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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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November 16, 2016
How Donald Trump mainstreamed hate groups: I Fund and Mother Jones win November Sidney
Mother Jones
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October 12, 2016
Fahrenthold Wins October Sidney for Game-Changing Revelations About Donald Trump
Washington Post
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September 14, 2016
When a cop shoots your friend but you go to jail: Chicago Reader wins September Sidney
The Chicago Reader
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August 10, 2016
Ryan Gabrielson and Topher Sanders Win August Sidney for Exposing Faulty Roadside Drug Tests that Send Innocent People to Jail
ProPublica/New York Times Magazine
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July 13, 2016
New York Times wins July Sidney for “When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers”
New York Times
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June 8, 2016
Eyal Press wins June Sidney for Portrait of Abuse and Intimidation in Privatized Prison Psych Unit
The New Yorker
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May 18, 2016
NY Daily News/ProPublica win May Sidney for Exposing Abusive NYPD Evictions
NY Daily News & ProPublica
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April 13, 2016
The Nation wins April Sidney for Heartbreaking Profile of Downsized Journalists
The Nation
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March 9, 2016
Chicago Reader and City Bureau win March Sidney for Exposing Police Union’s Spin After Shootings
Chicago Reader and City Bureau
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February 10, 2016
Reveal and WBEZ win February Sidney for Exposing Racist Temp Agencies
Reveal/CIR & WBEZ
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January 13, 2016
Las Vegas Review-Journal wins January Sidney for Unmasking the Shadowy Buyer of Their Own Newspaper
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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December 9, 2015
The Invisible Institute wins December Sidney for Exposing Trove of Troubling Police Data
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