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Freelance Journalists Latria Graham and Zaydee Sanchez Awarded 2025 American Mosaic Journalism Prize

A migrant farming community comes together to rebuild after a historic flooding. A group of transgender Latinx people find refuge and community in one another. An homage to the remarkable legacy of an all-Black caddie corps, whose members guided golf legends to victory while their own excellence was overlooked for generations.
These are some of the stories brought to light by freelance journalists Zaydee Sanchez and Latria Graham, the latest recipients of Heising-Simons Foundation’s American Mosaic Journalism Prize.

2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Recipient Receives Oscar Nomination for “Sugarcane”: Q&A with Julian Brave NoiseCat

Writer and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat, a 2022 recipient of the Heising-Simons Foundation’s American Mosaic Journalism Prize, has achieved a historic recognition with his debut documentary film, “Sugarcane.” In addition to many industry accolades, the National Geographic documentary has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, making Mr. NoiseCat the first Indigenous North American to receive this honor.

“Breaking the News” Documentary by Grantee The 19th Available on Streaming Services

A documentary about journalism grantee The 19th has just been released on streaming platforms, chronicling the nonprofit newsroom’s launch, triumphs and challenges. “Breaking the News” features deliberations around and reporting on key major news events such as the coronavirus pandemic, the killing of Breonna Taylor, and the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The documentary premiered …

Journalism Grantee FRONTLINE Wins Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

FRONTLINE documentary film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, made in partnership with the Associated Press (AP), won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscars ceremony in March 2024. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL tells the important and powerful story from the perspective of an AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged …

American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Dara T. Mathis and Tamir Kalifa

The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 American Mosaic Journalism Prize: Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle.

Multi-Donor Initiative to Award More than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News

The Heising-Simons Foundation is joining a coalition of 21 other donors to create Press Forward, a new national grantmaking initiative with the goal to strengthen local news and information with a combined more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years.

Brian Eule: “The For-Profit Journalism Model is Broken”

“Fox, MSNBC, and CNN air opinion disguised as news, knowing that anger, fear, and conflict draw eyeballs, which in turn results in greater advertising revenue. Speculation on who leads a political race more than a year away, with pundits pontificating on soundstages, costs less sending reporters out to cover communities,” writes Director of Journalism and …

Grantee Imara Jones Named One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023

Imara Jones, award-winning journalist and founder of TransLash Media (TransLash), has been named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023. She joins the ranks of Brittney Griner, King Charles III, and Shannon Watts in the Icons category of TIME’s 2023 list. Imara spearheads the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, a bi-weekly podcast …

American Mosaic Journalism Prize Awarded to Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle

The Heising-Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 American Mosaic Journalism Prize: Carvell Wallace and Cerise Castle.