2018 Hillman Prizes
Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good. The Hillman Prizes strive to recognize discernment of a significant news story, resourcefulness and courage in reporting, skill in relating the story and the impact of the coverage.
2018 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Liveright/W.W. Norton
Finalist:
James Forman, Jr., Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2018 Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism
“The Uncounted”
New York Times Magazine
2018 Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism
“Rigged: Forced into debt. Worked past exhaustion. Left with nothing.”
USA TODAY Network
Finalist:
Josh Salman, Dak Le and Michael Braga, “One War. Two Races,” Sarasota Herald Tribune
2018 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism
“The Whistleblower” & “Too Big to Prosecute”
CBS News 60 Minutes and The Washington Post
2018 Hillman Prize for Web Journalism
“From migrants to refugees: the new plight of Central Americans”
Univision News/El Faro
Finalist:
Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter, “All Work. No Pay,” Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
