2024-25 Hearst Multimedia Narrative Video Storytelling Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia Narrative Video Storytelling Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 81 entries from 47 schools submitted in the first multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Faith Cabalum, a December 2024 graduate from Michigan State University. Faith wins a $3,000 scholarship for the video titled “Over the Years: A film about the human perspective on aging.” Faith also qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Max Feliu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Ethan Jamba, University of Montana
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Kayden Mulrooney, Western Kentucky 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, Hannah Zinn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Jenna Bloom, University of Maryland
Eighth Place, certificate, Kimberly Blum, University of Florida
Ninth Place, certificate, Lukas Vysniauskas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Tenth Place, certificate, Katharyn Macdonald, Elon 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 of the year.
They are followed by:
Western Kentucky University
Michigan State University
University of Montana
University of Maryland
University of Florida
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Indiana University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie)
Florida International University (tie)
University of Nevada, Reno

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: 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.

2024-25 Hearst Feature Writing Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Feature Writing Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 149 entries from 79 schools submitted in the first writing competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Lauren Brensel, a senior from University of Florida.
Lauren wins a $3,000 scholarship for the article “When private pilots falter, air controllers are saviors of skies.”
Lauren also qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Natalie La Roche Pietri, Florida International University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Abby McCutchan, Texas Christian University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Maya Waid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Emily Nyberg, University of Iowa
The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Sinclair Holian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Sarah Henry, University of Florida
Eighth Place, certificate, Naomi Delkamiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ninth Place, certificate, Lu Warnke, University of Georgia
Tenth Place, certificate, Aspen Anderson, University of Washington

University of Florida is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated
student points in the first writing competition of the year.
They are followed by:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Florida International University (tie)
Texas Christian University (tie)
University of Iowa
University of Washington
University of Georgia (tie)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie)
Indiana University
Arizona State University

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: 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.

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.

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2024-25 Hearst Photojournalism News & Features Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism News and Features Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 124 entries from 72 schools submitted in the first photo competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Emilee Arnold, a senior from Western Kentucky University. Emilee wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award: Abbey Cutrer, University of Kentucky
Third Place, $1,500 award: Dominic Di Palermo, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award: Cara Penquite, University of Missouri
Fifth Place, $1,000 award: Chad Cushing, University of Kansas

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth Place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate: Coral Scoles-Coburn, University of Montana
Seventh Place, certificate: Heather Diehl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eighth Place, certificate: Ben Pennington, Ohio University
Ninth Place, certificate: Ashleigh Lucas, University of Florida
Tenth Place, certificate: Matthew Mueller, University of Kentucky

Western Kentucky University takes the lead in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first of two photo competitions.
They are followed by:
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri
University of Montana
Ohio University
University of Kansas
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Florida
University of Arizona
Syracuse University

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: 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.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program offers 14 competitions annually including four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, four multimedia and one podcast awarding 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.
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2024-25 Hearst Television Features Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Television News Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

First Place was awarded to Nathan Lee, a junior at the University of Missouri. Nathan receives a $3,000 prize and qualifies for the National Television Championship, which will take place in June 2025 in San Francisco.

Second-through-fifth place finalists:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Kayla Marienau, Arizona State University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Adi Schanie, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Blake Niemann, Arizona State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Hunter Walterman, University of Missouri

The top five winning schools also receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Karina Prieto, Michigan State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Moira Vaughan, Syracuse University
Eighth Place, certificate, Ricky Podgorski, University of Maryland
Ninth Place, certificate, Cole McIntire, Western Kentucky University
Tenth Place, certificate, Alexander Land, University of Florida

In the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition, the University of Missouri is currently in the lead with the highest accumulated student points after the first of four broadcast competitions. Following in the rankings are:
Arizona State University
Western Kentucky University
University of Maryland
University of Florida
Michigan State University
Syracuse University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pennsylvania State University
Baylor University (tie)
Louisiana State University (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 judges included Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News at Hearst Television; Holly Quan, Reporter/Anchor at KCBS Radio; and Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager of WMUR-TV.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, now in its 65th 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 105 universities within the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

2024 Hearst National Championship Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winning college journalists in the 64th National Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia Championships were announced on June 6, 2024 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2023 – 2024 Journalism Awards Program, which were held in 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

The 29 Championship finalists were selected 1,315 entries submitted in the 14 monthly competitions this academic year. From June 1 – 6, 2024, the finalists participated in the National Championship in San Francisco, where they demonstrated their writing, photography, audio, television, and multimedia skills in spot assignments. The assignments were chosen by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships.

Following are the winners and the scholarships they received:

National Writing Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Marissa Meador, Indiana University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Lia Salvatierra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $5,000 award: Keetra Bippus, Arizona State University

Writing Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: Elliott Deins, University of Oregon
Finalist, $1,500 award: Sinclair Holian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Finalist, $1,500 award: Lincoln Roch, Drake University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Ashton Slaughter, Oklahoma State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Nick Stonesifer, Pennsylvania State University

National Photojournalism Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Anna Connors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, $7,500 award: Owen Ziliak, University of Missouri
Third Place, $5,000 award: Brett Phelps, Western Kentucky University

Photo Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: Benjamin Fanjoy, San Francisco State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Audrey Richardson, Michigan State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Grace Smith, University of Iowa

National Audio Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Ronald Parrillo, Syracuse University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $5,000 award: Sierra Pfeifer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Audio Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: Mel Bridges, Louisiana State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Kai Williams, University of Montana

National Television Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: John Perik, Syracuse University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University
Third Place, $5,000 award: Steven Schlink, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Television Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: Chilekasi Adele, Syracuse University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Tabitha Bland, Arizona State University

National Multimedia Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Rhiannon Johnston, Western Kentucky University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Serra Sowers, University of Florida
Third Place, $5,000 award: Marilee Combs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Multimedia Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: McKenzie Bulris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Finalist, $1,500 award: Murphy McFarlane, Syracuse University

Special Awards
$1,000 award for Best Article of the Year went to Sinclair Holian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$1,000 award for Best Reporting Technique went to Keetra Bippus, Arizona State University
Honorable Mention, Best Written Article went to: Lia Salvatierra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
These awards were selected from the monthly writing competition entries.

$1,000 award for Best Single Photo went to Emily Nyberg, University of Iowa
$1,000 award for Best Portfolio went to Owen Ziliak, University of Missouri
These awards were selected from the monthly photo competition entries.

$1,000 award for Best Use of Audio went to Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This award was selected from the monthly audio competition entries.

$1,000 award for Best Use of Television went to Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University. This award was selected from the monthly competition entries.

$1,000 award for Best Multimedia Story of the Year went to Rhiannon Johnston, Western Kentucky University. This award was selected from the monthly competition entries.

The writing judges were: Maria Reeve, Managing Editor/Vice President, The Star Tribune; Sue Campbell, Editorial Director, AME/Features, Star Tribune Magazine; David Callaway, Founder and Editor, Callaway Climate Insights.

The photojournalism judges were: Marcia Allert, Managing Photo Producer, Apple; Nicole Frugé, Director of Visuals, The San Francisco Chronicle; Danny Gawlowski, Assistant Managing Editor, The Seattle Times.

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

The multimedia Judges were: Meredith Hogan, Senior Creative Producer, Red Element Studios; Danese Kenon, Managing Editor of Visuals, Philadelphia Inquirer; Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, The Post and Courier.

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 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 $15 million in scholarships and grants for the exceptional work by student journalists who participate in the program.

2024 Hearst Intercollegiate Winners Announced

SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism, Audio and Television and Multimedia Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program share $89,000 in awards.

The 2023-2024 prizes are awarded to the top universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst trophies. Often called “The Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photojournalism, audio, television and multimedia for journalism undergraduates. The points earned by individual students in these monthly competitions determine each discipline’s Intercollegiate ranking. The winners are those schools with the highest accumulated student points in each category.

The Overall Intercollegiate winners are the schools with the highest accumulated student points from the 1,315 entries submitted this year in the writing, photojournalism, audio, television and multimedia competitions. The Overall Intercollegiate First Place Winner is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Hussman School of Journalism and Media receives a $25,000 award.

The 2024 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:
INTERCOLLEGIATE WRITING:
$10,000 First Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$4,000 Second Place, University of Florida
$2,000 Third Place, Arizona State University

INTERCOLLEGIATE PHOTOJOURNALISM:
$10,000 First Place, University of Iowa
$4,000 Second Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$2,000 Third Place, University of Missouri

INTERCOLLEGIATE AUDIO & TELEVISION:
$10,000 First Place, Syracuse University
$4,000 Second Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$2,000 Third Place, University of Missouri

INTERCOLLEGIATE MULTIMEDIA:
$10,000 First Place – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$4,000 First Place – Western Kentucky University
$2,000 Third Place, Syracuse University

INTERCOLLEGIATE OVERALL:
$25,000 First Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, University of Florida
Third Place, Syracuse University

Intercollegiate Writing trophies are awarded to: Pennsylvania State University, fourth place; Drake University, fifth place; Indiana University, sixth place; San Francisco State University, seventh place; University of Oregon, eighth place; University of Maryland, ninth place; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Photojournalism trophies are awarded to: Western Kentucky University, fourth place; Michigan State University, fifth place; San Francisco State University, sixth place; Ohio University, seventh place; University of North Texas, eighth place; Iowa State University, ninth place; University of Kentucky, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Audio and Television trophies are awarded to: University of Florida, fourth place; Pennsylvania State University, fifth place; Arizona State University, sixth place; University of Maryland, seventh place; Kent State University, eighth place; Ohio University, ninth place; Western Kentucky University, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Multimedia trophies are awarded to: University of Florida, fourth place; University of Nevada, Reno, fifth place; University of Missouri, sixth place; Pennsylvania State University, seventh place; Arizona Francisco State University, eighth place; Stony Brook University, ninth place; Florida International University, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Overall trophies are awarded to:
University of Missouri, fourth place; Arizona State University, fifth place; Western Kentucky University, sixth place; Pennsylvania State University, seventh place; Michigan State University, eighth place; University of Iowa, ninth place; University of Maryland, tenth place.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program operates under the auspices of the accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. Presently, 105 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 64 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.

The Intercollegiate Awards have been acknowledged since the inception of the program, and in 1990 monetary awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget.
Publisher William Randolph Hearst established the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and The Hearst Foundation, Inc. in the 1940’s, a few years before his death in 1951. Since then, the Foundations have awarded over one billion dollars in grants and programs.

2024 Hearst Championship Qualifiers Announced

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the 29 journalism students representing 17 universities from across the country who will compete in the 64th annual National Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia Championships, June 1-7, 2024.

The finalists include eight writing finalists, six photojournalism finalists, five audio finalists, five television finalists and five multimedia finalists, selected from 1,315 entries received in this year’s 14 monthly competitions.

During the Championships, held in San Francisco, the finalists will fulfill assignments selected by our judges, competing for scholarship awards of $1,500 to $10,000.

We congratulate the 2024 National Championship Finalists.

Writing Finalists
Keetra Bippus, Arizona State University
Elliott Deins, University of Oregon
Sinclair Holian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marissa Meador, Indiana University
Lincoln Roch, Drake University
Lia Salvatierra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ashton Slaughter, Oklahoma State University
Nick Stonesifer, Pennsylvania State University

Photo Finalists
Anna Connors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Benjamin Fanjoy, San Francisco State University
Brett Phelps, Western Kentucky University
Audrey Richardson, Michigan State University
Grace Smith, University of Iowa
Owen Ziliak, University of Missouri

Audio Finalists
Mel Bridges, Louisiana State University
Ronnie Parrillo, Syracuse University
Sierra Pfeifer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kai Williams, University of Montana

Television Finalists
Chilekasi Adele, Syracuse University
Tabitha Bland, Arizona State University
Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University
John Perik, Syracuse University
Steven Schlink, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Multimedia Finalists
Kenzie Bulris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Marilee Combs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rhiannon Johnston, Western Kentucky University
Murphy McFarlane, Syracuse University
Serra Sowers, University of Florida

Presently, 105 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 64 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.

2023-2024 Hearst Multimedia Digital News or Enterprise Story-Team Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia Digital News or Enterprise Story Team Competition of the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 88 entries from 44
schools submitted in the third multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Jennifer Tran, Angelina Katsanis, Heather Diehl, Lucas Thomas, Caleb Sigmon, Bella Cankurtaran, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The team will receive a $3,000 scholarship for the winning piece “Road to Recovery: How one organization is working to address Puerto Rico’s worsening opioid crisis” published in Isla de Fuerza.

Second place, $2,000 award, Gerard Millman, Preston Fore, Lauren Cmiel, Dylan Thiessen, Clara Mello, Jacob Turner, Yondy Agosto García, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Third place, $1,500 award, Arthur H. Trickett-Wilde and Allie Schallert, Western Kentucky University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Gabi Broekema and Anna Leachman, Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Kat Fulwider and Ariana Brockman, University of Nevada, Reno

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, Cal Tuttle, Andre Lacy, James Potts, Hannah Schrachta, Jacob Wilt, Ronald Todd, Taylor Thompson, Daniel Thomas, Johnny Hill, Hannah Bitzer, Greta Hellmann, BJ Gibbs, Turner Schneider, University of Memphis

Seventh Place, Kayla Mae Jackson and Denzen Cortez, Arizona State University

Eighth Place, certificate, Anjelica Rubin and Olivia Estright, Pennsylvania State University

Ninth Place, Cara Penquite, Jacob Luebbert, Allie Santini, Caroline Larson, Nick Sheaffer, Ellie Frysztak, Bailey Stover, Kate Cassady, Josh Stotler, Tre Kent, Ben Koelkebeck, Torryianna Miller, Austin Johnson, Caroline McCone, University of Missouri

Tenth Place, Griffen Smith, Ridley Hudson, Nance Beston, Dylan Fullerton, Chloe Olsgaard, Josh Moyar, Alex Mitchell, Haley Yarborough, Kai Williams, Aislin Tweedy, Andy Mepham, Kaden Harrison, Kennedy Delap, Chris Lodman, Tanner Ecker, Griffin Ziegert, Nate Sanchez, McKenna Johnson, University of Montana

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media has won the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the four multimedia competitions held this year. They are followed by: Western Kentucky University; Syracuse University; University of Florida; University of Nevada, Reno; University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; Arizona State University; Stony Brook University.

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The multimedia judges are: Meredith Hogan, Senior Creative Producer, Red Element Studios; Danese Kenon, Managing Editor of Visuals, Philadelphia Inquirer; Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, The Post and Courier.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 64th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010.
The program also includes five writing, one audio, two television, and two photojournalism competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

2023-24 Hearst Investigative Reporting Individual/Team Winners Announced

San Francisco – Hearst Journalism Awards Program announces the winners in the Investigative Reporting
Individual or Team Competition of the 2023-2024 There were 72 entries from 43 schools submitted in the fifth and final writing competition of the academic year.

First Place has been awarded to the team from Hampton University: Daelin Brown, Jordin Wright, Tigist Ashaka, Sherdell Baker, Sydney Broadnax, Noah Hogan, Mikayla Roberts.
They will receive a $3,000 scholarship for the winning article “In Portsmouth, a Superfund Site Pollutes a Creek, Threatens a Neighborhood and Defies a Quick Fix” published in Inside Climate News.

The other top finalists are:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Keetra Bippus, Arizona State University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Meghan McGlone, University of Florida
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Alex Walters, Michigan State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Shane Connuck and Blake Townsend, University of Maryland

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, Makenzie Christman, Michael Dimarsico and Lauren Haffner,
Pennsylvania State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Cole Pressler, California Polytechnic State University
Eighth Place, certificate, Kyle Ingram, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ninth Place, certificate, Jazz Wolfe, University of Oklahoma
Tenth Place, certificate, Joe Lister & Luke Vargas, Pennsylvania State University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest
accumulated student points from the five writing competitions held this year.

They are followed by: University of Florida; Arizona State University; Pennsylvania State University; Drake
University; Indiana University; San Francisco State University; University of Oregon; University of Maryland;
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

These awards will be presented at the Intercollegiate Presentation during the National Championships in San Francisco on June 5.

The writing judges are: Maria Reeve, Managing Editor/Vice President, The Star Tribune; Sue Campbell, Editorial
Director, AME/Features, The Star Tribune; David Callaway, Founder and Editor, Callaway Climate Insights.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 64th year, also includes two photojournalism, one audio, two television, and four multimedia competitions. The program offers up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with
accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

2023-24 Hearst Multimedia Digital News Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia Digital News Competition of the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 68 entries from 40 schools submitted in the third multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Marilee Combs, a senior from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Marilee will receive a $3,000 scholarship for the winning piece “A Child of Ukraine” and qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship which will be held this June in San Francisco.

The other top finalists are:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Georgia Mallett, Western Kentucky University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Calli Westra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Gunnar Word, Western Kentucky University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Zach Nemirovsky, Syracuse University

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Nico Mendoza, Central Michigan University
Seventh Place, certificate, Lily McInerney, Stony Brook University
Eighth Place, certificate, Milena Malaver, Florida International University
Ninth Place, certificate, Anita Tiara Holman, University of Southern California
Tenth Place, certificate, Bailey Stover, University of Missouri

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the three multimedia competitions held thus far.
They are followed by: Western Kentucky University; Syracuse University; University of Florida; University of Missouri; Stony Brook University; Arizona State University; University of Nevada, Reno; Pennsylvania State University; Colorado State University.

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively. The final intercollegiate
winners will be announced after the completion of all four multimedia competitions in May and will be presented during the National Championships in San Francisco.

The multimedia judges are: Meredith Hogan, Senior Creative Producer, Red Element Studios; Danese Kenon, Managing Editor of Visuals, Philadelphia Inquirer; Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, The Post and Courier.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 64th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010. The
program also includes five writing, one audio, two television, and two photojournalism competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to
participate in the Hearst competitions.