Ann Telnaes, who quit Washington Post in protest, wins Pulitzer for ‘fearlessness’ in commentary

The American cartoonist Ann Telnaes (Stockholm, 1960), who earlier this year had resigned her position in The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos's diary, after one of his cartoons, in which he satirized the obedience of media magnates and technology companies to Donald Trump, was rejected by editor David Shipley, won his second Pulitzer in the category of “reporting and enlightened comments” for “offering penetrating comments on powerful people and ins…

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It’s that time of year again when the liberal media pats themselves on the back and gives themselves awards for being biased hacks in various categories, A.K.A. The Pulitzer Prizes. During Monday’s announcement of the winners, administrator Marjorie Miller droned on in monotone as she put the press’s right to free speech above that of critics. She decried who had negative things to say about the press, suggesting it was un-American and an infrin…

She quit the paper in protest, and then won a Pulitzer Prize — and other highlights from journalism’s biggest awards

Back in January, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes was doing what she does best — using her superb artistic skills and smart sensibilities to poke the powerful and hold […] The post She quit the paper in protest, and then won a Pulitzer Prize — and other highlights from journalism’s biggest awards appeared first on Poynter.

Ann Telnaes has won a Pulitzer Prize for her courageous decision to leave The Washington Post. The cartoonist did the honorable thing after a cartoon she made about Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos, among others, was not published. The latter is, after all, the owner of that American newspaper.

Press freedom: Ann Telnaes made cartoons for the American newspaper for seventeen years. She left in January, after a critical strip about Washington…

American cartoonist Ann Telnaes has won a Pulitzer Prize - the most important journalism awards in the US. The jury praised the cartoonist for her "fearlessness, which led to her leaving a news organization". Telnaes resigned from The Washington Post earlier this year, after a mocking cartoon about Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was not published.