Rob Rogers

My Firing: The Press Coverage

September 1, 2018

These are the stories that followed the 18 killed cartoons and my firing from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in June of 2018.

WESA 6/2/18

http://wesa.fm/post/pittsburgh-post-gazette-editorial-page-not-publishing-longtime-cartoonists-recent-work#stream/0

KDKA 6/4/18

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/06/04/post-gazette-rob-rogers-cartoons-not-published/

Philly.com 6/4/18

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/donald-trump-political-cartoons-pittsburgh-post-gazette-rob-rogers-20180604.html

CNN.com 6/4/18

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/04/media/rob-rogers-pittsburgh-post-gazette-cartoonist/index.html

The Incline 6/5/18

https://theincline.com/2018/06/05/after-6-killed-cartoons-rob-rogers-reappears-on-the-post-gazettes-editorial-page/

WESA 6/6/18

http://wesa.fm/post/post-gazette-cartoon-dispute-draws-more-attention-change-editorial-leadership#stream/0

Jake Tapper 6/6/18

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/06/06/lead-cartoonist-rob-rodgers-live-jake-tapper.cnn

FAIR 6/6/18

https://fair.org/home/anti-trump-cartoons-stopped-by-censor-at-pittsburgh-post-gazette/

Peduto Tweet 6/6/18

https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/1004533424231796736

City Paper 6/7/18

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/Blogh/archives/2018/06/07/pittsburgh-post-gazette-cartoonist-rob-rogers-critical-of-papers-decision-to-pull-anti-trump-cartoons

KDKA 6/7/18

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/06/07/rob-rogers-post-gazette-no-editorial-cartoons/

Washington Post 6/8/18

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/06/08/pittsburgh-post-gazette-cartoonist-is-seeing-many-anti-trump-cartoons-spiked/?utm_term=.b8928de275c9

Philly.com 6/8/18

http://www.philly.com/archive/rob_tornoe/donald-trump-political-cartoons-pittsburgh-post-gazette-rob-rogers-keith-burris-20180608.html

CJR 6/11/18

https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/post-gazette-rob-rogers-cartoons.php

The Incline 6/14/18

https://theincline.com/2018/06/14/pittsburgh-post-gazette-cartoonist-rob-rogers-says-he-was-fired/

Trib Live

https://triblive.com/local/allegheny/13761182-74/after-spiking-anti-trump-cartoons-post-gazette-fires-cartoonist-rob-rogers

CNN/Erin Burnett 6/14/18

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/14/rob-rogers-cartoonist-fired-pittsburgh-post-gazette-erin-intv.cnn

New York Times 6/15/18

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/opinion/cartoonist-rob-rogers-trump-fired.html

Washington Post /Ann Telnaes

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/06/15/an-american-editorial-cartoonist-has-been-fired-for-skewering-trump-he-likely-wont-be-the-last/?utm_term=.30913644f23f

Daily Beast 6/20/18

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rob-rogers-fired-for-his-angry-trump-cartoons-fires-back

Politico 6/16/18

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/16/pittsburgh-cartoonist-firing-publisher-gazette-650389

Yale News 6/20/18

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/06/20/block-77-takes-heat-for-firing-anti-trump-cartoonist/

Washington Post 6/29/18

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/06/29/pittsburgh-post-gazettes-spiked-anti-trump-cartoons-will-get-a-d-c-museum-exhibit/?utm_term=.ef5d8020f781

Washington Post 7/3/18

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/03/donald-trump-cost-me-my-job-former-post-gazette-cartoonist-explains-why-he-thinks-he-was-fired-in-new-comic/?utm_term=.3f086d506ce6

1A (WAMU) 7/18/18 

https://the1a.org/shows/2018-07-18/editorial-cartoons

Washington Post 7/20/18

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/20/this-exhibition-should-have-never-happened-the-anti-trump-cartoons-that-got-an-artist-fired-go-on-display/?utm_term=.848914890259

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