The structure off the workshop will consist in a 'theoretical' part (where cartoonists talk about the role and impact of political cartoons in the journalistic landscape, show their own work and work ...
Tjeerd Royaards
Tjeerd Royaards is an award-winning Dutch editorial cartoonist living in Amsterdam. He has worked as a cartoonist since 2005, ever since getting a master's degree in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. He has worked for Dutch newspaper NRC between 2018 and 2020 and currently works for Dutch newspaper Trouw. Internationally, his work has been published by the Washington Post, CNN, the Guardian, Le Monde, and many others. Tjeerd is Editor-in-Chief of Cartoon Movement, a global platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism. He is also on the Board of Advisors of Cartoonists Rights Network International and a member of Cartooning for Peace.
Events IJF 2025
In this workshop, cartoonists Emanuele Del Rosso and Tjeerd Royaards show the participants what makes a good political cartoon, and what makes cartoons such a powerful means of journalistic communicat...
In this workshop, cartoonists Emanuele Del Rosso and Tjeerd Royaards show the participants what makes political cartoons tick. Why are cartoons one of the first things to be banned by authoritarian re...
