Investor's Business Daily's Michael Ramirez Named

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 29, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - May 29, 2014 -- Investor's Business Daily Editorial Cartoonist Michael Ramirez won the National Cartoonists Society's 2014 Reuben Award for "Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year." This is his fourth National Cartoonists Society Award for editorial cartoons.

"I'm honored to once again receive the NCS editorial cartoon division award," Michael Ramirez said. "I draw in the hope that my cartoons will be a catalyst for thought, and have an impact on the political dialogue of the day. I'm grateful to have IBD as a platform for my work and to collaborate with such a brilliant staff. IBD has the best editorial page in the country."

"Congratulations to Michael on this, his fourth win of the prestigious Reuben Award for editorial cartooning from the National Cartoonists Society," said Terry Jones, associate editor of Investor's Business Daily. "It's a great honor. In our opinion, Michael has become the premier political cartoonist of his time, with two Pulitzers to go with his four Reuben Awards. As a member of our editorial board, Michael is also a key contributor to the written product of our newspaper. All of us at IBD are very proud of his latest achievement."

Michael Ramirez is one of the most decorated editorial cartoonists in the business. In addition to receiving the 2014 Reuben Award, he has also won two Pulitzer Prizes (1994 and 2008), the National Journalism Award (2006), the 2008 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, and is a three-time winner of the Sigma Delta Society of Professional Journalism award (1995, 1997 and 2007). He is also an H.L. Mencken Award Winner and a UCI Medal Recipient. His previous National Cartoonists Society Awards prior to this year were in 2006, 2008 and 2011.

Mr. Ramirez is a Senior Editor and the editorial cartoonist at Investor's Business Daily's. He is also nationally syndicated in over 450 newspapers around the world. To see an archive of his work, go to http://www.investors.com/cartoons .

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