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Ann Telnaes
Personal blog · anntelnaes.substack.compoliticsculturedesign
Ann Telnaes's personal blog at anntelnaes.substack.com covers politics, culture and design. Since 2025, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “I'm quitting the Washington Post”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Ann Telnaes's Substack post explaining her resignation from the Washington Post after an editorial cartoon was killed. HN cites it as a source for concerns about owner influence over the paper's editorial decisions.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Ann Telnaes- Artist, visual storyteller, creator of "Open Windows".
Most-linked posts?
- I'm quitting the Washington Post3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-01-04
What Hacker News says?
> Can you give examples Here are comments from many leading journalists at the Washington Post, many of whom have left. For example recently: Jennifer Rubin resigned: "The Washington Post's billionaire owner and enlisted management" "betrayed their audiences' loyalty and sabotaged journalism's sacred mission - defending, protecting and advancing democracy. ... They have undercut the values central to ... all journal…
Comment linking /p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
on “EFF statement on U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold TikTok ban”Submitted I'm quitting the Washington Post as a story · 288 points
HN discussionOf special note is Ann Telnaes of the Washington Post who won the Pulitzer for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, who no longer works at the Post as she resigned in protest after one of her cartoons was killed by editors, presumably because it depicted owner Jeff Bezos in a negative light: https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washin...
Comment linking /p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
on “2025 Pulitzer Prizes”