2022 Perry Photo Challenge Naomi Delkamiller, Finalist
Life After Layoff
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an estimated 114 million people lost their jobs. The Omaha World-Herald's full-time cartoonist Jeffery Koterba was one of them. After 31 years in the newsroom, his job was eliminated in September 2020 due to cost-cutting measures. What was originally a heartbreaking moment has turned into a long-awaited opportunity for Koterba to build his own independent platform.