San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Innovative Storytelling Competition of the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 42 entries from 25 schools submitted in the second multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Myah Griffin, a junior from Western Kentucky University. Myah wins a $3,000 scholarship for the story titled “Collecting Memories.” Myah also qualifies for the Hearst Multimedia Championship in June 2026.

Other top five winners:

Second Place, $2,000 award, Nithya Indlamuri, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Jinglin Jingan, University of Southern California
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Nina Moothedath, University of Southern California
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Maya Kolton, Michigan State University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Nicole Borman, University of Florida
Seventh Place, certificate, Emilee Arnold, Western Kentucky University
Eighth Place, certificate, Kairi Lowery, University of Florida
Ninth Place, certificate, Nathan Olszewski, Syracuse University
Tenth Place, certificate, Alli Satterfield, Pennsylvania State University

Western Kentucky University is leading the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest student points from the two multimedia competitions held so far.

They are followed by:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Florida
Southern California University
Pennsylvania State University
Syracuse University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Michigan State University
University of Missouri
University of Kentucky (tie)
University of Maryland (tie)

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate
winners will be announced after the completion of the four multimedia competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The multimedia judges are: Lauren Frohne, Lead Video Journalist, The Seattle Times; Jim Seida, Producer, NBC News; Ed Ou, Visual Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program added multimedia to its competition roster in 2010.
Now in its 66th year, the program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. Currently, there are 104 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Audio News and/or Features Competition. Five audio winners qualify for the National Championships in June, along with qualifying television, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

There were a record 78 entries from 51 universities submitted in this competition.

The top audio winners are:
First Place, $3,000 award, Boone Kilpatrick, Syracuse University *
Second Place, $2,000 award, Evan Fay, Syracuse University *
Third Place, $1,500 award, Julia Boboc, University of Oregon *
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Sofia Zarran, University of Florida
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Maddie Policastro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *
Sixth Place, certificate, Erika Konig, University of Memphis *

* These finalists qualify for the 2026 National Audio Championship this June.

The seventh-through-tenth place finalists are:

Seventh Place, certificate, Lilley Halloran, University of Missouri
Eighth Place, certificate, Pierce Gentry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ninth Place, certificate, Kierra Evans, Louisiana State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Shane Darling, Marshall University

The University of Missouri is currently in the lead with the highest accumulated student points in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition.

Following in the rankings are:

Syracuse University
University of Florida
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Arizona State University
University of Tennessee, Knoxville-tie
University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign-tie
Pennsylvania State University
University of Oregon
Mississippi State University

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively, and will be announced after the completion of Broadcast competitions and presented at the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The competition’s broadcast judges are Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News at Hearst Television; Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager of WMUR-TV; and Scott Herman, Chairman of Broadcasters Foundation of America.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, now in its 66th year, added broadcast journalism competitions in 1988. In addition to the broadcast competitions, the program also includes four writing, two photojournalism, and four multimedia competitions, offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants, and stipends. The program is open to accredited undergraduate journalism programs from 104 universities within the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Sports Writing Competition of the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from a record 150 entries from 83 schools submitted in the second writing competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Lincoln Roch, a senior from University of Colorado.
Lincoln wins a $3,000 scholarship for the article “‘Slurs and harassment at BYU game alienate Mormon CU
students.” Lincoln also qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2026.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Lily Newman, Syracuse University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Jessica Garcete, University of Florida
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Gage Wellman, Kent State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Sophie Fowler, University of Oregon

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Greg Finberg, Pennsylvania State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Claire Huss, University of Maryland
Eighth Place, certificate, Jacob Tukker, University of Missouri
Ninth Place, certificate, Ally Larkin, University of Nevada, Reno
Tenth Place, certificate, Gabby Rogers, Indiana University

Syracuse University leads the intercollegiate writing competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two writing competitions held thus far.

They are followed by:
University of Florida
University of Colorado
Pennsylvania State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Missouri
Colorado State University
Elon University
University of Oregon (tie)
Kent State University (tie)

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate
winners will be announced after the completion of the four writing competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The writing judges are: Sue Campbell, Editor, Food and Culture, Minnesota Star Tribune; Suki Dardarian, retired journalist/former editor, Minnesota Star Tribune; Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Editor in Chief, San Francisco Chronicle.

The 66th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 104 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Feature Writing Competition of the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from a record 162 entries from 87 schools submitted in the first writing competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Hannah Parcells, a senior from Colorado State University. Hannah wins a $3,000 scholarship for the article “‘It’s going to happen to someone else’: Students allege use of date-rape drugs at off-campus fraternity parties, accuse CSU of inaction.”
Hannah also qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2026.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Betsy Schlehuber, Elon University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Sarah Mulu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Peggy Dodd, University of Oklahoma
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Noah Weinberg, Syracuse University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Brian Eife, Pennsylvania State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Lincoln Roch, University of Colorado
Eighth Place, certificate, Yana Savitsky, University of Southern California
Ninth Place, certificate, Siena Duncan, University of Florida
Tenth Place, certificate, Bailey Zitko, San Francisco State University

Syracuse University is leading in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest student point totals in the first of four writing competitions.

They are followed by:
Colorado State University
Elon University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Florida
University of Oklahoma
Pennsylvania State University
University of Colorado (tie)
University of Southern California (tie)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate
winners will be announced after the completion of the four writing competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The writing judges are: Sue Campbell, Editorial/Food Culture, Minnesota Star Tribune; Suki Dardarian, retired journalist/former editor, Minnesota Star Tribune; Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Editor in Chief, San Francisco Chronicle.

The 66th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 104 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism News & Features Competition of the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 134 entries from 72 schools
submitted in the first photo competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Maddie McCuddy, a December graduate from University of Montana. Maddie wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship in June 2026.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Nia Meyers, Pennsylvania State University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Blake Fagan, California State University, Northridge
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Ben Pennington, Ohio University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Alex Antoniono, Pennsylvania State University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Ari Saperstein, Michigan State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Dominic Di Palermo, Western Kentucky University
Eighth Place, certificate, Marley Barboeisel, University of Montana
Ninth Place, certificate, Charlotte Keene, University of Texas at Austin
Tenth Place, certificate, Michael Baniewicz, University of Missouri

The University of Montana and Pennsylvania State University share first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition, holding the highest combined student points after the first of two photo
competitions held annually.

They are followed by:
Western Kentucky University
California State University, Northridge
University of Missouri
Michigan State University (tie)
Ohio University (tie)
University of Texas at Austin
University of Florida (tie)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (tie)

The final Intercollegiate winners will be announced after the Photo II competition in April.
The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively, which will be presented
during the National Championships in June.

The photojournalism judges are: Danny Gawlowski, Senior Manager, Communications and Policy, Carbon to Sea; and Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO, CatchLight; Boyzell Hosey, Senior Editor for Visual Storytelling, ProPublica.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program introduced photojournalism to its competitions in 1970. Now in its 66th year, the program includes four writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, one audio, two
television, one podcast, and four multimedia competitions. Together, they offer up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants, and stipends. Currently, 104 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism programs—members of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication—are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Narrative Video Storytelling Competition of the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 97 entries from 57 schools submitted in the first multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Quincy Marks, a 2025 graduate from University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Quincy wins a $3,000 scholarship for the story titled “One Percent Chance.”

Second-place winner Aayas Joshi, a senior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wins $2,000 for the story titled, “Adrift: Forgiving the Flood.” Aayas also qualifies for the Hearst Multimedia Championship in June 2026.

Other top five winners:
Third Place, $1,500 award, Ashleigh Lucas, University of Florida
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Jindong Tian, Pennsylvania State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Adin Parks, Western Kentucky University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Von Smith, Western Kentucky University
Seventh Place, certificate, Reese Niccolls, Syracuse University
Eighth Place, certificate, Jackson Ingvoldstad, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ninth Place, certificate, Nicole Borman, University of Florida
Tenth Place, certificate, Collin Snyder, Syracuse University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first multimedia competition.
They are followed by:
Western Kentucky University
University of Florida
Pennsylvania State University
Syracuse University
Florida International University
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Alabama
University of Montana
University of Missouri

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate
winners will be announced after the completion of the four multimedia competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The multimedia judges are: Lauren Frohne, Lead Video Journalist, The Seattle Times; Jim Seida, Producer, NBC News; Ed Ou, Visual Journalist/Documentary Filmmaker.

The 66th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 104 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Television Features Competition of the 2025-2026 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. 109 entries from 66 universities nationwide were submitted in the first of the program’s two television competitions.

First Place was awarded to Charlotte Cicero, a senior at the University of Missouri. Charlotte receives a $3,000 award and qualifies for the National Television Championship, which will take place in June 2026 in San Francisco.

Second-through-fifth place finalists:
Second Place, $2,000 award: Abigail Klinkerman, University of Missouri
Third Place, $1,500 award: Juan Carlos Chaoui, University of Florida
Fourth Place, $1,000 award: Ryan Murphy, Western Kentucky University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award: Anjana Dasam, Syracuse University

The top five winning schools also receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate: Bethany Pryor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate: Grace Johnson, Arizona State University
Eighth Place, certificate: Lauren Morris, Temple University
Ninth Place, certificate: Aubrey Carter, Mississippi State University
Tenth Place, certificate: Sarah Grosch, Pennsylvania State University

In the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition, the University of Missouri is currently in the lead with the highest accumulated student points from the first of four broadcast competitions.
Following in the rankings are:
Arizona State University
Western Kentucky University (tie)
University of Florida (tie)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Syracuse University
Florida International University
Temple University (tie)
University of South Carolina (tie)

The top three universities in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition will earn $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 in prizes, with final results announced in April after the completion of the audio, podcast and second television competition.

The competition’s broadcast judges are Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News at Hearst Television; Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager of WMUR-TV; and Scott Herman, Chairman of Broadcasters Foundation of America.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, now in its 66th year, added broadcast journalism competitions in 1988. In addition to the broadcast competitions, the program also includes four writing, two photojournalism, and four multimedia competitions, offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants, and stipends. The program is open to accredited undergraduate journalism programs from 104 universities within the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

San Francisco, CA – The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the winners of the 65th National Championships, the culmination of the 2024–2025 Journalism Awards Program.

The annual Hearst Championships, often referred to as the “Pulitzers of College Journalism,” brought together 29 student journalists from across the country. These finalists were selected from 1,260 entries submitted in
14 competitions held throughout the academic year.

From May 31 to June 5, 2025, finalists gathered in San Francisco to complete assignments under deadlines, vying for scholarship awards of up to $10,000.

National Writing Championship:
First Place, $10,000 award: Rylie Oswald, University of Kansas
Second Place, $7,500 award: Ashton Slaughter, Oklahoma State University
Third Place, $5,000 award: Sophia Abolfathi, University of Florida

Finalists – $1,500 each:
Marshall Baker, Arizona State University
Nicole Belvins, Indiana University
Lauren Brensel, University of Florida
Madison Holcomb, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jami Martin-Trainor, University of Iowa

National Photojournalism Championship:
First Place, $10,000 award: Emilee Arnold, Western Kentucky University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Abbey Cutrer, University of Kentucky
Third Place, $5,000 award: Cara Penquite, University of Missouri

Finalists – $1,500 each:
Chad Cushing, University of Kansas
Ellie Kollme, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

National Audio Championship:
First Place, $10,000 award: Layli Nazarova, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Second Place, $7,500 award: Pierce Gentry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Third Place, $5,000 award: Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Finalists – $1,500 each:
Julia Boboc, University of Oregon
Blake Mace, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

National Television Championship:
First Place, $10,000 award: Nathan Lee, University of Missouri
Second Place, $7,500 award: Ricky Podgorski, University of Maryland
Third Place, $5,000 award: Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University

Finalists – $1,500 each:
Samantha Hoffman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Karina Prieto, Michigan State University

National Multimedia Championship:
First Place, $10,000 award: Faith Cabalum, Michigan State University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Brett Phelps, Western Kentucky University
Third Place, $5,000 award: Hannah Zinn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Finalists – $1,500 each:
Max Feliu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Madeline Powell, Western Kentucky University

National Podcast Championship:
Finalist – $1,500:
Sarah Ellis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Championship Judges:
Writing judges: Maria Reeve, Managing Editor/Vice President, The Star Tribune; Sue Campbell, Managing Editor, Features, The Star Tribune; David Callaway, Founder and Editor, Callaway Climate Insights.

Photojournalism judges: Nicole Frugé, Director of Visuals, The San Francisco Chronicle; Danny Gawlowski, Senior Manager, Communications and Policy, Carbon to Sea; and Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO, CatchLight.

Audio, television and podcast judges: Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News, Hearst Television; Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager, WMUR-TV; Holly Quan, Reporter/Anchor, KCBS Radio.

Multimedia Judges: Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, The Post and Courier; Lauren Frohne, Lead Video Journalist, The Seattle Times; Jim Seida, Producer, NBC News.

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation was established by its namesake in 1948 under California non-profit laws, exclusively for educational and charitable purposes. Since then, the Hearst Foundations have contributed over 1.5 billion dollars to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program was founded in 1960 to support, encourage and give assistance to
journalism education through scholarships for outstanding college students. Since its inception, the program has distributed more than $18 million in scholarships and grants for the exceptional work by student journalists who participate in the program.

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the 29 journalism students representing 16 universities from across the country who will compete in the 65th annual National Championships, held in San Francisco,
May 31 – June 6, 2025.

These finalists’ monthly competition entry submissions were selected as the best from the 1,260 entries received in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program this year and qualified them for the Championships. During the Championships, the finalists will fulfill spot assignments selected by our media professional judges, vying for scholarship awards of $1,500 to $10,000 in each category. We congratulate the 2025 National Championship Finalists!

Writing Finalists
Sophia Abolfathi, University of Florida
Marshall Baker, Arizona State University
Nicole Blevins, Indiana University
Lauren Brensel, University of Florida
Madison Holcomb, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jami Martin-Trainor, University of Iowa
Rylie Oswald, University of Kansas
Ashton Slaughter, Oklahoma State University

Photo Finalists
Emilee Arnold, Western Kentucky University
Chad Cushing, University of Kansas
Abbey Cutrer, University of Kentucky
Ellie Kollme, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cara Penquite, University of Missouri

Audio Finalists
Julia Boboc, University of Oregon
Pierce Gentry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Blake Mace, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Layli Nazarova, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Television Finalists
Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University
Samantha Hoffman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nathan Lee, University of Missouri
Ricky Podgorski, University of Maryland
Karina Prieto, Michigan State University

Multimedia Finalists
Faith Cabalum, Michigan State University
Max Feliu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brett Phelps, Western Kentucky University
Madeline Powell, Western Kentucky University
Hannah Zinn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Podcast Finalist
Sarah Ellis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presently, 105 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 65 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Digital News/Enterprise Multimedia Team Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 60 entries from 35 schools submitted in the final multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Maggie Knutte, Elena Cleary, Nathan Gonzalez, Piper Pascarella, Nour Longi, Faith Lee from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The team wins a $3,000 scholarship for the piece titled “Tailoring Hope.”

There is no Championship component for this team competition.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Aayas Joshi & Anna Connors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Brett Phelps, Hydia Jackson, Wyatt Richardson, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Vanina Dimitrova, Caroline McCone, Caroline Larson, JJ Measer, Ashlee Klotzbuecher, Halley Paulus, University of Missouri
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Margaret McIntyre, Hannah Zinn, Anna Laible, Hailey Patterson, Mckenzie Bulris, Emily Rollins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Lauren Becker, Ranya Jennifer Salvant, Lizzy Lee, Nick Beccar Varela, Daniel Teitelbaum, Erin Morrison, University of Oregon
Seventh Place, certificate, Maria Avlonitis, Kimberly Blum, Sabrina Castro, Gabriella Chavez, Alex Land, Franklin Omar Lopez, Caia Reese, Nathan Thomas, Kat Tran, Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira, University of Florida
Eighth Place, certificate, Ali Costello, Connor Marchant, Von Smith, Emilee Arnold, Dominic Di Palermo, Lauren Howe, Preston Jenkins, Kayden Mulrooney, Adin Parks, Arthur H. Trickett-Wile, Sean McInnis, Madeline Powell, Garrett Woodrum, Western Kentucky University
Ninth Place, certificate, Julia Schamko, Denzen Cortez, Sam Ballesteros, Arizona State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Torin Smith and Holland Mowry and team, University Georgia

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the four multimedia competitions held this year.
They are followed by:
Western Kentucky University
University of Missouri
University of Florida
University of Oregon
Syracuse University
University of Southern California
Michigan State University
Arizona State University
Pennsylvania University

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively.

The multimedia judges are: Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, Post & Courier; Lauren Frohne, Lead Video Journalist, The Seattle Times; Jim Seida, Producer, NBC News.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, 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.