HEARST MULTIMEDIA III/ENTERPRISE WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia III/Enterprise Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 64 entries from 37 schools submitted in the third multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Rob Gourley from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rob receives a $3,000 scholarship for the winning multimedia piece titled “Don’t Think Twice” from Medium.com. Rob also qualifies to participate in the National Multimedia Championship which will be held in San Francisco, June 3-7, 2018.

The other top finalists are:
Second place, $2,000 scholarship, Ashlen Renner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third place, $1,500 scholarship, Ty Boespflug, University of Oregon
Fourth Place, $1,000 scholarship, Casper Holmenlund Christensen, Western Kentucky University
Fifth Place, $1,000 scholarship, Abby Potter, Western Kentucky University
The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through-tenth-place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, James Year, University of Iowa
Seventh Place, certificate, Craig Johnson, Arizona State University
Eighth Place, certificate, Derek Minemyer, University of Montana
Ninth Place, certificate, Jonathan Feinberg, Stony Brook University
Tenth Place, certificate, Yara Hamway, New York University

Western Kentucky University placed first in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from three of the four multimedia competitions. It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Florida; University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; Syracuse University; University of Oregon: Arizona State University (tie); University of Montana (tie).

The final Intercollegiate winners will be announced after the Multimedia IV competition. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The Multimedia judges are: Kenny Irby, Independent Visual Consultant; Mark Morris, Senior Editor/Multimedia, The Sacramento Bee; Brian Storm, Founder & Executive Director, MediaStorm.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 58th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010. The program also includes five writing, one radio, 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.

2018 HEARST NATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the ten college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 58th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2018 Hearst Photo semi-finalists are top winners of the two 2017-2018 photo competitions plus two finalists with the high accumulated scores:

Shaban Athuman, Western Kentucky University
Emily Blobaum, Iowa State University
Alex Driehaus, Ohio University
Joel Angel Juárez, San Francisco State University
Nathan Klima, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Liz Moughon, Ohio University
Gabriel Scarlett, Western Kentucky University
Davis Winborne, University of Missouri
Kayla Wolf, University of Missouri
James Wooldridge, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

These winners, whose work was selected from a record 220 entries received in the News/Features and Picture Story/Series Competitions, will submit additional photo portfolios for the semi-final round of judging. The judges will evaluate the portfolios and select four finalists to participate in the program’s National Championship held in San Francisco June 3 – 7, 2018.

During the Hearst National Championship, the six photo finalists along with eight writing, five radio, five television and five multimedia finalists will complete spot news assignments, vying for scholarship awards of up to $10,000.

The photojournalism judges are: Erin Lubin, freelance photographer, San Francisco; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; Dai Sugano, Staff Photographer/Senior Multimedia Editor, The Mercury News.

There are 105 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The Journalism Awards Program added photojournalism to the competition in 1970, and is funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The program awards up to $700,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, and takes place under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

HEARST TELEVISION NEWS WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Television News Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The winners were selected from 74 entries submitted from 43 schools nationwide. The first-place winner qualifies for the National Broadcast Championship which will be held in San Francisco this June. The other top winners in this competition, along with the top finalists from the first television competition, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging. Four finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the Championship, along with writing, photo, radio and multimedia finalists.

First Place has been awarded to Lillian Donahue from Arizona State University. Lillian wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the Championship.

The finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are:
Second Place, $2,000 scholarship, Alexa Lorenzo, University of Florida
Third Place, $1,500 scholarship, James Packard, University of Missouri
Fourth Place, $1,000 scholarship, Kevin Ko, University of Missouri
Fifth Place, $1,000 scholarship, Becca King, University of Maryland

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The seventh through tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Nick Papantonis, Syracuse University
Seventh Place, certificate, Robert DiRienzo, Temple University
Eighth Place, certificate, Payton Walker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ninth Place, certificate, Hannah McComsey, Temple University
Tenth Place, certificate, Katie Inman, Middle Tennessee State University

University of Missouri has won the intercollegiate broadcast competition with the highest accumulated student points from the one radio and two television competitions.
It is followed by: University of Florida; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Syracuse University; Arizona State University; University of Southern California; Temple University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Texas at Austin; Brigham Young University.
The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The broadcast judges are: Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio, Los Angeles, CA; Lloyd Siegel, former Vice President of News Partnerships, NBC News, NY; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 58th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program, added broadcast news to the competitions in 1988. The program also includes five writing, one radio, two photo, and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 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.

HEARST SPORTS WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in sports writing were announced today in the 58th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

121 entries were received in this competition from 66 schools.

First Place has been awarded to BRYANT FREESE from California State University, Fullerton. Bryant receives a $3,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “Daron Park exits Cal State Fullerton women’s basketball amid allegations of misconduct” published in The Daily Titan.

California State University, Fullerton’s School of Journalism will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Bryant also qualifies to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship which will be held this June in San Francisco.

Other scholarship winners are:
Ethan Bauer, University of Florida, second place, $2,000 scholarship
Hannah Finnerty, Bowling Green State University, third place, $1,500 scholarship
Matt Martell, Pennsylvania State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
Michael McCleary, Syracuse University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receiving certificates of merit are:
Sam Fortier, Syracuse University, sixth place
Tyler Roush, Auburn University, seventh place
Fabian Ardaya, Arizona State University, eighth place
Greg Woods, Kansas State University, ninth place
Cody Nagel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, tenth place

Indiana University placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first three writing competitions of the year. They are followed by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Pennsylvania State University; Western Kentucky University; Syracuse University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Florida; University of Oregon; Arizona State University; Auburn University.

The final intercollegiate standings will be determined after the completion of the five writing competitions.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the writing competitions this year are: Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; David Zeeck, President and Publisher, The News Tribune, WA, and Wendell Jamieson, Metro Editor, The New York Times.

HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The winners were selected from 90 entries submitted from 51 schools nationwide. The first-place winner automatically qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship which will be held in San Francisco this June. The other top winners in this competition, along with the top finalists from the News & Feature Competition plus two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging in April. Finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the Championship, along with writing, radio, television and multimedia finalists.

First Place has been awarded to Moriah Ratner, a senior from Syracuse University. Moriah wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship.

The photo semi-finalists from this competition are:
Second Place, $2,000 scholarship, Kayla Wolf, University of Missouri
Third Place, $1,500 scholarship, Nathan Klima, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $1,000 scholarship, Joel Angel Juárez, San Francisco State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 scholarship, Srijita Chattopadhyay, Western Kentucky University

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Liz Moughon, Ohio University
Seventh Place, certificate, Gabriel Scarlett, Western Kentucky University
Eighth Place, certificate, Kyle Hodges, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ninth Place, certificate, Georgianna DeCarmine, Pennsylvania State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Michael Swensen, Ohio University

Western Kentucky University has won first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two photo competitions.
It is followed by: Ohio University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Central Michigan University; San Francisco State University (tie): Syracuse University (tie); Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The photojournalism judges are: Erin Lubin, freelance photographer, San Francisco; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; Dai Sugano, Staff Photographer/Senior Multimedia Editor, The Mercury News.

The 58th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program, added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970. The program also includes five writing, one radio, two television, and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 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.

2017-18 HEARST RADIO NEWS AND FEATURE FINALISTS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the finalists selected in the 2017-2018 Journalism Awards Program’s radio broadcast news and features competition. The top five radio winners qualify for the National Radio Championship this June, along with qualifying television/video, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top five radio winners who qualify for the National Championship:
First Place, $3,000 award, Elissa Candiotti, Syracuse University
Second Place, $2,000 award, Ashley Tsao, University of Texas at Austin
Third Place, $1,500 award, William Carter Woodiel, University of Missouri
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Dolores Hinckley, University of Florida
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Jay Siebold, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The schools of all award-winning finalists receive matching grants.

Radio Finalists:
Sixth Place, Certificate, David Doochin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, Certificate, James Groh, Syracuse University
Eighth Place, Certificate, Bridget Dowd, Arizona State University
Ninth Place, Certificate, Faith Pinho, Washington & Lee University
Tenth Place, Certificate, Autumn Barnes, University of Montana

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the Radio and TV1 Competitions. They are followed by: University of Florida; University of Missouri; Syracuse University; University of Southern California; University of Texas at Austin; Brigham Young University; Arizona State University; Auburn University; Pennsylvania State University.

Final intercollegiate scores will be announced after TV2 has been finalized and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The broadcast judges are: Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio, Los Angeles, CA; Lloyd Siegel, former Vice President of News Partnerships, NBC News, NY; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 58th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program added broadcast news to the competitions in 1988. The program also includes five writing, two television, two photo, and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 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.

2017-18 HEARST ENTERPRISE REPORTING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in enterprise reporting were announced today in the 58th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. 122 entries were received in the Enterprise Writing competition from 70 schools.

First Place has been awarded to Kenny Jacoby from University of Oregon. Kenny receives a $3,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “Why Oregon’s Title IX Investigation of Kavell Bigby-Williams’s Alleged Rape Stalled Before It Began” published in SportsIllustrated.com.

University of Oregon’s School of Journalism will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Kenny also qualifies to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship which will be held this June in San Francisco.

Other scholarship winners are:
Nicole Ares, Western Kentucky University, second place, $2,000 scholarship
Carley Lanich, Indiana University, third place, $1,500 scholarship
Megan Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
Chris Bowling, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receiving certificates of merit are:
Michelle Hanks, Western Kentucky University, sixth place
Hannah Trull, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, seventh place
Nyssa Kruse, Indiana University, eighth place
Danielle Ohl, University of Maryland, ninth place
Charlotte Bowditch, University of Colorado, tenth place

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Indiana University placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first two writing competitions of the year. They are followed by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Western Kentucky University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Oregon; Syracuse University; University of Texas at Austin; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (tie); University of Maryland (tie). The final intercollegiate standings will be determined after the completion of the five writing competitions.

Judging the writing competitions this year are: Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; David Zeeck, President and Publisher, The News Tribune, WA, and Wendell Jamieson, Metro Editor, The New York Times.

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HEARST MULTIMEDIA I/FEATURES WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia I/Narrative Storytelling – Features Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 76 entries from 44 schools submitted in the first multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Avery Peterson, from San Francisco State University. Avery will receive a $3,000 scholarship for the winning multimedia piece titled “In Storage” published in Xpress News. Avery graduated in the spring of 2017, and per our guidelines, is not eligible to participate in the National Multimedia Championship which is held in San Francisco, June 3-7, 2018.

The second-place winner, Tyler Schank from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, earns a $2,000 scholarship for her piece, “For Ugandan children with albinism, skin is a curse” published in NewsNetNebraska.com. Tyler qualifies for the Championship.

The other top finalists are:
Third place, $1,500 award, Serena Ajbani, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Sawyer Smith, Western Kentucky University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Adam Warner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Abby Igoe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Drea Cornejo, University of Florida
Eighth Place, certificate, Nick Wagner, Western Kentucky University
Ninth Place, certificate, Shuyao Chen, Pennsylvania State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Frankie Prijatel, Syracuse University

University of Nebraska-Lincoln placed first in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest
accumulated student points from the first of four multimedia competitions. It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Western Kentucky University; University of Florida; San Francisco State University; Syracuse University; Pennsylvania State University; Ohio University; Kent State University; University of Missouri. The final
Intercollegiate winners will be announced in April. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The Multimedia judges are: Kenny Irby, Independent Visual Consultant; Mark Morris, Senior Editor/Multimedia, The Sacramento Bee; Brian Storm, Founder & Executive Director, MediaStorm.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 58th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010. The
program also includes five writing, one radio, 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.

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HEARST TELEVISION FEATURES WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Television Features Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The winners were selected from 94 entries submitted from 53 schools nationwide. The first-place winner qualifies for the National Broadcast Championship which will be held in San Francisco next June. The other top winners in this competition, along with the top finalists in the next television competition will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging. Four finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the Championship, along with writing, photo, radio and multimedia finalists.

First Place has been awarded to Brandon Etheredge from Auburn University. Brandon wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the Championship.

The finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Eytan Wallace, University of Southern California
Third Place, $1,500 award, Lauren Barnas, University of Missouri *
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Dylan Monson, South Dakota State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Jessica Coombs, Brigham Young University
Sixth Place, certificate, Anne Marie Hagerty, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* Lauren Barnas was a spring 2017 graduate, and per our guidelines, cannot participate in the semi-final round. Anne Marie Hagerty moves up to the semi-final round.

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The seventh through tenth place finalists are:
Seventh Place, certificate, Chloe Cullen, Pennsylvania State University
Eighth Place, certificate, Alexa Lorenzo, University of Florida
Ninth Place, certificate, Jackson Kurtz, University of Kansas
Tenth Place, certificate, Aley Davis, Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is in first place in the intercollegiate broadcast competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first television competition.
It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (tie); University of Southern California (tie); University of Missouri; Auburn University; University of Florida (tie); Pennsylvania State University (tie); South Dakota State University; University of Kansas; San Francisco State University; Temple University. The final intercollegiate broadcast winners are announced after the completion of the radio competition and the second television competition.
The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The broadcast judges are: Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio, Los Angeles, CA; Lloyd Siegel, former Vice President of News Partnerships, NBC News, NY; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 58th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program, added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970. The program also includes five writing, one radio, two television, and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 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.

HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism One – Features and News Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The winners were selected from 130 entries submitted from 72 schools nationwide. The first-place winner qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship which will be held in San Francisco next June. The other top winners in this competition, along with the top finalists in the next photo competition and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging next April. Four finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the Championship, along with writing, broadcast and multimedia finalists.

First Place has been awarded to Patrick Connolly from Ohio University. Patrick wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the Championship.

The finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Shaban R. Athuman, Western Kentucky University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Nick Wagner, Western Kentucky University *
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Alex Driehaus, Ohio University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Antonella Crescimbeni, Pennsylvania State University *
Sixth Place, certificate, James Wooldridge, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Seventh Place, certificate, Drea Cornejo, University of Florida
* Nick Wagner and Antonella Crescimbeni were spring and summer 2017 graduates respectively, and per our guidelines, cannot participate in the semi-final round. James Wooldridge and Drea Cornejo move up into the semi-final round.
The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The eighth through tenth place finalists are:
Eighth Place, certificate, Emily Blobaum, Iowa State University
Ninth Place, certificate, Ryan Michalesko, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Tenth Place, certificate, Josephine Norris, Central Michigan University

Ohio University receives first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first of two photo competitions.

It is followed by: Western Kentucky University; Pennsylvania State University; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Florida; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Iowa State University; Arizona State University. The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The photojournalism judges are: Erin Lubin, freelance photographer, San Francisco; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; Dai Sugano, Staff Photographer/Senior Multimedia Editor, The Mercury News.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, now in its 58th year, added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970. The program also includes five writing, one radio, two television, and four multimedia 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.