Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

A warning

Ann Telnaes

Jul 12, 2023

I just heard that the McClatchy publishing company is laying off three Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists, part of its larger strategy of eliminating daily editorial cartoons from its newspapers.

A few years ago I wrote a graphic essay for the Bertelsman Foundation and reprinted in the Washington Post, explaining why editorial cartoons are an integral part of a free press and democracies. I’m afraid the last panel now applies to my own country.

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