Finalist: Pia Guerra, contributor, The Washington Post
For her elegant black-and-white drawings that offer insightful commentary on the year’s biggest news events, illustrations distinguished by their simplicity, playfulness and emotional punch.
Nominated Work
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March 7, 2022
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April 1, 2022
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April 15, 2022
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April 29, 2022
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May 27, 2022
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June 12, 2022
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June 27, 2022
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November 18, 2022
Biography
Pia Guerra is a America/Canadian comic book artist best known for her work as penciller and co-creator of the DC/Vertigo series Y – The Last Man with writer Brian K. Vaughan. After the 2016 election she began drawing editorial cartoons that she posted on social media. This led to becoming a regular contributor to the Nib.com and the Washington Post. Along with her writing partner (and husband) Ian Boothby, Pia has contributed gag cartoons to The New Yorker Magazine and MAD.
Winners
Prize Winner in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2023:
Mona Chalabi, contributor, The New York Times
For striking illustrations that combine statistical reporting with keen analysis to help readers understand the immense wealth and economic power of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2023:
Matt Davies of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.
For his sharp editorial perspective on the year’s political figures, rendered in distinctive drawings that avoid formulaic punchlines and are often from the vantage point of those who are not in power.
The Jury
The Jury
Steve Duenes(Chair)
Deputy Managing Editor, The New York Times
Kainaz Amaria
National Visual Enterprise Editor, The Washington Post
Kathleen McElroy
Professor and Frank A. Bennack Jr. Chair in Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
Kevin Siers*
Editorial Cartoonist, Charlotte Observer
Raghuram Vadarevu
Senior Editor, Storytelling, The Marshall Project
Winners in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider, New York, N.Y.
For using graphic reportage and the comics medium to tell a powerful yet intimate story of the Chinese oppression of the Uyghurs, making the issue accessible to a wider public.
2023 Prize Winners
Miami Herald Editorial Board, for a series written by Amy Driscoll
Editorials on the failure of Florida public officials to deliver on many taxpayer-funded amenities and services promised to residents over decades.
Andrea Long Chu of New York Magazine
For book reviews that scrutinize authors as well as their works, using multiple cultural lenses to explore some of society’s most fraught topics.
Kyle Whitmire of AL.com, Birmingham
For measured and persuasive columns that document how Alabama's Confederate heritage still colors the present with racism and exclusion, told through tours of its first capital, its mansions and monuments–and through the history that has been omitted.
Staff of The Wall Street Journal
For sharp accountability reporting on financial conflicts of interest among officials at 50 federal agencies, revealing those who bought and sold stocks they regulated and other ethical violations by individuals charged with safeguarding the public’s interest.