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{{Short description|American cartoonist}}
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'''Walt Handelsman''' (born December 3, 1956, in [[Baltimore, Maryland|Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]) is an [[editorial cartoonist]] for ''[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]'' in [[New Orleans]]. His cartoons are syndicated by [[Tribune Content Agency]].<ref name="tca">{{cite web |title=Walt Handelsman editorial cartoons |url=https://tribunecontentagency.com/premium-content/editorial-cartoons/liberal-cartoons/walt-handelsman/ |website=Tribune Content Agency}}</ref>  He has twice won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning]], in 1997 with the ''[[Times-Picayune]]''<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/1997-Editorial-Cartooning "The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Editorial Cartooning"] at pulitzer.org.</ref> and in 2007 for ''[[Newsday]]''.<ref>[http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2007-Editorial-Cartooning "The 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Editorial Cartooning"] at pulitzer.org.</ref>

==Biography==
Handelsman graduated from [[Dean College]] (Franklin, MA) with an associate degree in Art Therapy in 1977; and the [[University of Cincinnati]] in 1979. He began his professional career at a chain of 13 [[Baltimore, Maryland]] and [[Washington, D.C.]], [[suburb]]an weeklies from 1982 to 1985, followed by positions at ''The Scranton Times'' of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], from 1985 to 1989, and ''[[The Times-Picayune]]'' in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], from 1989 to 2001, whereupon he joined ''[[Newsday]]'', based on [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. In 2013 he left ''Newsday'' to return to New Orleans with ''[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]'', which had recently expanded its coverage to include New Orleans as well as its original home in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].<ref>Rota Ciolli, [http://www.newsday.com/opinion/viewsday-1.3683911/ciolli-walt-handelsman-is-leaving-newsday-1.6349848 "Walt Handelsman is leaving Newsday"], ''[[Newsday]]'', October 30, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/home/7444981-172/pulitzer-prize-winner-handelsman-to-join "Pulitzer-prize winner Handelsman to join Advocate"], ''[[The Advocate (Louisiana)|The Advocate]]'', November 1, 2013.</ref>

He is the author of seven collections of his editorial cartoons as well as a children's book published in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Walt Handelsman |url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/walt-handelsman-1.812005?author=Walt%20Handelsman |website=Newsday |access-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018035556/http://www.newsday.com/opinion/walt-handelsman-1.812005?author=Walt%20Handelsman |archive-date=18 October 2012}}</ref>

==Awards==
Handelsman has won many local and national awards for cartooning excellence, including two [[Pulitzer Prize]]s, two National Headliner Awards, the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] Award, the [[Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award]] and 2003 [[Scripps Howard]] [[National Journalism Awards]].

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==External links==
*[https://archive.today/20130129201345/http://www.newsday.com/walt View Walt Handelsmans Political Cartoons at Newsday.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131213031125/http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/walt Walt Handelsman] at ''The Advocate''

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[[Category:Artists from New Orleans]]
[[Category:Dean College alumni]]
[[Category:Park School of Baltimore alumni]]


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