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AP wins 3 prizes at Overseas Press Club Awards

Apr 25, 2013, 3:13 PM

NEW YORK (AP) – The Associated Press and National Geographic have each won three awards for international coverage from the Overseas Press Club.

The AP’s Alberto Arce (AHR’-thay) won for best reporting on Latin America at the awards ceremony Wednesday in New York.

AP photographer Bernat Armangue (behr-NAHT’ AHR’-mahng) was honored for images of the conflict in Gaza.

The AP’s Oded Balilty (oh-DEHD’ bah-LIHL’-tee) won the feature photography award for pictures of an ultra-Orthodox wedding.

National Geographic won three of four magazine awards.

Winners also include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg Businessweek. They also include the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, CNN, Harper’s, CBS News, WGBH, WBEZ, Bloomberg News and Agence France-Presse.

Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw received a lifetime achievement award.

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