Tech Terrors and Triumphs Are Stuff of 2010 Pulitzers

The 2010 Pulitzers will go down as the year of the Washington Post--the venerable paper won four awards. The New York Times took home three. But the real winner was technology--both as a subject and as a way to deliver news.

The New York Times' staff landed the national reporting prize for its study on the increased crash risk when using cell phones (particularly to send and receive texts) and other electronic devices while driving. The story and its chilling interactive demo were...