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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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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May 22, 2019
Kathryn Joyce wins May Sidney for Exposing Right Wing Hijacking After Parkland
Huffington Post’s Highline and Type Investigations
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April 10, 2019
Jane Mayer wins April Sidney for Elucidating How Fox News Became Propaganda Arm of the Trump White House
The New Yorker
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March 13, 2019
Saki Knafo wins March Sidney for Groundbreaking Podcast about a Complex Private Investigator Fighting Wrongful Conviction
Gimlet Media in partnership with the New York Times Magazine and Type Investigations
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February 13, 2019
The Trace and Buzzfeed News win February Sidney for Exposing Cities’ Failure to Arrest Shooters
The Trace and BuzzFeed News
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January 9, 2019
The Hechinger Report wins January Sidney for Exposing For-Profit Cosmetology School Racket
The Hechinger Report, in partnership with the New York Times
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December 12, 2018
Miami Herald wins December Sidney for Exposing Alex Acosta’s Sweetheart Deal with Multimillionaire Sex Offender
The Miami Herald
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November 14, 2018
Adam Liptak wins November Sidney for Exposing the Heritage Foundation’s Secretive Right-Wing Academy for Judicial Clerks
The New York Times
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October 10, 2018
Hannah Dreier wins October Sidney for Showing How Suffolk County Police Botched Investigations of Murdered Latino Teens
ProPublica/This American Life
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