Jack Ohman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jack Ohman
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Sep 1, 1960(1960-09-01)
Age	64
Birthplace	Portland
Country	United States
Birth City	Portland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jack Ohman Biography

Jack Ohman is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on September 1, 1960 in Portland, Portland, United States. Jack Ohman (born September 1, 1960) is the editorial cartoonist at The Sacramento Bee, in Sacramento, California. His work is syndicated nationwide to over 300 newspapers by Tribune Media Services. He was the cartoonist at The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon, but left after being offered the job of editorial cartoonist by The Sacramento Bee. He succeeded his late friend, Rex Babin. In 2016, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

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.

In 2006, Ohman was voted one of the top five cartoonists in the United States by the readers of The Week magazine..

On October 29, 2012, it was announced that Ohman was stepping down as The Oregonian’s editorial cartoonist. He has been hired by The Sacramento Bee, in Sacramento, California.

Ohman was a regular art contributor to ABC News Nightline between 1984 and 1986.

Jack Ohman Net Worth

Jack Ohman is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jack Ohman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ohman has won the 1980 Sigma Delta Chi Mark of Excellence Award, the 1995 Thomas Nast Award from the Overseas Press Club, the 2001 Harrison E. Salisbury Award from the University of Minnesota, the 2002 National Headliner Award, the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (Cartoon category), the 2010 Society of Professional Journalists Award, and the 2012 Scripps Howard Journalism Award. Ohman was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, where the judges cited his entry for his “clever daily cartoons and a distinctive Sunday panel on local issues in which his reporting was as important as his artistic execution.” He was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for “cartoons that convey wry, rueful perspectives through sophisticated style that combines bold line work with subtle colors and textures.”

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. He then moved to the Detroit Free Press in 1982 and went to The Oregonian in 1983.

Ohman has an honors degree in U.S. history from Portland State University. He is an adjunct associate professor of political science at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. He was a regular contributor to Foreign Policy and Money magazines. 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.

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Jack Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jack Ohman celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.