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
Roy J. Harris Jr. Roy J. Harris Jr. Roy J. Harris Jr. (born October 2, 1946) is a reporter and editor who spent most of his career with "The Wall Street Journal". He writes frequently about the journalism Pulitzer Prizes, and is the author of "Pulitzer’s Gold", a book telling the back stories of 100 years of reporting that has won the United States' top journalism prize, the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. A regular contributor to the Poynter Institute's website, he does an annual preview prior to the day the Pulitzer Prizes are announced. Harris was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son