Finalist: Greg Gordon, Kevin G. Hall and Chris Adams of McClatchy Newspapers
For their examination of the nation's financial collapse and notably on the involvement of Goldman Sachs.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 2010:
Matt Richtel and members of the Staff
For incisive work, in print and online, on the hazardous use of cell phones, computers and other devices while operating cars and trucks, stimulating widespread efforts to curb distracted driving.
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 2010:
Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian
For their tenacious reporting on how design flaws and weak federal oversight contributed to a potentially lethal problem with Toyota vehicles, resulting in corrective steps and a congressional inquiry.
The Jury
The Jury
Bill Nichols(chair )
managing editor
Elizabeth T. Spayd
managing editor
Jai Singh
managing editor
John Yemma
editor
Tim Nickens*
editor of editorials
Winners in National Reporting
Staff
For "PolitiFact," its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)
Jo Becker and Barton Gellman
For their lucid exploration of Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful yet sometimes disguised influence on national policy.
Charlie Savage
For his revelations that President Bush often used "signing statements" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws.
James Risen and Eric Lichtblau
For their carefully sourced stories on secret domestic eavesdropping that stirred a national debate on the boundary line between fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberty.
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.