Walt Handelsman is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for Newsday in New York. His work is nationally syndicated by Tribune Media Services in Chicago to over 200 newspapers around the country and internationally.

One of the most widely reprinted cartoonists in America, Handelsman's work frequently runs in Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune.

He has been a featured guest on CNN, Fox and ABC's "Nightline."

Mr. Handelsman, 50, has won every major journalism award for cartooning excellence including: The 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the 1989 and 1993 National Headliner Award, the 1992 Society of Professional Journalists Award, the 1996 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and the 2003 Scripps Howard National Journalism award.

In early 2006, Walt taught himself Flash animation and now creates animated editorial cartoons for Newsday that are viewed by millions of fans across the Internet.

Before joining Newsday in February of 2001, Walt worked for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans (1989-2001), The Scranton Times (1985-1989) and a chain of 13 Suburban Baltimore weeklies (1982-1985). He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and worked in design and sales for a Baltimore advertising agency before becoming a cartoonist.

Walt is the author of eight collections of his editorial cartoons as well as a children's book. He lives with his wife and two sons in Woodbury, New York.