She won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, with her colleague, Bettina Boxall, for their series of stories looking at the cost and effectiveness of combating wildfires in the western United States.
[1][9] Eventually, she left the sports department to become the bureau chief with the Times National staff in Denver, Colorado.
Cart has covered multiple topics in her LA Times reporting including Utah polygamy, the Columbine High School massacre, post-911 and the recovery of Hurricane Katrina.
[1] In 2009, Cart and fellow journalist Bettina Boxall were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
[2] The prize was for their 15-month investigation, leading up to the series of "Big Burn" stories, exploring the cost and effectiveness of fighting wildfires in the western United States.