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The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Cartooning

Finalist: Mark Fiore, freelance cartoonist

For clever, multi-dimensional editorial cartoons that set a high bar for video and biting political satire in an increasingly digital journalism universe, resulting in animation that is simple but powerful and may help engage a younger audience at a time when the industry is seeking to capture new viewers and readers.

Nominated Work

October 11, 2017
Kill-A-Kid for Congress
November 15, 2017
Tax Reform Plan of Wonder
November 8, 2017
Stealing Is Legal
December 14, 2017
Trump Ends the War On Christmas
October 4, 2017
As Time Goes By
November 29, 2017
The Battle of Doughnuts
November 1, 2017
Law & Oranger
September 7, 2017
Chemical Liberty
August 30, 2017
The Punch-A-Nazi Kit
October 25, 2017
Presidential Condolence Line
February 22, 2017
Sweden Attacks
July 26, 2017
Peak Satire Moonshot
June 28, 2017
Institute for Empathetic Studies
February 15, 2017
QVC-ocracy
July 5, 2017
Thank You, Twitter

Biography

Mark Fiore, who the Wall Street Journal has called “the undisputed guru of the form,” creates cartoons in San Francisco, one of the most fertile regions for creating editorial cartoons. His work has appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, Newsweek.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, MotherJones.com, NPR’s web site and is currently being featured by KQED online, Truthdig.com and others. Fiore’s political animation has appeared on Frontline/POV, Bill Moyers Journal, Salon.com and cable and broadcast outlets across the globe.

Beginning his professional life by drawing traditional political cartoons for newspapers, Fiore’s work appeared in publications ranging from the Washington Post to the Los Angeles Times. In the late 1990s, he began to experiment with animating political cartoons and, after a short stint at the San Jose Mercury News as their staff cartoonist, Fiore devoted much of his energy to animation.

Growing up in California, Fiore also spent a good portion of his life in the backwoods of Idaho. It was this combination that shaped him politically. Mark majored in political science at Colorado College, where, in a perfect send-off for a cartoonist, he received his diploma in 1991 as commencement speaker Dick Cheney smiled approvingly.

Mark Fiore was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for political cartooning in 2010, the Herblock Prize in 2016, a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2004 and has twice received an Online Journalism Award for commentary from the Online News Association (2002, 2008). Fiore has received two awards for his work in new media from the National Cartoonists Society (2001, 2002), and in 2006 received The James Madison Freedom of Information Award from The Society of Professional Journalists.

Winners

Prize Winner in Editorial Cartooning in 2018:

Jake Halpern, freelance writer, and Michael Sloan, freelance cartoonist, The New York Times

For an emotionally powerful series, told in graphic narrative form, that chronicled the daily struggles of a real-life family of refugees and its fear of deportation. Editorial Cartooning

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Cartooning in 2018:

Mike Thompson of Detroit Free Press

For a provocative, nuanced and impactful portfolio of editorial cartoons that took on a variety of social issues, including, health care, police brutality, sexual harassment and education, through traditional panels and digital animation.

The Jury

Jim Strauss(Chair)

President and Publisher

Matthew Carroll

Professor of the Practice of Journalism

Veda Morgan

News Director

Sandra E. Sanchez

Opinion Editor

Matthew J. Von Pinnon

Editor-in-Chief

Winners in Editorial Cartooning

2017

Jim Morin

For editorial cartoons that delivered sharp perspectives through flawless artistry, biting prose and crisp wit.
2016

Jack Ohman

For cartoons that convey wry, rueful perspectives through sophisticated style that combines bold line work with subtle colors and textures.
2015

Adam Zyglis

Who used strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in a few words.
2014

Kevin Siers

For his thought provoking cartoons drawn with a sharp wit and bold artistic style.
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2018 Prize Winners

Investigative Reporting

Staff of The Washington Post

For purposeful and relentless reporting that changed the course of a Senate race in Alabama by revealing a candidate’s alleged past sexual harassment of teenage girls and subsequent efforts to undermine the journalism that exposed it.
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