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Editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett works for the Chattanooga Times Free Press
This article is about the cartoonist. For the businessman and sports owner, see Clayton Bennett.Clay Bennett (born January 20, 1958 Clinton, South Carolina) is an American editorial cartoonist. Currently drawing for the Chattanooga Times Free Press,[1] Bennett is the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
Graduating from the University of North Alabama in 1980, Bennett briefly served as a staff artist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Fayetteville (NC) Times before spending thirteen years as the editorial cartoonist for the St. Petersburg Times.
Bennett went on to serve as the editorial cartoonist for The Christian Science Monitor from 1997 to 2007. [2]During that decade he was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize six times, receiving The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2002. Bennett has earned almost every honor his profession has to offer including the Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award, the National Cartoonist Society Award for Editorial Cartoons, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Award, the National Headliner Award and the Thomas Nast Award from the Overseas Press Club.
Past President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Bennett was hired by the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 2007. He lives in Tennessee with his wife, artist Cindy Procious, [3] and family. His work is syndicated internationally by The Washington Post Writers Group.[4]Awards
- 2010 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
- 2009 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
- 2008 Ink Bottle Award, Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
- 2007 Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America
- 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Cartoons
- 2005 Thomas Nast Award, Overseas Press Club of America
- 2005 John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning
- 2004 National Population Cartoon Contest, Grand Prize
- 2004 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
- 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning [5]
- 2002 Best Editorial Cartoons, National Cartoonists Society
- 2002 National Journalism Award, Scripps Howard Foundation
- 2001 Sigma Delta Chi Award, Society of Professional Journalists
- 2001 John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning
- 2001 Editorial Cartoonist of the Year, Editor & Publisher magazine
- 2000 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
- 1999 National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons
- 1994 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
- 1990 Jane Roe Media Award, Florida Abortion Rights Action League
- 1986 H. L. Mencken Award for Best Cartoon, Free Press Association
- 1984 Green Eyeshade Award for Editorial Cartoons, Society of Professional Journalists
- 1979 Society for Collegiate Journalists Award for Editorial Cartoons
References
- ^ Chattanooga Times Free Press
- ^ "Man of many cartoons", Steven Ellis, Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2006.
- ^ http://www.cindyprocious.com
- ^ The Washington Post Writers Group
- ^ 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
External links
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