Washington Post Cartoonist Who Quit Over Bezos Cartoon Wins Pulitzer Prize
Ann Telnaes resigned over a Donald Trump-inspired cartoon spiked by her bosses, while the Wall Street Journal won for its reporting on Elon Musk The post Washington Post Cartoonist Who Quit Over Bezos Cartoon Wins Pulitzer Prize appeared first on TheWrap.
Former Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes — who resigned in January over the paper spiking a cartoon that depicted the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, and other tech titans bending the knee to Donald Trump — won the Pulitzer Prize on Monday.
At the time, Telnaes said she had “never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” The Pulitzer board recognized her for her “fearlessness,” which led to her departure from the newspaper, which has seen a number of staff defections as Bezos has appeared to cater to the Trump administration.
In other categories, the Wall Street Journal won for its national reporting on Elon Musk, while the New York Times earned four awards overall, and three went to the New Yorker.
The Times was recognized for explanatory reporting, international reporting, local news (with The Baltimore Banner) and photography. The New Yorker earned its trio for feature reporting, audio reporting and commentary for contributor Mosab Abu Toha for his work on the devastation in Gaza.
ProPublica took the prestigious public-service award for its series “The Life of the Mother,” which the judges described as “urgent reporting about pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague ‘life of the mother’ exceptions in states with strict abortion laws.” In addition to Telnaes, the Post won for its breaking-news coverage of the assassination attempt on Trump in July.
Other journalism winners included Mark Warren of Esquire for feature writing, Bloomberg CityLab contributor Alexandra Lange for criticism on architectural design and the Houston Chronicle for editorial writing.
Beyond the journalism categories, Percival Everett received a Pulitzer for the novel “James,” a reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” through the eyes of the enslaved Jim. Universal acquired film rights to the book last year.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins was honored for the play “Purpose,” about a prominent Black political family.
A full list of winners can be found here.
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