By: E&P Staff Nate Beeler, editorial cartoonist for The Examiner in Washington, D.C., was honored Tuesday night by the National Press Foundation for his contributions to the form.
Beeler, who is syndicated nationally by Cagle Cartoons Inc. in more than 800 papers and has been cartooning for the paper since its first issue in 2005, was bestowed the 2008 Clifford K. Berryman and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning. Previous winners of the award include such heavyweights as Steve Breen, Ann Telnaes, Signe Wilkinson, Stuart Carlson, Jim Morin and David Horsey.
?It?s incredibly humbling,? Beeler told the Examiner in a report on Wednesday. ?Looking at the list of past winners, it makes me heartened to see that some people think I?m doing a good job.?
Beeler, 28, worked for The Journal newspaper chain in suburban Washington before it became The Examiner in 2005.
?Not only is Nate a fine draftsman and a natural wit, he?s also a first-rate journalist,? Stephen G. Smith, The Examiner?s executive editor, told his newspaper. ?He has a sharp eye for incompetence and hypocrisy in government, and his cartoons draw attention to these failings as powerfully as any written commentary.?
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