Finalist: Chicago Tribune , by John McCormick and Marie Dillon
For their unyielding editorials urging reform of a culture of corruption in Illinois state government, repeatedly sounding the alarm when lawmakers faltered.
Winners
Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 2010:
Tod Robberson, Colleen McCain Nelson and William McKenzie
For their relentless editorials deploring the stark social and economic disparity between the city's better-off northern half and distressed southern half.
Editorial Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 2010:
John G. Carlton
For his editorials on health care reform that cut through the clutter, debunk myths and often bring the national debate home to Missouri.
The Jury
The Jury
Jonathan Wolman(chair )
editor and publisher
Karen Magnuson
editor and vice president/news
Renee Loth
columnist
Stan Tiner
vice president, news
Jeffrey Good*
editor
Winners in Editorial Writing
Mark Mahoney
For his relentless, down-to-earth editorials on the perils of local government secrecy, effectively admonishing citizens to uphold their right to know.
No award
No award.
Arthur Browne, Beverly Weintraub and Heidi Evans
For their compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.
Rick Attig and Doug Bates
For their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital.
2010 Prize Winners
Paul Harding
A powerful celebration of life in which a New England father and son, through suffering and joy, transcend their imprisoning lives and offer new ways of perceiving the world and mortality.
Hank Williams
For his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with poignant simplicity and played a pivotal role in transforming country music into a major musical and cultural force in American life.
Liaquat Ahamed
A compelling account of how four powerful bankers played crucial roles in triggering the Great Depression and ultimately transforming the United States into the world's financial leader.
Rae Armantrout
A book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.