Hillman Prizes awarded to Quartz, Bloomberg Businessweek

A project between Type Investigations and Quartz, as well as a Bloomberg Businessweek article about Dollar General working conditions have won 2024 Hillman Prizes.

The award for reporting on racial and economic justice went to Aurora Almendral for “Merchants of Care,”  a project of Type Investigations and Quartz.

The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented staffing crisis for hospitals in the United States and Europe. Nurses left the profession in droves, citing stress and burnout, and sparking a shortage that will grow significantly worse. Nearly one-fifth of nurses are planning to leave their jobs by 2027.

For her four-part series, Almendral traveled to India, Nigeria, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and across the United States to investigate the consequences of this global trend. She spoke with dozens of nurses, along with recruitment agency employees, hospital officials, public health experts, researchers, and officials in government health departments.

The award for magazine journalism went to Josh Eidelson for “The U.S. Workplace Power Struggle,” which ran in Bloomberg Businessweek.

For the past couple of years, workers in a range of different industries have been taking remarkable collective action. They are making progress in reversing decades-long anti-labor trends, and forcing reckonings over long-simmering problems with their employers.

The Bloomberg Businessweek cover story uncovered the miserable and alarmingly dangerous conditions at Dollar General’s stores by drawing on interviews with current and former hourly workers and managers in 14 states, and thousands of pages of public records.

The Hillman Prizes strive to recognize discernment of a significant news story, resourcefulness and courage in reporting, skill in relating the story and the impact of the coverage. See all of the winners here.