Video: Ali Farzat interviewed tells first hand account of beatings
The Guardian has a great interview with Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat whose hands were beaten and left for dead last…
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Zapiro awarded Freedom to Publish prize
South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro has won the International Publishers Association’s Freedom to Publish prize. The…
Times-Picayune lays off cartoonist Steve Kelley
The big story in journalism today was the announcement that the New Orleans Times-Picayune to lay off one third of…
Three Alabama newspapers going to 3 week printing schedule
The Birmingham News, the Press-Register in Mobile, and The Huntsville Times are moving to a three-day-a-week-in-print schedule. The Press-Register is…
Sun-Times: We are no longer a newspaper
The Chicago Sun-Times announced changes to its leadership and reorganizing of its newsroom recently. This quote caught my eye: “We…
Times-Picayune to drop to 3x weekly newspaper
The New Orleans Times-Picayune will soon cease to be a daily newspaper. The paper announced yesterday that it was moving…
Papers lose $7 in print ad revenue for every $1 digital gain
The Pew Research Center has issued a report that isn’t so surprising, but offers more concrete numbers to throw around…
The future of syndication and cartooning
The Columbia Journalism Review has an interesting article about the future of cartooning. Discussed: The blessing and curse of syndication…
Susie Cagle arrested for second time and released
Last nights massive arrest of 400 Occupy Oakland protesters included for a second time graphic journalist Susie Cagle. According to…
Profiled: Wiley Miller, Kennebunkport, and editors
The Bangor Daily News interviews Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller about his life in Kennebunkport, ME and his views on…
Golden age of editorial cartooning is dead
A report from the The Herb Block Foundation declares the “golden age of editorial cartooning is dead.” A couple dour…
Cartoon Movement to publish Haiti book project
Cartoon Movement editors Matt Bors and Tjeerd Royaards spent a month in Haiti earlier this year with the goal of…
Prediction: Newspapers will be gone in 5 years
The Center for the Digital Future (part of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism) has released a study…
Susie Cagle: Not so fast. Charges still pending
Based on a report by Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA, several of us reported that misdemeaner charges against cartoonist, journalist Susie Cagle…
Jeff Stahler resigns during investigation of plagiarism
Jeff Stahler has resigned from his staff postion at the Columbus Dispatch yesterday according to an email from his editor…