Editing Thomas Nast (section)

=== Thomas Nast Award ===
The '''Thomas Nast Award'''<ref name=AAEC>{{cite web | url= http://editorialcartoonists.com/news/awards.cfm | title= Editorial Cartooning Award Winners | publisher= The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists | work= editorialcartoonists.com | access-date= September 7, 2015 | archive-date= September 27, 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004314/http://editorialcartoonists.com/news/awards.cfm | url-status= dead }}</ref> has been presented each year since 1968 by the [[Overseas Press Club]]<ref name= "CR OPC">{{cite web| url= http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/nate_beeler_wins_thomas_nast_award_bill_day_wins_rfk_journalism_award/ |title= Nate Beeler Wins Thomas Nast Award; Bill Day Wins RFK Journalism Award | work= The Comics Reporter | publisher= Tom Spurgeon |quote= The Thomas Nast Award has been part of the OPC Awards since 1968; past winners include Don Wright and Jim Morin.| access-date= June 15, 2018}} Overseas Press Club of American website. Accessed Sept. 7, 2015.</ref> to an editorial cartoonist for the "best cartoons on international affairs." Past winners include [[Signe Wilkinson]], [[Kevin Kallaugher|Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher]], [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)|Mike Peters]], [[Clay Bennett (cartoonist)|Clay Bennett]], [[Mike Luckovich]], [[Tom Toles]], [[Herbert Block]], [[Tony Auth]], [[Jeff MacNelly]], [[Dick Locher]], [[Jim Morin]], [[Warren King (cartoonist)|Warren King]], [[Thomas F. Darcy|Tom Darcy]], [[Don Wright (cartoonist)|Don Wright]] and [[Patrick Chappatte]].<ref name=AAEC /><ref name= "CR OPC" />

In December 2018, The OPC Board of Governors decided to remove Nast's name from the award noting that Nast "exhibited an ugly bias against immigrants, the Irish and Catholics". OPC President Pancho Bernasconi stated "Once we became aware of how some groups and ethnicities were portrayed in a manner that is not consistent with how journalists work and view their role today, we voted to remove his name from the award."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opcofamerica.org/opc-renames-commentary-and-cartoon-awards-honors-flora-lewis/|title=OPC Renames Commentary and Cartoon Awards; Honors Flora Lewis|date=2018-12-17|website=OPC|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-01}}</ref>