Jen Sorensen
| Jen Sorensen | |
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| Sorensen in 2015 | |
| Born | September 28, 1974 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. | 
| Area(s) | Cartoonist | 
| Notable works | weekly strip under her own name | 
| Awards | 2017 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.