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— William Randolph Hearst
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2016-2017 Competition Calendar
Writing
Feature Writing
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Photojournalism
Photojournalism I – News & Features
Monday, March 20, 2017
Radio
Radio News & Features
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Television
Television I – Features
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Multimedia
Multimedia I – Features
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Recent News
2016 Hearst National Championship Winners Named
June 7, 2016
2016 Hearst National Championship Qualifiers Named
May 15, 2016
Hearst Multimedia IV – Team Reporting Winners
April 30, 2016
Hearst Breaking News Writing Winners
April 30, 2016
Hearst Multimedia III/Enterprise Reporting Winners
April 14, 2016
2016 National Championships
Writing
Photojournalism
Radio Broadcast News
Television Broadcast News
Multimedia
2015-16 Monthly Competition Winners
Writing
Photojournalism
Broadcast News
Multimedia
Intercollegiate
Program Guidelines
There are 14 journalism awards competitions throughout each school year — five writing, two photojournalism, one radio broadcast, two television
broadcast, 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 56th annual program offering up to $500,000 in awards, consists of five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions (one in radio and two in television), 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.
