Walt Handelsman (born December 3, 1956, in

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) is an editorial cartoonist for '' The Advocate'' in

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. His cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, in 1997 with the '' Times-Picayune'' and in 2007 for ''

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''.

Biography

Handelsman graduated from

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(Franklin, MA) with an associate degree in Art Therapy in 1977; and the

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in 1979. He began his professional career at a chain of 13

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and Washington, D.C.,

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an weeklies from 1982 to 1985, followed by positions at ''The Scranton Times'' of

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, from 1985 to 1989, and ''

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'' in

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, from 1989 to 2001, whereupon he joined ''

'', based on

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. In 2013 he left ''Newsday'' to return to New Orleans with '' The Advocate'', which had recently expanded its coverage to include New Orleans as well as its original home in

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. He is the author of seven collections of his editorial cartoons as well as a children's book published in 1995.http://www.newsday.com/opinion/walt-handelsman-1.812005?author=Walt%20Handelsman

Awards

Handelsman has won many local and national awards for cartooning excellence, including two

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s, two National Headliner Awards, the

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Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and 2003 Scripps Howard

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