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Like everyone else, cartoonists around the world have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They have turned their pens to all things coronavirus the politicization of public health, faltering economies due to lockdowns and layoffs, the emergence of vaccines and all the hope they bring, among other things.
For the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the global pandemic, the Society of News Design has sought editorial cartoons from around the globe. The organization received more than 400 submitted cartoons from 112 cartoonists representing 43 countries and 68 publications.
The Day was among them, submitting two SunDay Cartoons produced by our own editorial page editor, Paul Choiniere, and cartoonist, Jacinta Meyers. Both pieces were selected for inclusion in the global showcase, which will be available soon at the organization s website, www.snd.org.
New London Day photojournalist Sarah Gordon has spent the past 11 months hunting for images to illustrate how our community is coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
Gordon, with the rest of The Day s visual team Sean Elliot, Dana Jensen and Peter Huoppi have captured stunning images day after day.
Drive-thru graduation ceremonies where each school came up with a different way to celebrate safely. A mother and daughter playing cards through their car windows. Cows, rather than people, walking over a newly opened bridge in North Stonington.
On Thursday, Gordon will discuss her work with a panel of leading state journalists at the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government s year-in-review program to The Stories Behind the Biggest Stories of 2020. The virtual event is free, but participants are required to register at www.ctfog.org to obtain a Webex link.