Congratulations to @sahanjournal.bsky.social for winning the February Sidney Award from @sidneyhillman.bsky.social. 🌟 The Sahan Journal is based in Minnesota and have extensively covered Operation Metro Surge - the largest immigration operation in American history. Read: tinyurl.com/yzh6brdp

Watch this video tribute to our Sidney-winner, @SahanJournal, co-produced with @hot975.bsky.social and WBLS.

@sahanjournal.bsky.social wins the February Sidney for agenda-setting coverage of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota.

the practical effect of arresting lemon et al is to spark widespread condemnation, especially since these arrests will certainly be thrown out. this doesn't mean the action isn't a dangerous escalation, it does mean the white house doesn't know what to do but spam its only attack

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

It's not just Don Lemon! Journalist and BLCK Press Founder Georgia Fort was arrested for reporting on a Minneapolis church protest.

President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Time is running out! Get those Hillman entries in, folks.

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Terribly uncanny how relevant this is to today.

Sidney's Picks: ICE will literally hire anyone.

CalMatters wins the January Sidney Award for outstanding investigative journalism for Anat Rubin's article, “The WalMart of public defense: How justice gets sold to the lowest bidder in rural California.”

Anat Rubin of @calmatters.org wins the January Sidney for exposing California's flat-fee do-nothing public defender system.

“It’s not at all surprising that this is happening with these ICE [removal] officers being sent out to basically treat people terribly,” a one-time deputy chief counsel with the agency told me, anticipating more escalation of violence. My latest for @motherjones.com:

Last call! Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

US artist visas are now given based on your number of social media followers

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2043...

Congrats to this month's Sidney winners on their critical work telling the stories of child farmworkers in California.

Thank you @sidneyhillman.bsky.social for recognizing our work. The project was a model of collaboration by all involved 👊🏽

Did you know that children as young as 12 can legally work on farms in CA? This month’s Sidney winners found that thousands of kids are toiling in fields, getting exposed to pesticides, and dreading immigration raids. And the state is unable to protect them.

Congratulations to @lajourno.bsky.social, @photospice.bsky.social, and @loelebee.bsky.social on winning the Dec Sidney Award for exposing the systemic exploitation of child farmworkers in CA. Produced by @capitalandmain.bsky.social, @latimes.com, and McGraw Center.

Call for Entries for 2026 Canadian Hillman Prizes on now through Jan 15:

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

Y’all did not have to thank him.

We are now accepting entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism. Categories: Book, Newspaper, Magazine, Broadcast, and Opinion & Analysis journalism. No entry fee!

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

We are now accepting entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism. Awards are given for Book, Newspaper, Magazine, Broadcast, and Opinion & Analysis journalism. No entry fee!

The Call for Entries for the 2026 Hillman Prizes in Journalism is on now through Jan 30:

I have been thinking about this line today, on the value of editors, from the late great John Bennet, for no reason in particular.

Sidney's Picks: Red Cup rebellion at Starbucks and more!

This is an incredible resource, you can word search it and find out, for example, that Michael Wolff, Epstein, and Steve Bannon emailed each other about the @miamiherald.com getting a @sidneyhillman.bsky.social award for its reporting on Epstein.

My assessment is also that groyper staffers in DC are "a loud minority but not to the double digits." I'd even doubt 5%. Nick himself recently admitted his people aren't in DC- see video below. Rod Dreher is conflating 'hard-right' with 'groyper'.

Tampa Bay Times wins November Sidney for Exposing Deaths of Undocumented Workers on Florida Road Crews

Congratulations to Emily Mahoney and Langston Taylor of the Tampa Bay Times on winning the November Sidney for their exposé of Archer Western, a major road contractor for the State of Florida with a terrible safety record.

The November Sidney Award goes to Emily Mahoney and Langston Taylor of the Tampa Bay Times for exposing the appalling safety record of a major road contractor which the State of Florida knowing its record and its pattern of hiring undocumented labor.

It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States. Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."