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TNG-CWA Journalists Big Winners in 2010 Pulitzer Contest
- Local 38010 members Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman of the Philadelphia Daily News for Investigative Reporting for "resourceful reporting that exposed a rogue police narcotics squad, resulting in an FBI probe and the review of hundreds of criminal cases tainted by the scandal."
- Local 34051 member Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for Local Reporting for "penetrating reports on the fraud and abuse in a child-care program for low-wage working parents that fleeced taxpayers and imperiled children, resulting in a state and federal crackdown on providers."
- Local 31003 member Matt Richtel and The New York Times staff for National Reporting 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."
- Local 31003 member Michael Moss and The New York Times staff for Explanatory Reporting for "relentless reporting on contaminated hamburger and other food safety issues that, in print and online, spotlighted defects in federal regulation and led to improved practices."
Local 32035 retired member Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post for Feature Writing for "his haunting story about parents, from varying walks of life, who accidentally kill their children by forgetting them in cars."
- Anthony Shadid, formerly of The Washington Post and Local 32035, for International Reporting for "his rich, beautifully written series on Iraq as the United States departs and its people and leaders struggle to deal with the legacy of war and to shape the nation's future."
- The staff for the Seattle Times, represented by Local 37082, for Breaking News for coverage of the shooting deaths of four police officers and subsequent manhunt.