Jen Sorensen

Jen Sorensen
Sorensen in 2015
Born (1974-09-28) September 28, 1974
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
weekly strip under her own name
Awards2017 Pulitzer Finalist
2014 Herblock Prize
2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
http://jensorensen.com/

Jen Sorensen (born September 28, 1974, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American cartoonist and illustrator who creates a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. Her work has appeared on the websites Daily Kos, Splinter, The Nib, Politico, AlterNet, and Truthout; and has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, and The Nation. It also appears in over 20 alternative newsweeklies throughout America. In 2014 she became the first woman to win the Herblock Prize, and in 2017 she was named a Pulitzer Finalist in Editorial Cartooning.