Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

• Trump taps “grotesque” pick for Secretary of Labor, fast food exec Andy Puzder, whose conflicts of interest could rival those of his boss.  
   
• Carrier union leader attacked by Trump hits back at POTUS-elect for lying about jobs. 
   
• Ripping out dreadlocks: Investigation co-authored by Hillman Prize-winner exposes racism in New York State prisons. 
   
• 500 migrants drowned, but no one investigated who killed them.  

The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Hillman Prizes which honor investigative journalism and commentary in the public interest. Winners exemplify reportorial excellence, storytelling skill, and social justice impact. The 2017 prizes will be given for work published or aired in 2016. Our categories are:

• Book (nonfiction)
• Newspaper Reporting (print or online)
• Magazine Reporting (print or online)
• Broadcast Journalism (story/series/documentary at least 20 minutes in total package length that aired on television, radio or podcast)
• Web Journalism (story/series that appeared online but not in print) Open to blogs, photojournalism, and other multimedia projects as well as text.
• Opinion & Analysis Journalism (commentary and analysis in any medium)

The call for entries for the 2017 Canadian Hillman Prizes is on now through January 13, 2017. The Canadian Hillman recognizes excellence in journalism for the common good. The winner will receive $5000 and a trip to New York City for the Hillman Prize awards ceremony in May. There is no fee to enter.

Click here for the complete rules and eligbility criteria 

Last year, Kathryn Blaze Baum and her team at the Globe & Mail won for their unforgettable submission, “A Country’s Crisis: Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.”

The year before, the honor went to Kevin Donovan, Jesse Brown, Jayme Poisson, Emily Mathieu, Randy Risling for exposing sexual assault and harrassment at all levels of Canadian society.  

Our distinguished Canadian judges are the celebrated journalists Bonnie Brown, and Tony Burman, and the esteemed progressive economist Armine Yalnizyan.

Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

• Could a truly progressive economic platform win over Trump supporters?
   
• A doctor and two patients correct Donald Trump’s disinformation about late-term abortions.
   
• How the Economic Hardship Reporting Project is changing journalism.
   
• What would happen if Donald Trump refused to concede the election?