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— William Randolph Hearst
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2019-2020 Competition Calendar
Writing
Breaking News Writing
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Photojournalism
Photo Semi-Final Competition
(open to top winners from Photo I & II)
Monday, April 13, 2020
Television
Multimedia
Multimedia IV – Digital News or Enterprise Story – Team
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Recent News
2019-20 Hearst Photojournalism II Winners Named
March 24, 2020
2019-20 Hearst Sports Writing Winners Named
March 16, 2020
2019-20 Hearst Multimedia II Winners Named
March 3, 2020
2019-20 Hearst Radio News & Features Winners Named
February 21, 2019
2019-20 Hearst Enterprise Reporting Winners Named
January 29, 2020
2019-20 Hearst Multimedia I Winners Named
January 16, 2020
2019-20 Hearst Television I Winners Named
January 10, 2020
2019-20 Hearst Photojournalism I Winners Named
December 13, 2019
2019-20 Hearst Feature Writing Winners Named
December 6, 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.
