Estelle Ellis, the Eastern Cape journalist known for holding power abusers accountable and feeding children in hospitals, receives the Lorax Caring Award. Her work includes court reporting on DMs, Covid and water issues plus mentoring young journalists. The award recognizes her voice for the voiceless and care for animals. The piece presents her as a model activist journalist whose efforts improve conditions for others.
The image shows Air Force One releasing several green missiles from its underside while flying. Below, a person wearing a blue vest labeled PRESS and a helmet raises a pencil overhead with one hand while extending the other palm outward. Papers scatter around the figure. The plane displays the American flag on its tail and standard markings on its fuselage.
A helmeted figure labeled press sits chained to a bed inside a prison cell. Chains connect the figure to the wall and floor. The scene includes a window with bars and a pillow on the bed. Text above states press freedom is in freefall. The image responds to ongoing concerns about media restrictions by showing the press immobilized and confined.
Bari Weiss holds a resume centered on breaking news experience. The document appears amid discussions of CBS News leadership changes and media ownership shifts at Paramount. The presentation occurs on June 11 2026.
A sweating journalist wearing a Freedom of the Press hat leans over a bundle of dynamite sticks wired to a 60 Minutes timer. The timer ticks loudly as the figure warns in a speech bubble that failure to defuse the crisis will cause everything to blow. The image responds to reported turmoil at CBS News involving 60 Minutes correspondents and leadership changes at Paramount.
Steve Sack's June 2026 cartoon shows Bari Weiss as a watch repair technician who has attached a 60 Minutes clock to a bundle of dynamite. The sign above reads Bari Weiss Watch Repair While U Wait. Weiss states in a speech bubble that the show was not broken so she fixed it. The image responds to ongoing discussions about editorial independence at CBS and Weiss's media role.
The cartoon depicts Walter Cronkite's gravestone with two observers noting his reaction to developments at CBS News. Footprints labeled spin trail away from the scene, highlighting ongoing media dynamics at the network in late January 2026.
A figure combining pig features with recognizable elements of Donald Trump appears on the left side of the image facing a female reporter on the right. The figure extends one arm forward while delivering the phrase quiet piggy through a speech bubble. The reporter stands with a microphone raised and maintains a neutral expression. The composition places the exchange against a speckled background with the artist's name visible in the upper right. This image responds to recent questions posed to Trump regarding Epstein files by Bloomberg and ABC journalists. The visual centers the interaction between the central figure and the reporter without additional elements or text beyond the quoted phrase.
