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Two Freelance Journalists Awarded $100,000 Each for Elevating Stories of Black Americans, Immigrant Families
February 5, 2021 GMT
LOS ALTOS, Calif., Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Heising-Simons Foundation announced today that freelance journalists David Dennis, Jr., and Michelle García are the recipients of the 2021 American Mosaic Journalism Prize, which includes an unrestricted cash prize of $100,000 for each. This is one of the largest dollar amounts given for a journalism prize in the United States.
Dennis’ journalism includes a 2020 cover story in Atlanta Magazine, “Ahmaud Arbery Will Not Be Erased,” which sheds light on the injustice and historical pattern leading up to the murder of a young Black man in Georgia, and a piece in Gay Mag, “An Ode To The Black Women At Dillard’s,” that reflects on the solidarity and community Black women have fostered over department stor