HEARST TELEVISION NEWS WINNERS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the finalists selected in the 2016-2017 Journalism Awards Program’s Television Broadcast News Competition.

Five television winners, selected from 70 entrants from 39 schools, will submit additional entries along with five winners from the first television competition for a semi-final round of judging. The five television finalists chosen from the semi-final round will participate in the 2017 National Championships in San Francisco, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top 5 semi-finalists from Television News are:
First Place, $2,600 award, Lauren Day, University of Southern California
Second Place, $2,000 award, Michelle Chavez, University of Maryland
Third Place, $1,500 award, Andrew Feather, Elon University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Maggie Lorenz, University of Florida
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Robert DiRienzo, Temple University

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

Finalists receiving certificates of merit are:
Sixth Place, Certificate, Lauren Barnas, University of Missouri
Seventh Place, Certificate, Kelly Antonacci, Temple University
Eighth Place, Certificate, Zackary Moran, Arizona State University
Ninth Place, Certificate, Benjamin Orner, Kent State University
Tenth Place, Certificate, Jaclyn Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Missouri placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points in Radio, TV1 and TV2 Competitions.

They are followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Arizona State University; University of Southern California; University of Florida; University of Maryland; Elon University; Northwestern University (8th-tie); Temple University (8th-tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The judges, all award winning broadcast professionals, are: Harvey Nagler, recently retired Vice President, Radio, CBS News, New York, NY; Lloyd Siegel, former Vice President of News Partnerships, NBC News, New York; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 57th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program is held in 106 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs. The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to Program which also includes writing, photojournalism, and multimedia competitions and offers awards totaling up to $500,000. Please check our Web site for the winning work.

2017 HEARST SPORTS WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college sports writing were announced today in the 57th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

There were 119 sports writing entries received from 69 schools in this competition.

First Place has been awarded to Jordan Guskey, a junior from Indiana University. Jordan receives a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article titled “Handling of Nick Carovillano’s injury at the basis of Kevin Wilson’s eventual resignation” published in the Indiana Daily Student. Indiana University’s Department of Journalism will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Jordan also qualifies to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship which will be held May 29 – June 2, 2017 in San Francisco.

Other scholarship winners are:
Cody Nagel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, second place, $2,000 scholarship
Erin McCarthy, Pennsylvania State University, third place, $1,500 scholarship
Garrett Ross, Pennsylvania State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
Paolo Uggetti, University of Southern California, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receiving certificates of merit are:
Kelvin Huang, New York University, sixth place
Nathan Ruiz, Oklahoma State University, seventh place
Kasey Bubnash, University of Montana, eighth place
Sam Grubenhoff, Oklahoma State University, ninth place
Alex Maminakis, University of Florida, tenth place

Indiana University placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the three writing competitions held thus far. They are followed by: Pennsylvania State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Oklahoma State University; New York University; Northwestern University; Drake University; Syracuse University; University of Florida; University of Missouri (tie); University of Montana (tie).

Judging the writing competitions this year are: Nicole Carroll, Vice President/News and Editor, The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com; Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; and David Zeeck, Publisher, The News Tribune, WA.

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 $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

2017 HEARST NATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the twelve college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 57th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2017 Hearst Photo semi-finalists are the top winners of the two 2016-2017 photo competitions and two finalists with the high accumulated scores:

Bryan Cereijo, Syracuse University
Srijita Chattopadhyay, Western Kentucky University
Dillon Deaton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alex Driehaus, Ohio University
Harrison Alexander Hill, Western Kentucky University
Joel Angel Juárez, San Francisco State University
Calla Kessler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Robert McCauley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Reaves, University of Kentucky
Gabriel Scarlett, Western Kentucky University
Mac Snyder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James Wooldridge, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

These winners, whose work was selected from 197 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 six finalists to participate in the program’s National Championship held in San Francisco May 29 – June 2, 2017.

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 $5,000.

The photojournalism judges reviewing the entries are: Kenneth Irby, Independent Visual Consultant, FL; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; Dai Sugano, Staff Photographer/Senior Multimedia Editor, The Mercury News.

There are 106 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 $500,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, and takes place under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM COMPETITION II WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism II – Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2016-2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The winners were selected from 73 entries submitted from 42 schools nationwide. The top winners, along with the top finalists from the photo I competition and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging in April. Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing, broadcast and multimedia finalists. The Championship will be held May 29 – June 2, 2017 in San Francisco.

The finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are:
First Place, $2,600 award, Srijita Chattopadhyay, Western Kentucky University
Second Place, $2,000 award, Mac Snyder, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Joel Angel Juárez, San Francisco State University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Bryan Cereijo, Syracuse University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Robert McCauley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Drea Cornejo, University of Florida
Seventh Place, certificate, Moriah Ratner, Syracuse University
Eighth Place, certificate, Alex Driehaus, Ohio University
Ninth Place, certificate, Calla Kessler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tenth Place, certificate, Lydia Schweickart, Western Kentucky University

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 57th 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 $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 106 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.

The photojournalism judges are: Kenneth Irby, Independent Visual Consultant, FL; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; Dai Sugano, Staff Photographer/Senior Multimedia Editor, The Mercury News.

Western Kentucky University receives has won the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from in the two photojournalism competitions. It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ohio University; Syracuse University; University of Florida; Arizona State University; San Francisco State University; Pennsylvania State University; Kent State University. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

HEARST MULTIMEDIA II/NEWS WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia II/News Competition of the 2016-2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 48 entries from 29 schools submitted in the second of our four multimedia competitions

First Place has been awarded to Alyse Young, a senior from the Western Kentucky University. Alyse will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning multimedia piece titled “At the end of the American Dream” from WKUPJ.com. Alyse also qualifies for the Hearst National Multimedia Championship held this June in San Francisco.

The other top five finalists are:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Dillon Deaton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third place, $1,500 award, Betina Garcia, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Calla Kessler, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Claire Collins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Cameron Quon, University of Southern California
Seventh Place, certificate, Jacy Jean Lewis, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Eighth Place, certificate, Avery Peterson, San Francisco State University
Ninth Place, certificate, Sanya Mansoor, Northwestern University
Tenth Place, certificate, Shannon Ryan, Pennsylvania State University

Western Kentucky University placed first in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first two multimedia competitions. It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; San Francisco State University; Northwestern University; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Florida; Pennsylvania State University; Syracuse University; University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 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: Tiffany Campbell, Managing Editor, Digital, WBUR 90.9, www.wbur.org;
Kenny Irby, Independent Visual Consultant, FL; and Mark Morris, Senior Editor/Multimedia, The Sacramento Bee, CA.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 57th 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 $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 106 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.

2017 HEARST RADIO BROADCAST NEWS AND FEATURES WINNERS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the finalists selected in the 2016-2017 Journalism Awards Program’s radio broadcast features and news competition. Five radio winners, selected from 53 entrants from 32 schools, qualify for the National Radio Championship this June, along with the Television, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top 10 radio winners are:
First Place, $2,600 award, Caitlin Switalski, University of Florida
Second Place, $2,000 award, Ryan Levi, University of Missouri *
Third Place, $1,500 award, Matt Kubisiak, University of Maryland *
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, William Carter Woodiel, University of Missouri
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, J McAuliffe, Arizona State University
Sixth Place, Certificate, Jessica Paulina O’Connor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, Certificate, John Thomas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eighth Place, Certificate, Alexa Lorenzo, University of Florida
Ninth Place, Certificate, Maya Eaglin, Elon University
Tenth Place, Certificate, Anna Lande, University of New Mexico

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

Program guidelines stipulate that spring 2016 graduates may not participate in the National Championship. These finalists are indicated with an *. The following entrants qualify for the National Radio Championship: Caitlin Switalski, University of Florida, William Carter Woodiel, University of Missouri, Jacob McAuliffe, Arizona State University, Jessica Paulina O’Connor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, John Thomas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

University of Missouri placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the TV1 and Radio Competitions. They are followed by:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Arizona State University; University of Florida; University of Southern California; Northwestern University; University of Maryland; Elon University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Louisiana State University; Syracuse University.

The final intercollegiate broadcast winners will be announced after the television II competition.

The judges, all award-winning broadcast professionals, are: Harvey Nagler, recently retired VP, Radio, CBS News, New York, NY; Lloyd Siegel, former Vice President of News Partnerships, NBC News, New York; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 57th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program is held in 106 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs. The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to Program which also includes writing, photojournalism, and multimedia competitions and offers awards totaling up to $500,000.

2017 HEARST ENTERPRISE REPORTING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college enterprise reporting were announced today in the 57th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. 119 enterprise writing entries were received in this competition from 66 schools.

First Place has been awarded to Chris Bowling, a junior from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Chris receives a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article titled “A Day in the Life (and Death) of Whiteclay” published in NewsnetNebraska.com. The College of Journalism and Mass Communications department at UNL will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Chris also qualifies to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship which will be held this May in San Francisco.

Other scholarship winners are:
Taylor Telford, Indiana University, second place, $2,000 scholarship
Carter Walker, Pennsylvania State University, third place, $1,500 scholarship
Michael David Burke, Syracuse University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
Hannah Alani, Indiana University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receiving certificates of merit are:
Natasha Rausch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sixth place
Mariana Fernandez, New York University, seventh place
Ellie Silverman, University of Maryland, eighth place
Alex Kincaid, Ball State University, ninth place
Tanner Cole, Western Kentucky University, tenth place

Indiana University placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the second monthly competition. They are followed by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; Drake University; Arizona State University; Syracuse University (tie); Western Kentucky University (tie); Oklahoma State University; New York University (tie); University of Missouri (tie).

Judging the writing competitions this year are: Nicole Carroll, Vice President/News and Editor, The Arizona Republic/azcentral.com; Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; and David Zeeck, Publisher, The News Tribune, WA.

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 $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

HEARST TELEVISION FEATURES WINNERS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the finalists selected in the 2016-2017 Journalism Awards Program’s television broadcast features competition. Five television winners, selected from 98 entrants from 56 schools, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging (along with five winners from the second television competition).

The top 10 television winners are:

First Place, $2,600 award, Stephanie Sierra, University of Missouri *
Second Place, $2,000 award, Cole Sullivan, University of Southern California
Third Place, $1,500 award, Brad Streicher, University of Southern California
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Adriana De Alba, Arizona State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Jesse Kirsch, Northwestern University
Sixth Place, Certificate, Brooke Hotard, Louisiana State University *
Seventh Place, Certificate, Maddie Gardner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *
Eighth Place, Certificate, Meghan Mistry, Syracuse University
Ninth Place, Certificate, Tyler Fingert, Arizona State University
Tenth Place, Certificate, Josephine Marie Luck, New York University

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

Following the semi-finals, the top five television finalists will be chosen to participate in the 2017 Championship in San Francisco, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

Program guidelines stipulate that spring 2016 graduates may not participate in the semi-final round. The spring graduates are indicated with an *. The following entrants qualify for the semi-final round: Cole Sullivan, University of Southern California, Brad Streicher, University of Southern California, Adriana De Alba, Arizona State University, Jesse Kirsch, Northwestern University and Meghan Mistry, Syracuse University.

University of Southern California placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first competition. They are followed by: Arizona State University; University of Missouri; Northwestern University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Louisiana State University; Syracuse University; New York University; University of Kansas-tie; University of Florida-tie.

The judges, all award winning broadcast professionals, are: Harvey Nagler, recently retired Vice President, Radio, CBS News, New York, NY; Lloyd Siegel, former Vice President of News Partnerships, NBC News, New York; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 57th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program is held in 106 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs. The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to Program which also includes writing, photojournalism, and multimedia competitions and offers awards totaling up to $500,000.

HEARST MULTIMEDIA/FEATURES WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia I/Narrative Storytelling – Features Competition of the 2016-2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 77 entries from 47 schools submitted in the first of four multimedia competitions

First Place has been awarded to Alyssa Noel Pointer, from the Western Kentucky. Alyssa will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning multimedia piece titled “Tough Love” from WKUPJ.com. Both Aylssa and second place, $2,000 award-winner Emma Chiang from San Francisco State University, are May 2016 graduates, and per our guidelines, cannot participate in the National Multimedia Championship.

Third Place, $1,500 award-winner, Ryan McNulty from San Francisco State University, qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship this June in San Francisco.

The other top finalists are:

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Shaban R. Athuman, Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Rebecca L. Castle, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, Alex Lederman, Northwestern University

Seventh Place, certificate, Casey Toth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eighth Place, certificate, Annie Rice, University of Missouri

Ninth Place, certificate, Sam Maller, Syracuse University

Tenth Place, certificate, Maegan Lanham, University of North Texas

Western Kentucky University placed first in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first of four multimedia competitions. It is followed by: San Francisco State University; Northwestern University (tie); Syracuse University (tie); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; University of Florida; University of Missouri; University of North Texas; Pennsylvania State University. 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: Tiffany Campbell, Managing Editor, Digital, WBUR 90.9, www.wbur.org; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; and Mark Morris, Senior Editor/Multimedia, The Sacramento Bee.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 57th 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 $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 106 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.

HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism One – News and Features Competition of the 2016-2017 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The winners were selected from 124 entries submitted from 67 schools nationwide. The top winners, 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. Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing, broadcast and multimedia finalists. The Championship will be held this June in San Francisco.

The finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are:
First Place, $2,600 award, Harrison Alexander Hill, Western Kentucky University
Second Place, $2,000 award, Gabriel Scarlett, Western Kentucky University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Dillon Deaton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Tegan Johnston, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, James Wooldridge, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sixth Place, certificate, Michael Reaves, University of Kentucky *
* Tegan Johnston is a May 2016 graduate, and per our guidelines, cannot participate in the semi-final round. Michael Reaves moves up into the semi-final round.
The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The seventh through tenth place finalists are:
Seventh Place, certificate, Calvin Mattheis, Ohio University
Eighth Place, certificate, Drea Cornejo, University of Florida
Ninth Place, certificate, Courtney Pedroza, Arizona State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Alex Driehaus, Ohio University

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 57th 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 $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 106 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.

The photojournalism judges are: Kenneth Irby, Independent Visual Consultant, FL; Lisa Krantz, Staff Photographer, San Antonio Express-News; Dai Sugano, Staff Photographer/Senior Multimedia Editor, The Mercury News.

Western Kentucky University receives first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from this competition. It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ohio University; Arizona State University; University of Kentucky; University of Florida; University of Missouri; Michigan State University; and University of North Texas. The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

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