Editorial Cartoonist for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Clay Bennett grew up in the South, attending high school in Huntsville, Alabama, and college at the University of North Alabama, where he graduated with degrees in art and history.
Bennett worked as a staff artist for both the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Fayetteville (NC) Times, before serving as the editorial cartoonist for the St. Petersburg Times (1981-1994) and The Christian Science Monitor (1998-2007).
Recipient of The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2002, Bennett has earned almost every honor his profession has to offer including the Overseas Press Club Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, the National Journalism Award, the Sigma Delta Chi Award, the John Fischetti Award and the National Headliner Award.
Birthplace:
- Clinton, SC
Education:
- S.R. Butler High School (Huntsville, AL)
- University of North Alabama (Florence, AL)
Employment:
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- The Fayetteville (NC) Times
- St. Petersburg (FL) Times
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Chattanooga Times Free Press
Awards:
- The Pulitzer Prize (2002)
- John Fischetti Award (2001, 2005)
- National Headliner Award (1999, 2000, 2004)
- Sigma Delta Chi Award (2001)
- National Cartoonists Society Award (2002)
- National Journalism Award (2002)
- Overseas Press Club Award (2005, 2007)
- Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (2007)
- Green Eyeshade Award (1984, 1994)
- H. L. Mencken Award (1986)
- Editor & Publisher magazine 'Editorial Cartoonist of the Year' (2001)
Family:
- wife Cindy Procious; children Matt, Ben and Sarah
Web site: www.claybennett.com
