Hillman Foundation | Journalism for the Common Good

2024 Hillman Prize Winners

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The Sidney Hillman Foundation honors excellence in journalism in service of the common good.

Our awards and programs honor the legacy and vision of union pioneer and New Deal architect Sidney Hillman.

Hillman Prizes

United States

2020 Hillman Prize winners

The Call for Entries for the 2025 Hillman Prizes is now open. Deadkine Jan 30, 2025.

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Canada

2023 Canadian Hillman Prize winners

The Call for Entries for the 2025 Candian Hillman Prizes is now open. Deadline Jan 15, 2025.

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New & Notable

The Call for Entries for the 2025 U.S Hillman Prizes is now open. The deadline to enter is Jan 30, 2025.

The Call for Entries for the 2025 Canadian Hillman Prizes is now open. The deadline to enter is Jan 15, 2025.

The 5th annual Reporting the U.S Workplace’ program at the Newmark J-school in NYC will be held January 23-24 2025. Please email us if you’d like to be placed on the email list for the 2026 program.

The 2025 SEIU Award for Reporting on Racial and Economic Justice will be presented at the 2025 Hillman Prize ceremony.

Apply here for a labor and workplace reporting grant. Rolling deadline. 

Hillman judge Katrina vanden Heuvel on the urgent necesssity of public-interest journalism in The Washington Post