Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post

Ann Telnaes creates editorial cartoons in various mediums — animation, visual essays, live sketches and traditional print. She worked for The Washington Post from 2008 to 2025. Ann won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for her print cartoons and the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for 2016. She was awarded the international EWK Award, named after the legendary Swedish cartoonist Ewert Karlsson in 2021 and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her illustrated reporting and cartooning in 2022. In 2023 Ann won the Herblock Prize, named after the legendary editorial cartoonist, Herb Block.