The Sidney Prize, established by the Hillman Foundation to honor journalists engaged in “investigative reporting and deep storytelling that furthers social and economic justice,” is named in honor of Sidney Hollander – a prominent businessman in Baltimore who dedicated both time and resources towards social reform.
Today, the foundation announced the winners of its 73rd Sidney Prizes: New York Times for their investigation of Haitian colonial debt; ProPublica for their expose on hospice privatization and More Perfect Union’s agenda-setting videos which highlight corporate greed.
Other award winners included The New York Times for its piece entitled, “Covering Up America’s Health Care Crisis,” which exposed problems in how hospitals treated sick and dying patients; The Washington Post was awarded for reporting on “The Continuing Struggle to Make a Difference in the Life of a Child,” while Meredith Whitney won the inaugural Sidney Prize for journalism for correctly forecasting that U.S. financial system was headed toward collapse and advocating that government take measures to safeguard citizens against its collapse.
As the world reels from terrorist attacks in Paris and Gaza, the Hillman Prize for Journalism recognizes reporters bringing to light some of society’s biggest issues, according to Bruce Raynor, president emeritus of Workers United – an SEIU affiliate. Previous recipients have included Desmond Tutu – who received it for his efforts against apartheid; and journalist Bob Woodward for reporting on Bush administration Iraq War strategy.
This Prize is presented annually upon recommendation by the Head of Linguistics to a student who has demonstrated superior proficiency in third or fourth year Linguistics units at University of Sydney. This prize honors Professor Robert Thornley.
Established by the Aisling Society of Sydney in 1987, this prize is given annually to an A-grade student enrolled in senior courses of Irish or Irish-Australian History who submits an outstanding written work about any aspect of Australian or Irish-Australian History.
This prize was established to commemorate Dr Ivan Cher, an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney and long-standing member of Mandelbaum House’s Board of Trustees. The goal is to encourage research on Jewish Civilisation; funding came from The Mandelbaum Trust. This scholarship honors the student with the highest mark across 12 junior units of Jewish Civilisation, Thought & Culture and is presented alongside the Charles and Alice Weiner Scholarship. The Lucy Firth Prize for an exceptional essay in metaphysics or epistemology is given annually to a postgraduate student as determined by examiners, and this bequest from Lucy’s family funds it. As it stands today, this prize remains the only award presented by the School of Philosophy.