2011 Hillman Prizes
Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good. Recipients exemplify reportorial excellence, storytelling skill, and social justice impact.
John Maggio & Martin Smith, “College Inc.,” FRONTLINE; Rebecca Cammisa, “Which Way Home,” HBO; Laura Sullivan and Steven Drummond, “Behind the Bail Bond System,” NPR
John Bowe, “Bound for America,” The Nation Institute/Mother Jones; Robert Steinback, “Under Attack,” Intelligence Report/Southern Poverty Law Center; David Evans, “Profiting from Fallen Soldiers,” Bloomberg Markets
Matthew D. LaPlante, “Comprehensive coverage of veterans issues,” Salt Lake Tribune; Martin Z. Braun, Michael McDonald, Christopher Palmeri, Darrell Preston and William Selway, “Wall Street vs. Main Street,” Bloomberg; S. Heather Duncan, “Our Children’s Keepers,” The Telegraph
Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson, Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer–and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, Simon & Schuster; Jefferson Cowie, Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class, Cornell University; Charles Bowden, Murder City, Nation Books