Nick Anderson, President of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and cartoonist for the Houston Chronicle, has released the following statement regarding the recent number of editorial cartoonist positions being eliminated. Everyone understands that these are tough times for newspapers, but they have gone from full panic mode to suicide mode. Many editorial cartoonists are […]
What is becoming known as “he Midsummer Massacre” may not be over. A couple of news reports indicate that more job cuts are coming for select chain newspapers. Bloomberg reports that A.H. Belo Corp., the publisher of the Dallas Morning News and three other dailies, will trim 500 newspaper jobs. It’s unreported how many of […]
Dave Astor at E&P is reporting that Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial cartoonist Stuart Carlson has been “forced” to take a buyout. In an email Stuart wrote to milwaukeeworld.com he says, ‘Fraid it’s true. Given the cutbacks planned at the JS I was told they could no longer “justify” having a full-time editorial cartoonist. Although I’m […]