San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the inaugural Journalism Podcast Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 54 entries from 32 schools submitted in this competition.
First Place has been awarded to Sophia Young, a graduate of Ohio University. Sophia wins a $3,000 award. Since Sophia is a graduate, second place winner Sarah Ellis from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wins a $2,000 and qualified for the Hearst Championships.
The third-through-fifth place finalists are:
Third Place, $1,500 award, Lydia Svendsen, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Madison Knutson, Arizona State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Bayliss Flynn, University of Montana
The top five winning schools receive matching grants.
The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Madeleine Ahmadi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Allison Beck, Temple University
Eighth Place, certificate, Ira Mitroshin, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Ninth Place, certificate, Cade Miller, Pennsylvania State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval, University of Missouri
University of Missouri has won first place in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the four broadcast competitions held this year.
They are followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Arizona State University; Michigan State University; University of Florida; University of Maryland; Ohio University; Pennsylvania State University; Western Kentucky University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively.
The broadcast judges are: Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News, Hearst Television; Holly Quan, Reporter/Anchor, KCBS Radio; Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager, WMUR-TV.
The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program added broadcast journalism to the competitions in 1988. The program also includes four writing, two photojournalism and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.
There are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.
