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications; Major General Patric Ryder, US Department of Defense Spokesperson; John Bolton, Former National Security Advisor; Geoffrey Pyatt, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State; Victoria Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran Affairs; Andrew Plitt, Senior USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Middle East Region; and Karen Chandler, Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM).
He has also interviewed many members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Diyar has written extensively on U.S. national security and foreign policy toward the Middle East, Iraq, and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), including coverage of the fight against ISIS and the future security of the region. Born and raised in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Diyar graduated among the top three students from the University of Kurdistan Hewler (UKH), the region’s leading university.

2024 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES

Ivan Laszlo Nagy

Ivan Laszlo Nagy is a Budapest-based political journalist and podcaster, currently pursuing his M.A. degree at Columbia Journalism School with Politics concentration. Prior to his move to the US, he was a key figure at HVG, one of Hungary’s last remaining independent news outlets as a political reporter, analyst, and commentator focusing on democratic security, as well as the host and editor of Hungary’s #1 news podcast. He is an expert on populism, quasi-authoritarian regimes and political communication, and he is also a fellow of Visegrad Insight, the leading English language think-tank of Central Eastern Europe. He is a regular commentator on Hungarian foreign policy in the international press, appearing in the likes of BBC Newshour, LBC, EUobserver, L’Espresso or TVN24.

Chris Caurla

Chris Caurla is an award-winning multimedia reporter with a focus on on-the-ground coverage of social justice issues. He has worked with top media outlets in Italy, Germany, and the US, contributing to international investigations published by DW and in joint collaborations with Netra News, Lighthouse Reports, and The Guardian.

In the past seven years, Chris has reported on human rights abuses in Bangladesh, the opioid crisis in West Africa, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. His work includes producing documentary investigations with results discussed in US and EU parliamentary committees, hosting talk shows watched by millions of people, and collaborating on the launch of successful digital projects like a YouTube channel and a podcast. His stories have reached millions globally and earned numerous international awards, including the Human Rights Press Award, the Deauville Green Awards, and the Asian Broadcasting Union UNICEF Awards.

Currently, Chris is based in New York, where he is pursuing a Master of Arts in Politics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.