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ATTENTION EDITORS AND AWARDS COORDINATORS

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE SIDNEY HILLMAN JOURNALISM AWARDS DUE JANUARY 31

Annual Awards Honor Journalism that Contributes to Social Justice and Progressive Public Policy

(New York, NY) – The Sidney Hillman Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Sidney Hillman Awards, honoring journalism that contributes to social justice and progressive public policy.  Hillman categories for 2007 will include Books (non-fiction), Newspaper Reporting, Magazine Reporting, Film and Broadcast Journalism (includes television and radio), Photojournalism, and Blogs. 

The 2007 awards are given for work produced, published or exhibited in 2006.  Editors, photo editors, producers, reporters and authors are urged to submit nominations immediately.  The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2007.  Winners will be announced in May 2007.  Winners are awarded a $2,000 prize and a plaque, and a trip to New York City to receive the award. 

There is no submission fee or form – a cover letter and three copies of the nominated material are all that are required.  For photojournalism entries, color or black and white photocopies are acceptable.

Submissions will be judged by a distinguished panel including Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor, The New Yorker; Susan Meiselas, celebrated photojournalist; Harold Meyerson, columnist, Washington Post; Sheryl Wu Dunn, Business Editor at The New York Times; Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor, The Nation; and author and activist Walter Mosley. Past Award winners include Diane McWhorter for “Carry Me Home,” New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, The Wall Street Journal, CBS News correspondent Ed Bradley, NPR, Business Week, author Studs Terkel, and Time magazine. 

Since 1950, the Sidney Hillman Foundation has recognized journalists, writers and public figures whose work promotes social justice. Sidney Hillman was the founding president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America, a predecessor union of UNITE HERE, which sponsors the awards and the Foundation.  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.

All submissions should be forwarded to Amanda Cooper, The Hillman Foundation, 275 Seventh Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001;  phone: 212-332-9376;  e-mail: info@hillmanfoundation.org or visit the website at www.hillmanfoundation.org.