Citizens Police Data Project Earns Sidney Award for Journalism
The Invisible Institute has earned a Sidney award from the Sidney Hillman Foundation for the Citizens Police Data Project, which was developed in collaboration with the Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project. The Sidney is awarded monthly to an outstanding piece of journalism that appeared in the prior month.
“The CPDP is a triumph for transparency and open government,” said Sidney judge Lindsay Beyerstein. “Kalven and his team have uncovered deeply worrying trends and created an invaluable resource that holds public officials to account.”
The Invisible Institute is a journalistic production company on the South Side of Chicago. They work to enhance the capacity of civil society to hold public institutions accountable. The Citizens Police Data Project is a product of a decade-long collaboration with the University of Chicago Law School’s Mandel Legal Aid Clinic.