Al Goodwyn is having an, uh, interesting week. The day after he won a regional journalism award for his editorial cartooning, a South Carolina paper drop the syndicated cartoonist and apologized for running a cartoon of his that many readers found offensive:

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/06/11/newspaper-apologizes-for-devisive-cartoon/

Michael Cavna picked up on the story at Comic Riffs: how the paper threw one of their editors under the bus, and the efforts the cartoonist made to open a dialog with community members who were offended by the cartoon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/11/seneca-journal-cartoon-south-carolina/

Earlier this week Al Goodwyn won the Dateline Award for journalism excellence from the Washington DC Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Goodwyn draws for The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg, VA. Congrats, Al!

https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/06/11/al-goodwyn-wins-2020-journalism-dateline-award/