AltWeeklies Wire
Why Does the Pulitzer Prize Committee Hate “Alternative” Editorial Cartooning?
hese are the kinds of choices that I have seen over the last two decades as a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist. These choices were no worse or better than any other year that I can remember. Just same old, same old. And that’s the problem. And that’s the point.
Death to the Pulitzers
The top award in journalism makes journalists miserable.
I'd Buy the (LA) Times
Asked how they'd spend the $293.7 million they won in November's record Powerball lottery, a Missouri couple told reporters they planned to buy a Camaro. I could help them spend the rest.
Tags: Tribune Co.
Factchecking the Factcheckers
Whether people are deciding which of the two corporate major-party candidates to vote for, or they're looking outside the system to a third party, voter boycott or revolution to overthrow the entire system, they can't make an intelligent decision without knowing the pertinent facts.
Big Bird is a 1%er
If you accept public money, you're in public service and should get paid accordingly. Which is to say, fairly--and at the lowest fair cost to taxpayers.
Tags: Big Bird
The Pravda-ization of the News
Try as they may to make the news as boring as possible, U.S. media outlets keep churning out hilarious "news" stories. Hardly a day passes without the release of some piece whose content is so ridiculous, its tone so absurdly credulous, that it makes us feel as if we live in a bizarre reincarnation of the propaganda-soaked Soviet Union.
Who Polices Political Cartooning?
How can we expect editors and publishers to respect political cartoonists unless they respect themselves?
American Dogs Count More Than Afghan People
Don't news consumers have the right to hear from the "other" side of the story? Or must we continue the childish pretense that the Taliban are all women-hating fanatics incapable of rational thought while "our guys" are all benevolent and pure of heart?
Borders is Bankrupt. Will Books Survive?
The next time you walk past the empty ghost store where your local Borders used to be, you may ask yourself: Are we becoming a post-literate society?
First They Came for the Cranky White House Columnist
What if Helen Thomas were anti-Semitic? Free speech must be defended no matter what—even that of cranky anti-Semitic columnists (if that's what Thomas is/was). Unless we are truly free to say what we think—without fear of reprisal—free speech is not a right. It is merely a permission.
Seven Suggestions for Newspapers
Tens of millions of Americans still want newspapers enough to pay for them. Yet circulation and revenues keep plunging. Normally, when demand exists for a product, it is possible to sell it at a profit. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that poor management is at least partly to blame for the industry's problems.
Animated Cartoon: How to Save Newspapersnew
The average age of a newspaper reader is 55. Now, in handy Animated form, comes the solution: reaching out the older readers who are keeping the press vibrant!
How Top Dailies Are Killing Cartooning
This is the golden age of editorial cartooning — but you'd never know it to read the daily newspaper.
Why Political Cartoons Matter
Editorial cartoons have never been better, more relevant or more popular. But daily newspapers are phasing them out -- because editors don't understand them.
Last Chance for Daily Papers: Close Their Websites
Daily newspapers have embraced the "information wants to be free" ethos of the internet, and it has led them to the brink of ruin. The answer? Make the news they give away now expensive and scarce.
