The Sidney Award
The Sidney Award is a monthly journalism award given out by The Sidney Hillman Foundation to "outstanding investigative journalism in service of the common good." It is awarded to work published in an American magazine, newspaper, on an online news site or a blog or a broadcast by an American television or radio news outlet. It focuses on deeply reported investigative work that has impact.
The Sidney Hillman Foundation has been handing out various prizes in the discipline of journalism for more than fifty years. The Sidney Award was launched in 2009.
The Foundation announces the monthly winner on the second Wednesday of each month. Recipients are awarded $500 and a certificate drawn by New Yorker cartoonist Edward Sorel.
Nominations can be made by anyone.
Winners
| Year | Month | Author | Title | Organization |
| 2009 | June | Cruz, Victoria | WNYC | |
| 2009 | July | Taibbi, Matt | Rolling Stone | |
| 2009 | August | Gabrielson, Ryan and Reese, Michelle | The East Valley Tribune | |
| 2009 | September | Gonnerman, Jennifer | New York Magazine | |
| 2009 | October | Bolger, Katy | Pavement Pieces | |
| 2009 | November | Jamieson, Dave | The Washington Post | |
| 2009 | December | Judt, Tony | The New York Review of Books | |
| 2010 | January | Cooper, Anderson | CNN | |
| 2010 | February | Barstow, David | The New York Times | |
| 2010 | March | Halperin, Alex | The American Prospect | |
| 2010 | April | Struck, Doug | The Christian Science Monitor | |
| 2010 | May | Powell, Michael | The New York Times | |
| 2010 | June | McClelland, Mac | Mother Jones | |
| 2010 | July | Luce, Edward | The Financial Times | |
| 2010 | August | Greene, Ronnie | The Miami Herald | |
| 2010 | September | Savage, Dan | It Gets Better Project | |
| 2010 | October | Colloff, Pamela | Texas Monthly | |
| 2010 | November | Berkes, Howard | National Public Radio | |
| 2010 | December | Delany, Arthur and Grim, Ryan | the Huffington Post | |
| 2011 | January | Simon, Joel et al. | The Committee to Protect Journalists | |
| 2011 | February | Sargent, Greg | and | The Plum Line |
| 2011 | March | Kocieniewski, David | The New York Times | |
| 2011 | April | Popper, Nathaniel | Los Angeles Times | |
| 2011 | May | Sallah, Michael; Barry, Rob; Miller, Carol Marbin; Fadely, Chuck | The Miami Herald | |
| 2011 | June | Vargas, Jose Antonio | The New York Times | |
| 2011 | August | Gogola, Tom | New York Magazine | |
| 2011 | September | Bottari, Mary and Graves, Lisa | and | The Nation |
| 2011 | October | Soper, Spencer | The Morning Call | |
| 2011 | November | Carmon, Irin | Salon | |
| 2011 | December | Ganim, Sara | The Patriot-News | |
| 2012 | January | Branch, John | The New York Times | |
| 2012 | February | Greene, Susan | Dart Society Reports | |
| 2012 | March | Frazier, Ian | The New Yorker | |
| 2012 | April | Lee, Trymaine | The Huffington Post | |
| 2012 | May | Wilson, Duff and Roberts, Janet | Reuters | |
| 2012 | June | Chang, Cindy; Moller, Jan; Tilove, Jonathan; Simerman, John | The Times-Picayune | |
| 2012 | July | Potts, Monica | The American Prospect | |
| 2012 | August | Ryle, Gerard and Willson, Kate | The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists | |
| 2012 | September | Schwartzel, Erich and Rendleman, Julia | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | |
| 2012 | October | Chavkin, Sasha; Barry-Jester, Anna Maria; Greene, Ronnie | The Center for Public Integrity | |
| 2012 | November | Moore, Jina | Christian Science Monitor | |
| 2012 | December | Eidelson, Josh | and | The Nation |
| 2013 | January | Patton, Leslie | Bloomberg | |
| 2013 | February | Ortega, Bob | The Arizona Republic | |
| 2013 | March | Brill, Steven | Time Magazine | |
| 2013 | April | Gantz, Joe; Gantz, Harry | HBO Documentary Films | |
| 2013 | May | Manik, Julfikar Ali; Greenhouse, Steven; Yardley, Jim | , , , | The New York Times |
| 2013 | June | Frey, John Carlos et al. | Need to Know | |
| 2013 | July | Grabell, Michael | ProPublica | |
| 2013 | August | Kocieniewski, David | The New York Times | |
| 2013 | September | Stein, Sam | Reporting on the effects of sequestration, including and | The Huffington Post |
| 2013 | October | Twohey, Megan | Reuters | |
| 2013 | November | Kirk, Michael et al. | Frontline | |
| 2013 | December | Updike, Nancy and Hannah-Jones, Nikole | based on | This American Life and ProPublica |
| 2014 | January | Thompson, Gabriel | Golf Digest | |
| 2014 | February | Hess, Amanda | Pacific Standard | |
| 2014 | March | Marvit, Moshe | The Nation | |
| 2014 | April | Miller, Carol Marbin; Burch, Audra D.S. | Miami Herald | |
| 2014 | May | Hayes, Chris | The Nation | |
| 2014 | June | Schwartzapfel, Beth | The American Prospect | |
| 2014 | July | Kaplan, Esther | The Virginia Quarterly Review | |
| 2014 | August | Root, Jay | The Texas Tribune | |
| 2014 | September | Pardue, Doug; Smith, Glenn; Hawes, Jennifer Berry; Caula Hauff, Natalie | The Post and Courier | |
| 2014 | October | Ordoñez, Franco; Locke, Mandy; Jones, Ryann Grochowski; Raynor, David | McClatchyDC and ProPublica | |
| 2014 | November | Chen, Adrian | Wired | |
| 2014 | December | Palast, Greg | and | Al Jazeera America |
| 2015 | January | Marosi, Richard; Bartletti, Don | Los Angeles Times | |
| 2015 | February | Dunlop, R.G; Ryan, Jacob | Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting | |
| 2015 | March | Zwerdling,Daniel | NPR's All Things Considered | |
| 2015 | April | Woodman, Spencer | The Verge | |
| 2015 | May | Stillman, Sarah | The New Yorker | |
| 2015 | June | Maslin Nir, Sarah | and | The New York Times |
| 2015 | July | The Post and Courier | The Post and Courier | |
| 2015 | August | Garrison,Jessica; Bensinger,Ken; Singer-Vine, Jeremy | BuzzFeed News | |
| 2015 | September | Pierce, Charlie | Esquire | |
| 2015 | October | Martin, Nina; Yurkanin, Amy | ProPublica and AL.com | |
| 2015 | November | Silver-Greenberg,Jessica; Corkery, Michael; Gebeloff, Robert | The New York Times | |
| 2015 | December | Invisible Institute | Invisible Institute | |
| 2016 | January | DeHaven, James; Stutz, Howard; Robison, Jennifer | Las Vegas Review-Journal | |
| 2016 | February | Evans, Will; Montgomery, Michael | and | Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting in collaboration with Chip Mitchell of WBEZ |
| 2016 | March | Kunichoff, Yana; Stecklow, Sam; Holliday, Darryl; Amer, Robin | Chicago Reader and City Bureau | |
| 2016 | April | Maharidge, Dale | The Nation | |
| 2016 | May | Riley, Sarah | and | New York Daily News and ProPublica |
| 2016 | June | Press, Eyal | The New Yorker | |
| 2016 | July | Ivory, Danielle; Protess, Ben; Bennett, Kitty | The New York Times | |
| 2016 | August | Gabrielson, Ryan; Sanders, Topher | ProPublica with New York Times magazine | |
| 2016 | September | Flowers, Alison; Macaraeg, Sarah; Amer, Robin | Chicago Reader | |
| 2016 | October | Fahrenthold, David | Washington Post | |
| 2016 | November | Posner, Sarah; Neiwert, David | Mother Jones | |
| 2016 | December | Carreyrou, John | Wall Street Journal | |
| 2017 | January | Pell, Michael; Schneyer, Joshua | Reuters | |
| 2017 | February | Levinson, Reade | Reuters | |
| 2017 | March | Presser, Lizzie | California Sunday Magazine | |
| 2017 | April | Waldman, Peter | Bloomberg BusinessWeek | |
| 2017 | May | Harte, Julia | Reuters | |
| 2017 | June | MacGillis, Alec | ProPublica and New York Times magazine | |
| 2017 | July | Murphy, Brett | USA Today Network | |
| 2017 | August | Lewis, Michael | Vanity Fair | |
| 2017 | September | Reeve, Elle; Jarrett, Tracy; Davis, Josh; Caldwell, Zach; de Guzman, Orlando | VICE News | |
| 2017 | October | Noori Farzan, Antonia; Flaherty, Joseph | Phoenix New Times | |
| 2017 | November | Kantor, Jodi; Twohey, Megan | New York Times | |
| 2017 | December | Rosenthal, Brian; Fitzsimmons, Emma; Laforgia, Michael | New York Times | |
| 2018 | January | Schwartz, Mattathias | New York Magazine | |
| 2018 | February | Feldman, Kiera | ProPublica and the Investigative Fund | |
| 2018 | March | Bottari, Mary | In These Times | |
| 2018 | April | Teen Vogue | Teen Vogue | |
| 2018 | May | Evans, Will; Jeong Perry, Alyssa | Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting | |
| 2018 | June | Macur, Juliet | New York Times | |
| 2018 | July | Tucker, John H. | New York Magazine | |
| 2018 | August | Hill, David | The Ringer | |
| 2018 | September | Arnsdorf, Isaac | ProPublica | |
| 2018 | October | Dreier, Hannah | ProPublica & This American Life | |
| 2018 | November | Liptak, Adam | New York Times | |
| 2018 | December | Brown, Julie K.; Michot, Emily | Miami Herald | |
| 2019 | January | Kolodner, Meredith; Butrymowicz, Sarah | Hechinger Report in collaboration with the New York Times | |
| 2019 | February | Ryley, Sarah; Singer-Vine, Jeremy; Campbell, Sean | and | The Trace and BuzzFeed News |
| 2019 | March | Knafo, Saki | Gimlet Media with New York Times Magazine and Type Investigations | |
| 2019 | April | Mayer, Jane | The New Yorker | |
| 2019 | May | Joyce, Kathryn | Huffington Post’s Highline and Type Investigations | |
| 2019 | June | Hiltzik, Michael | Los Angeles Times |