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Ann Telnaes Wins Worldwide EWK Award
This yr’s EWK award goes to a seasoned veteran amongst political cartoonists. Swedish-born Ann Telnaes, who indicators for The Washington Post, has for a few years labored within the epicenter of American politics.
The EWK selection jury noted (via Google Translate):
In occasions when media homes all around the world are decreasing their paper editions in favor of digital publications, the house for photojournalism is shrinking. There, the Swedish-born satirist Ann Telnaes’ fixed presence in The Washington Submit stands out as a shining star of hope.
In her footage, Ann Telnaes interprets the excursions of the American political sport with the identical rigor and presence as when she raises her voice for ladies’s and ladies’ rights on this planet. Ann Telnaes is one in every of modern-day’s foremost actors in political satire.
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists also hailed the honor to Ann:
The Washington Submit’s Ann Telnaes is that this yr’s winner of the EWK Prize. Named after political cartoonist Ewert Karlsson, and offered annually by the EWK Society in Sweden, the award celebrates satirists and cartoonists across the globe.
In an announcement Telnaes mentioned, “I’m very honored to obtain this distinguished prize and likewise grateful that the artwork of satire and visible commentary is acknowledged and valued. Editorial cartoonists and their work are an early barometer for the free speech well being of societies and an important a part of democracies. The troubling enhance of autocratic regimes and an intolerance in direction of freedom of expression exhibits that the work of my colleagues from all over the world is extra essential than ever.”
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