2010 Pulitzer Prize 2010 Pulitzer Prize The 2010 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on Monday, April 12, 2010. In journalism, "The Washington Post" won four awards while "The New York Times" won three. For the first time, an online source, "ProPublica", won in what had previously been the sole province of print. A musical, "Next to Normal", won the Drama award for the first time in 14 years. Country singer-songwriter Hank Williams, who died at age 29 in 1953, received a special citation. Below, the winner(s) in each category are listed. Hank Williams "for his craftsmanship as a songwriter who expressed universal feelings with
The Charlotte Observer except editorial content, which was fused in 1983. "The Observer" ended circulation of the afternoon "News" in 1985. The paper has won five Pulitzer Prizes. McClatchy purchased most of Knight Ridder's newspapers, including "The Observer", in 2006. This made "The Observer" a sister publication of the state's second-largest paper, "The News and Observer" of Raleigh; and of "The Herald" of Rock Hill, the primary newspaper for the South Carolina side of the metro area. As of spring 2008, it is the fifth-largest newspaper in the McClatchy chain (behind "The Kansas City Star", "Miami Herald", "Sacramento Bee" and "Fort Worth Star-Telegram").