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The Courier-Journal, by Nick Anderson

For his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.
Lee Bollinger and Nick Anderson

Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger (left) presents Nick Anderson with the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning.

Winning Work

May 13, 2004

May 16, 2004

June 9, 2004

June 11, 2004

June 30, 2004

July 22, 2004

August 17, 2004

August 24, 2004

August 31, 2004

September 9, 2004

September 29, 2004

October 19, 2004

November 14, 2004

November 19, 2004

November 30, 2004

December 2, 2004

December 8, 2004

December 9, 2004

December 12, 2004

December 16, 2004

Biography

The Washington Post Writers Group says, "Nick Anderson brings a fresh, youthful approach to editorial cartooning. His clean lines and classic style belie an unconventional message that carries wide appeal." Since joining the Louisville Courier-Journal in January 1991, a month after graduating from Ohio State, Anderson's cartoons have been published in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune.

At Ohio State, Anderson majored in political science and was editorial cartoonist for the university newspaper. In 1989, he won the Charles M. Schulz Award for best college cartoonist in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

He interned one summer with The Courier-Journal. After graduation, the newspaper created a position for him as associate editorial cartoonist and illustrator. He was promoted to chief editorial cartoonist in September, 1995.

In 1996, he began syndication with the Washington Post Writers Group. He won the John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning in 1999 and the Sigma Delta Chi Mark of Excellence Award in 2001.

Anderson grew up in Toledo, Ohio, in a family that was apolitical. At 15, he started drawing cartoons for his high school newspaper and immediately knew his calling.

In his spare time, he enjoys mountain biking and kayaking. He lives in Louisville with his wife Cecilia, and their sons, Colton and Travis.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Cartooning in 2005:

Don Wright

For his portfolio of wry but hard hitting cartoons that addressed a wide range of issues with unflinching honesty.

Garry Trudeau

For his provocative "Doonesbury" cartoons that used realistic characters to dramatize social and political issues.

The Jury

Dennis Ryerson(chair )

editor and vice president

Lucy Shelton Caswell

professor and curator

Linda C. Lightfoot

executive editor

John Mancini

editor

Morgan McGinley

editorial page editor

Winners in Editorial Cartooning

Matt Davies

For his piercing cartoons on an array of topics, drawn with a fresh, original style.

David Horsey

For his perceptive cartoons executed with a distinctive style and sense of humor.

2005 Prize Winners

Staff

For its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.