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— William Randolph Hearst
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2019-2020 Competition Calendar
Writing
Sports Writing
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Photojournalism
Photo II – Picture Story/Series
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Television
Television I – Features
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Multimedia
Multimedia II – Innovative Storytelling and Audience Engagement
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Radio
News & Features
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Recent News
2019-20 Hearst Feature Writing Winners Named
December 6, 2019
2019 Hearst National Championship Winners Announced
June 10, 2019
2018-19 Hearst Intercollegiate Winners Named
May 22, 2019
2019 Hearst National Championship Finalists Selected
May 17, 2019
2019-20 Monthly Competition Winners
Writing
Photojournalism
Radio
Television
Multimedia
Intercollegiate
Program Guidelines
There are 14 journalism awards competitions throughout each school year — five writing, two photojournalism, one radio, two television, and four multimedia competitions. Each participating university is eligible to enter two separate students’ entries per competition. Double bylines and/or group entries are not allowed except in the Team Multimedia Storytelling competition. The submission must have been disseminated – published, aired or posted – while the student was an undergraduate journalism major. An exception is made for photo entrants who do not have to be journalism majors to enter the photo competitions.
About
The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, was founded in 1960, to provide support, encouragement, and
assistance to journalism education at the college and university level. The program awards scholarships to students for outstanding performance in college-level journalism, with matching grants to the students’ schools. The 59th annual program offering up to $700,000 in awards, consists of five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, one radio competition, two television competititions and four multimedia competitions – with championship
finals in all divisions. Participation in the program is open to undergraduate journalism majors currently enrolled in ACEJMC – accredited
domestic universities.
