Sidney Awards
Andrew Chung
Erma Aldaba sought to hold police liable for her son’s deadly encounter with police, but qualified immunity ended her lawsuit before it could even get to trial.
June 10, 2020
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2020 Hillman Prize Winners
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2020 Hillman Prize for Broadcast JournalismABC15 / KNXV“If we can’t trust the police to police themselves, how can the public trust them to police the community?”
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2020 Hillman Prize for Book JournalismBloomsbury“Domestic violence intersects nearly every social issue that we face as a country and as a world today.”
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2020 Hillman Prize for Magazine JournalismProPublica & New York Times Magazine“If your case needs a jailhouse informant, perhaps it’s not strong enough to bring to trial.”
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2020 Hillman Prize for Newspaper JournalismPhiladelphia Inquirer“Probation is a trap. You can’t break free from something if you don’t know when its end point is.”
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2020 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis JournalismThe New York Times“I want to be a voice for people who wake up every day and cannot believe what is going on in this country.”
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2020 Hillman Prize for Web JournalismReveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting with the Associated Press, PBS Newshour and PRX“Her boss said, ‘Go to the mirror and look at yourself. Ask if you’re allowed to complain.’”
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2020 Hillman Officers’ AwardKenyetta Jones, UAW member for 34 years, Local 14 from GM Powertrain in Toledo, Ohio“We’re fighting to lift up all workers.”
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The 2020 U.S Hillman Prize winners are announced! Watch our online presentation.
Hillman announces new grants for reporting on the U.S workplace. More here.
Hillman announces launch of ‘Reporting the U.S Workpace’ at the Newmark J-school in NYC. The program is scheduled for Jan. 9-10, 2020. The program pays all expenses including transportation, hotel and food. More info. *Please note the program is FULL.*. We plan to run the program again in 2021.
Hillman judge Katrina vanden Heuvel on the urgent necesssity of public-interest journalism in The Washington Post