Sunshine week cartoon by Rex Babin. Used by permission Several editorial cartoonist from the AAEC are participating in Sunshine Week – a campaign to educate the public about the importance of keeping government information open and available to the public. Part of the campaign includes a gallery of editorial cartoons. This gallery of editorial cartoons […]
While no official lawsuit has been filed, Ted has stopped his pledge drive to raise money for this libel/slander suit against Ann Coulter saying that he now has enough. The proposed libel/slander suit is the result of comments she made that Ted had entered the Iranian Holocaust Cartoon contest – a claim he denies. He’s […]
In other award announcements, the AAEC web site has a round up. On their site are a couple of awards I didn’t catch last week. They are: Bill Whitehead, cartoonist for the Kansas City Buisness Journal, received first place from the Kansas Press Association for best editorial cartoons of 2005 for weekly publications. and Tim […]
E&P has a good summary article regarding the now official purchase of Knight Ridder by McClatchy that was first reported in the New York Times yesterday. Of interest is the price ($4.5 Billion – capital B) and that McClatchy will sell 12 of the newly acquired KR newspapers. See quote below for details on that. […]
John Scherffius has won the 2006 Wilbur Awards for outstanding editorial cartooning. The 2006 Wilbur Awards, recognizing outstanding work in the secular media featuring religious issues, themes and values, will be presented here April 1st at the Austin Ranch. The annual awards are presented by the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) and are named for Marvin […]