Sidney Award Winners | Hillman Foundation

Sidney Awards

Sidney Award Winners

The Sidney is a monthly award for outstanding investigative journalism that exposes social and economic injustices.
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May 13, 2020
Argus Leader wins May Sidney for Coverage of COVID-19 among South Dakota Meatpacking Workers
Argus Leader
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April 8, 2020
Fink and Baker win April Sidney for Exposing Critical Early Delays in Testing That Set Back U.S COVID-19 Response
The New York Times
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March 11, 2020
Type Investigations and The Intercept win March Sidney for Exposing How a Pipeline Company Bought an Oregon Sheriff’s Office
Type Investigations and The Intercept
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February 12, 2020
Wolfe & Liu win February Sidney for Exposing Mississippi’s Modern Day Debtors Prisons
Mississippi Today and The Marshall Project
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January 8, 2020
Craig Whitlock wins January Sidney for 'The Afghanistan Papers'
The Washington Post
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December 11, 2019
Will Evans of Reveal Wins December Sidney for Exposing Sky-High Injury Rates at Amazon Warehouses
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
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November 13, 2019
NYT’s Gay and Goldberg win November Sidney for Exposing Physical and Sexual Abuse at NYC’s Largest Social Service Agency
The New York Times
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October 9, 2019
Connor Sheets of AL.com wins October Sidney for Exposing a Sheriffs’ Ploy to Stick Jailed People with Medical Bills
AL.com and ProPublica's Local Reporting Network
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September 11, 2019
The 1619 Project wins September Sidney for Sweeping Assessment of Slavery’s Legacy
New York Times magazine
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August 14, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle Team Wins August Sidney for Documenting 24 Hours of Homelessness
San Francisco Chronicle
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July 17, 2019
Eli Saslow wins July Sidney for Shining Light on Medical Desperation in Rural America
The Washington Post
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June 12, 2019
Michael Hiltzik, “the people’s business writer,” wins June Sidney
Los Angeles Times
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