Bad Reporter cartoonist Don Asmussen has won the Best of the West award for editorial cartooning. The award is sponsored by First Amendment Funding – an Arizona non-profit group with an aim to promote freedom of information. Also placing second in this award is Dave Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and third place goes to Steve Benson of the The Arizona Republic.
The competition is limited to a few states in the west and was judged by Chip Bok, of the Akron Beacon-Journal.