About the Artist



Justin DeFreitas is the editorial cartoonist for the East Bay Express (Oakland, Calif.) and the West Marin Citizen, along with several other Northern California publications. His work has also appeared in the San Francisco Examiner, the Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers and magazines from Hawaii to Martha's Vineyard. He also does freelance writing, editing and illustration. DeFreitas was formerly the editorial cartoonist, managing editor and film critic for the Berkeley Daily Planet. In addition to www.jfdefreitas.blogspot.com, he also publishes two film review websites, Moving Picture Review and Silent Film Review. For reprints or contract work, write to defreitas [at] jfdefreitas.com


Awards
  • First Place, Editorial Cartooning, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 2008.
  • First Place, Editorial Cartooning, East Bay Press Club, 2008.
  • First Place, Editorial Cartooning, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 2007.
  • First Place, Editorial Cartooning, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2006.
  • First and Second Place, Editorial Cartooning, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 2006.
  • First and Second Place, Entertainment Reviewing, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 2006.
  • First Place, Editorial Cartooning, East Bay Press Club, 2006.
  • Second Place, Editorial Cartooning, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club, 2005.
  • First Place, Editorial Cartooning, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2004.
  • James Madison Freedom of Information Award, Society of Professional Journalists, 2003.
  • Columbia Gold Circle Award, Best College Comic Strip, 1997.

Books and calendars
  • Published in The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year every year since 2001.
  • Published in Attack of the Political Cartoonists.
  • Published in the Union of Concerned Scientists' 2009 Scientific Integrity Calendar.


Newspapers and magazines
  • East Bay Express (Oakland, Calif.)
  • Berkeley Daily Planet (Berkeley, Calif.)
  • West Marin Citizen (Point Reyes Station, Calif.)
  • San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • San Francisco Sentinel (San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, Calif.)
  • Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Calif.)
  • Anderson Valley Advertiser (Boonville, Calif.)
  • Point Reyes Light (Point Reyes Station, Calif.)
  • Bodega Bay Navigator (Bodega Bay, Calif.)
  • Sonoma Index-Tribune (Sonoma, Calif.)
  • Kenwood Press (Kenwood, Calif.)
  • Sonoma County Peace Press (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
  • Novato Advance (Novato, Calif.)
  • Petaluma Argus Courier (Petaluma, Calif.)
  • Russian River Times (Guerneville, Calif.)
  • Sonoma Valley Voice (Sonoma, Calif.)
  • Haleakala Times (Hawaii)
  • Vineyard Gazette (Martha's Vineyard, Mass.)
  • Fellowship magazine
  • North Bay Biz magazine (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
  • The Fishrap Live! (UC Santa Cruz)
  • City On a Hill Press (UC Santa Cruz)