The Journal News, by Matt Davies
Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger (left) presents Matt Davies with the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning.
Winning Work
April 4, 2003
August 15, 2003
March 31, 2003
July 2, 2003
December 9, 2003
August 20, 2003
August 6, 2003
November 2, 2003
June 4, 2003
November 18, 2003
June 25, 2003
August 16, 2003
January 23, 2003
September 18, 2003
April 9, 2003
August 31, 2003
October 12, 2003
May 21, 2003
Biography
Born in London, England in 1966, Matt Davies moved to the U.S. in 1983.
After studying illustration and fine art at the Savannah College of Art & Design (GA) and The School of Visual Arts in New York City, he began drawing editorial cartoons full-time for The Journal News in Westchester County (NY) in 1993.
Syndicated since 1994, his cartoons are distributed worldwide by Tribune Media Services and appear regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and USA Today. His work has also been featured in Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report and on CNN.
Davies was the recipient of the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for a collection of his work detailing such subjects as police brutality, racism and school overcrowding. He is a four-time winner of the Society of Professional Journalists' (New York Chapter) Deadline Club Award - including the 2001 prize for his 9/11 related work - and has been honored for his local cartoons with five first place awards in the New York Associated Press Editorial Cartooning Competition. Davies is president-elect of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
Davies and his wife, Lucy, live in Connecticut with their two young daughters.