Finalist: The Plain Dealer , by Phillip Morris
For his columns that close the distance between the reader and the rough streets of the city, confronting hard realities without leaving people to feel hopeless.
Winners
Prize Winner in Commentary in 2010:
Kathleen Parker
For her perceptive, often witty columns on an array of political and moral issues, gracefully sharing the experiences and values that lead her to unpredictable conclusions.
Commentary
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 2010:
David Leonhardt
For his illumination of the nation's most pressing and complex economic concerns, from health care reform to the worst recession in decades.
The Jury
The Jury
Allison Silver
former founding editor
Arthur Browne*
editorial page editor
Joan Walsh
editor in chief
Joel Kramer(chair )
CEO and editor
Mike Jenner
editor
Scott L. Powers
entertainment editor
Vanessa Gallman
editorial page editor
Winners in Commentary
Eugene Robinson
For his eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic picture.
Steven Pearlstein
For his insightful columns that explore the nation's complex economic ills with masterful clarity.
Cynthia Tucker
For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community.
Nicholas D. Kristof
For his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.
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.