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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 11:51 PM Feb 2015

In Nod to Cartoonists, 2014 Polk Awards Honor Garry Trudeau

Source: Associated Press

In a nod to a craft in the spotlight after the Paris terrorist attacks, Garry Trudeau will be the first cartoonist ever honored for his entire career's work when the 2014 George Polk Awards in Journalism are given out in April.

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The announcement came as the school revealed its 2014 Polk Awards, saying winners include reporters who risked their lives last year to cover the Ebola epidemic, examine the rise of the Islamic State militant group and reveal secret ransoms paid for the release of hostages.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/york-times-miami-herald-jail-stories-share-polk-29006286

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In Nod to Cartoonists, 2014 Polk Awards Honor Garry Trudeau (Original Post) bananas Feb 2015 OP
... onehandle Feb 2015 #1
Doonsbury is exceptional social commentary, the longest-running real-time multiple-story-lines... Hekate Feb 2015 #2
appropriate reddread Feb 2015 #3
Very well deserved. (nt) Paladin Feb 2015 #4
Elitist liberals! Oh. Wait. I forgot. Conservatives aren't funny. Never mind. randome Feb 2015 #5

Hekate

(90,779 posts)
2. Doonsbury is exceptional social commentary, the longest-running real-time multiple-story-lines...
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 04:02 AM
Feb 2015

...novel masquerading as a comic strip ever.
He deserves this award and others.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. Elitist liberals! Oh. Wait. I forgot. Conservatives aren't funny. Never mind.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 12:28 PM
Feb 2015

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