Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post that it was the first time the Post had rejected a drawing because of whom it targeted.
The Post’s opinions editor, David Shipley, said in a statement that he disagreed with “her interpretation of events” and that his decision was “guided by the fact that we had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon and had already scheduled another column — this one a satire — for publication. The only bias was against repetition.”
Cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes left the Washington Post amid a dispute over a drawing critical of the newspaper's owner Jeff Bezos.
I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at,” cartoonist Ann Telnaes said.
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes quits The Washington Post after her Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and Mickey Mouse cartoon is rejected.
The Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from the Washington Post after the paper refused to publish a cartoon in which its owner, Jeff Bezos, is seen beside three other ...
Ann Telnaes resigned as The Washington Post cartoonist after her work, criticizing billionaires' ties to Donald Trump, was rejected. She accused owner Jeff Bezos of prioritizing power over press freedom,
"A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a cartoon satirical of its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos."
News of the anticipated layoffs came on the heels of Friday’s resignation from the Washington Post by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
This is about retaining our competitive edge, restoring trust that has been lost, and reestablishing a relationship with leadership based on open communication,’ the petition, which was sent to Bezos on Wednesday,
Hundreds of Washington Post staffers sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos imploring him to meet and expressing deep anxiety over decisions at the struggling newspaper.
The Washington Post’s media critic bashed his own paper for failing to cover the internal turmoil plaguing the Jeff Bezos-owned publication ... which led Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes to resign. “The Post has a long history of warts-and-all ...