The Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism has named it’s 2009 winner, and among the distinguished journalists is Cagle.com cartoonist Ed Stein, former staff cartoonist at the now defunct Rocky Mountain News.
Ed’s work was recognized for it’s graphic sophistication covering the economy, torture and other crucial issues.
The Aronson Awards have been presented since [...]

Ed Stein, the former editorial cartoonist at the Rocky Mountain News, is preparing to bring back his popular local comic strip ‘Denver Square.’
But there’s a catch — you have to subscribe to InDenverTimes.com.
InDenverTimes.com is a new website being started by former Rocky journalists and some investors, and they have a goal of securing 50,000 subscribers [...]

The State is reporting that its award-winning editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail is resigning effective Friday from South Carolina newspaper
Ariail, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1995 and 2000, turned down a part-time job that had been offered in the wake of cost-cutting measures taken by the paper’s parent, The McClatchy Company.
Last week, the paper laid off [...]

The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado’s oldest newspaper founded in 1859, will close its doors and publish its last issue on Friday, February 27.
“Today the Rocky Mountain News, long the leading voice in Denver, becomes a victim of changing times in our industry and huge economic challenges,” Rich Boehne, chief executive officer of Scripps Howard, said [...]