{"id":4637,"date":"2025-06-10T19:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T23:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/?p=4637"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T23:53:30","slug":"world-press-freedom-day-celebration-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/world-press-freedom-day-celebration-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World Press Freedom Day Celebration 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 5 many DC area cartoonists gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day<\/strong> with a panel of legendary cartoonists out on the front lines of free speech \u2014 and for the announcement of the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award<\/strong> by Cartoonists Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award was given to Zehra \u00d6mero\u011flu, a Turkish cartoonist who appeared on screen via pre-recorded video. She has been the target of criminal prosecution for a pandemic sex humor cartoon published in 2020 and faces a three year prison sentence (to give you an idea of the content think about a loss of taste and smell joke). I was surprised to not know about this cartoon and the cartoonist’s work\/life impact… until five years later and it’s still going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Panel participants included Barry Blitt (The New Yorker) Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher (The Economist), Joel Pett (Tribune Content Agency), and Signe Wilkinson (Philadelphia Inquirer). The moderator was Roslyn Mazer (SU Alumna and Free Expression Champion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) delivered a keynote address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event sponsored by: Cartoonists Rights, Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom Cartoonists, The Herb Block Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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