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The Independent UK
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Lisa Baumann

Ann Telnaes, who quit Washington Post in protest, wins Pulitzer for 'fearlessness' in commentary

Pulitzer Prizes Commentary - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A longtime editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post who quit in protest early this year after editors killed her sketch criticizing the Post owner and other media chief executives working to curry favor with Trump has won the Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and commentary.

Ann Telnaes won for “delivering piercing commentary on powerful people and institutions with deftness, creativity – and a fearlessness that led to her departure from the news organization after 17 years,” according to the Pulitzer announcement on Monday.

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