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Coopes, Jenny
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Artist, Cartoonist and Journalist

Jenny Coopes worked as a political cartoonist for the Fairfax organisation for 20 year. She has won three Walkley Awards and was highly commended on another occasion. In 2006 she was an MA student in anaimation at the University of Technology in Sydney.

Career Highlights

Events
c. 1980 -

Career in journalism active

1985

Walkley Award (Artwork) - Best Illustration - 'His Honour. The Prisoner' - The National Times Sydney

1986

Walkley Award (Artwork) - Best Illustration - Highly Commended - the Sun Herald

1989

Walkley Award (Artwork) - Best Cartoon - The Sun Herald

1999

Walkley Award (Artwork) - Best Cartoon - 'Mates' - The Sun - Herald

 
Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.walkleys.com/winners/database.html; For a link to one of her cartoons, see UTS News, No 8, 6 November-4 December 2006, http://www.u.uts.edu.au/index.lasso?-token.recid=34284&-token.index=story&-token.date=No%2008%3A%206%20November%20-%204%20December%202006&-Nothing [Accessed 2008-05-13].
 
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Created: 31 October 2007
Modified: 6 November 2008
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