Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has honored journalists who pursue investigative reporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good. Sidney Hillman was the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union of America, a predecessor union of Workers United, SEIU. Sidney Hillman, an architect of the New Deal, fought to build a vibrant union movement extending beyond the shop floor to all aspects of workers’ lives.

2012 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism

2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion and Analysis Journalism

 

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Atlantic

 

 

 

 

 2012 Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism

 

Heather Vogell, Alan Judd, John Perry

"The Atlanta Schools Cheating Scandal"
The Atlanta Journal Constitution

 

Honorable Mention

Danny Hakim and Russell Buettner

"Abused and Used: At State Run Homes, Abuse and Impunity"

The New York Times

 

2012 Hillman Prize for Magazine Journalism

 

Sarah Stillman

"The Invisible Army"

The New Yorker

 

 

2012 Hillman Prize for Photojournalism

 

Katie Falkenberg

"A Lasting Toll"

Los Angeles Times

 

 

Honorable Mention

Lara Solt

"Unending Battle"

The Dallas Morning News

 

2012 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism

 

Yoav Potash

"Crime After Crime"
The Oprah Winfrey Network

 

Honorable Mention

Anderson Cooper

"Sissy Boy Experiments"

CNN

 
 

2012 Hillman Prize in Web Journalism

 

Seth Freed Wessler
"Thousands of Kids Lost From Parents in U.S Deportation System"

Colorlines.com