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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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July 9, 2025
Los Angeles Times wins July Sidney for impactful coverage of ICE raids
Los Angeles Times
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June 11, 2025
Open Vallejo wins June Sidney for Uncovering the Truth Behind a Death in Police Custody
Open Vallejo
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May 21, 2025
Tampa Bay Times wins May Sidney for Sounding the Alarm About Florida’s Manatee Crisis
Tampa Bay Times
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April 16, 2025
Mother Jones wins April Sidney for 'You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos'
Mother Jones
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March 12, 2025
WIRED wins March Sidney for Agenda-Setting Coverage of DOGE
WIRED
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February 12, 2025
The Guardian wins February Sidney for coverage of Trump’s illegal firing of National Labor Relations Board Chair
The Guardian
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January 15, 2025
THE CITY wins January Sidney for Exposing That New York Prisons Hire Doctors Guilty of Serious Misconduct
The City
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December 11, 2024
Miami Herald wins December Sidney Award for “Guilty of Grief”
Miami Herald
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November 13, 2024
Marcela Valdes wins November Sidney for In-Depth Reporting on How an Immigration Crackdown Could Spike Milk Prices
The New York Times Magazine
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October 9, 2024
Kavitha Surana wins October Sidney for exposing deaths caused by Georgia abortion ban
ProPublica
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September 11, 2024
Miami Herald wins September Sidney for Showing that Florida Kids Tried As Adults Receive Harsher Sentences than Adults for the Same Crimes
Miami Herald
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August 14, 2024
Cecilia Reyes, Business Insider win August Sidney for Exposing Epidemic of Illegal Evictions and Police Inaction
Business Insider
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