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Clear it with Sidney
by Lindsay Beyerstein
Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Mon, Jun 17, 2013
Fri, Jun 14, 2013
The Sidneys
Wed, Jun 12, 2013
Frey and PBS Need to Know team Win June Sidney for Exposing Migrant Deaths
Photo credit: John Carlos Frey
Frey and PBS Need to Know team win the June Sidney Award for exposing how U.S. immigration policy is killing undocumented migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
HILLMAN PRIZES
U.S: 2013 Hillman Officers' Award for Public Service goes to garment workers in Bangladesh in memory of Aminul Islam
The May 7 2013 Hillman Prize ceremony was a great success! See photos here. Video here.
Canada: Stephen Maher (PostMedia News) and Glen McGregor (The Ottawa Citizen) win the 2013 Canadian Hillman Prize for their investigative reporting on the use of robocalls to disrupt and suppress voting during the 2011 federal election. Congratulations! Elise Stolte (Edmonton Journal) and Katie DeRosa (Times Colonist) receive Honourable Mentions. See photos from March 19 award ceremony in Toronto.
New or Notable
Carla Astudillo receives the 2013 Hillman Award for Social Justice Reporting at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
The 102nd anniversary commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was held Wednesday, March 20, 12-1pm at the site of the fire--Washington Place and Greene Street in New York City.
Hillman hosts preview screening of Slavery By Another Name with author Douglas Blackmon and director Sam Pollard, moderated by Gerry Hudson. PBS premiere Feb 13, 2012. Read about it here. See video of Q&A here.
E.J. Dionne receives Hillman Award for Career Achievement. Photos and acceptance speech here.