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Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman (born September 1, 1960) is an American editorial cartoonist and educator. He is currently a contributing opinion columnist and cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He formerly worked for The Sacramento Bee and The Oregonian. His work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services. In 2016, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
Jack Ohman was born on September 1, 1960, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Ohman worked as a political aide for the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) during his high school years in Minnesota. At age 17, Ohman worked at the Minnesota Daily, the student newspaper of the University of Minnesota. At age 19, Ohman was the youngest cartoonist ever to be nationally syndicated. His first daily newspaper job was at The Columbus Dispatch, where he was hired in 1981.
Ohman has a B.A. degree (1999) from Portland State University.
He worked at the Detroit Free Press starting in 1982; followed by work at The Oregonian in 1983. On October 29, 2012, it was announced that Ohman was stepping down as The Oregonian's editorial cartoonist; and was subsequently hired by The Sacramento Bee, in Sacramento, California following the death of Rex Babin.
Ohman was a regular art contributor to ABC News Nightline television show from 1984 until 1986. He was a regular contributor to Foreign Policy and Money magazines.[when?] Ohman is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Mixed Media, which he drew from 1994 to 1999 and which appeared in over 170 newspapers.
In 1986, through sales of copies of his cartoons about the space shuttle Challenger accident, Ohman raised over $30,000 for the families of the astronauts. It was the fifth-largest private donation in the United States. In 2001, he raised over $30,000 for the United Way September 11 Fund.
His work regularly appears in most major U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Seattle Times. Ohman is also a noted fly fishing humorist, and has published four books on the subject, including the best-selling Fear of Fly Fishing, Get The Net, An Inconvenient Trout, and Angler Management, a book of essays. He has published 10 books overall.
On July 11, 2023, he was let go by the owner of the Sacramento Bee, McClatchy Newspapers. The editorial cartoonists of two other newspapers owned by McClatchy, Kevin Siers at the Charlotte Observer and Joel Pett at the Lexington Herald-Leader, also received notice on that day. On September 26, 2023, he was hired as a contributing opinion editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman (born September 1, 1960) is an American editorial cartoonist and educator. He is currently a contributing opinion columnist and cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He formerly worked for The Sacramento Bee and The Oregonian. His work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services. In 2016, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
Jack Ohman was born on September 1, 1960, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Ohman worked as a political aide for the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) during his high school years in Minnesota. At age 17, Ohman worked at the Minnesota Daily, the student newspaper of the University of Minnesota. At age 19, Ohman was the youngest cartoonist ever to be nationally syndicated. His first daily newspaper job was at The Columbus Dispatch, where he was hired in 1981.
Ohman has a B.A. degree (1999) from Portland State University.
He worked at the Detroit Free Press starting in 1982; followed by work at The Oregonian in 1983. On October 29, 2012, it was announced that Ohman was stepping down as The Oregonian's editorial cartoonist; and was subsequently hired by The Sacramento Bee, in Sacramento, California following the death of Rex Babin.
Ohman was a regular art contributor to ABC News Nightline television show from 1984 until 1986. He was a regular contributor to Foreign Policy and Money magazines.[when?] Ohman is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Mixed Media, which he drew from 1994 to 1999 and which appeared in over 170 newspapers.
In 1986, through sales of copies of his cartoons about the space shuttle Challenger accident, Ohman raised over $30,000 for the families of the astronauts. It was the fifth-largest private donation in the United States. In 2001, he raised over $30,000 for the United Way September 11 Fund.
His work regularly appears in most major U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Seattle Times. Ohman is also a noted fly fishing humorist, and has published four books on the subject, including the best-selling Fear of Fly Fishing, Get The Net, An Inconvenient Trout, and Angler Management, a book of essays. He has published 10 books overall.
On July 11, 2023, he was let go by the owner of the Sacramento Bee, McClatchy Newspapers. The editorial cartoonists of two other newspapers owned by McClatchy, Kevin Siers at the Charlotte Observer and Joel Pett at the Lexington Herald-Leader, also received notice on that day. On September 26, 2023, he was hired as a contributing opinion editor for the San Francisco Chronicle.