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2020 Hillman Prize winners

The Call for Entries for the 2027 U.S Hillman Prizes will open Dec 1. Deadline will be Jan 30, 2027.

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2023 Canadian Hillman Prize winners

The Call for Entries for the 2027 Canadian Hillman Prizes will open Nov 10. Deadline will be Jan 15, 2027.

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The call for entries for the 2027 Canadian Hillman Prizes will open Nov 10, and the call for entries for the 2027 US prizes on December 1.

Hillman judge Jamelle Bouie and Hillman book prize winner, Michelle Adams, on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show (April 23, 2026)

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

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

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