TEDxGenevaChange - Tjeerd Royaards - Comics in crises

Tjeerd is a Dutch editorial cartoonist living in Amsterdam. He has worked as a cartoonist for over seven years, ever since getting a master's degree in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. His work has appeared in Dutch dailies NRC Next, De Pers and De Volkskrant, as well as German newspapers Handelsblatt and Hannoversche Allgemeine and Swiss weekly Weltwoche. In 2010, Tjeerd received a 'Citation of Excellence' in the United Nations Political Cartoon Award. Tjeerd is also Editor-in-Chief of Cartoon Movement, a global platform for high quality political cartoons and comics journalism.

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[Cartoonarcadio Esquivel]

Very clear explanation about CM projects. I liked that Tjeerd talked about an excellent artist in Haiti (Chevelin Pierre), who illustrated the city of Port-au-Prince after the quake.

[onabean1]

I think the point is not whether or not Comics Journalism is new, but that it is new in Haiti and a powerful means of telling the ongoing story from local perspective at an impressive scale: 75 pages split into several chapters and not only distributed worldwide in English but shared with 500'000 people in tent camps in Creole language so they know their story is being told. I'm impressed and it sounds new to me!

[AppA]

So what? There's nothing new in news as well.

[BrotherWoody1]

There is nothing new about cartoon journalism.

[natsofreitas]

Great idea! Congratulations! The world need this kind of projects.