NEWS  RELEASE 

HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED 

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the November photojournalism competition of the 2013-2014 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Entries in the first of two photo competitions were in the categories of news and features.

The winners were selected from a record 108 entries submitted from 59 schools nationwide.  The top winners, along with the top finalists in the next 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 Washington, DC.

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.

The top five finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are:

First Place, $2,600 award, Jabin Botsford, Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $2,000 award, Zachary Wittman, Central Michigan University

Third Place, $1,500 award, Sammy Jo Hester, Western Kentucky University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Carolyn Van Houten, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Jenna Watson, Kent State University

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, Justin Wan, Michigan State University

Seventh Place, certificate, Maddie Meyer, Ohio University

Eighth Place, certificate, Ian C. Bates, Ohio University

Ninth Place, certificate, Samuel Gause, University of Missouri

Tenth Place, certificate, Al Drago, Elon University

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 54th 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.

The photojournalism judges are:  Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX, Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Director, Sacramento Bee, CA; and Jakub Mosur, Freelance Photographer, San Francisco, CA.

Western Kentucky University is in 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 (tie); Ohio University (tie); University of Missouri; Central Michigan University; Kent State University; Indiana University; Michigan State University; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Elon University.  The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April.  The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

To view the winning work, visit the monthly winners section of the website.

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The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the broadcast finalists selected in the 54th annual Journalism Awards Program’s Television Features Competition and Radio News & Features Competition.

The top winners in the radio broadcast competition, selected from among a record 52 entries, qualify for the National Broadcast News Championship in June 2014.  The top five television winners, selected from 79 entries, along with the top five finalists from the television competition II, which will be held in February, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging.  Following the semi-finals, five television finalists will be chosen to participate in the Championship, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top radio finalists are:

First Place, $2,600 award, Lukas Udstuen, University of Missouri

Second Place, $2,000 award, Mitch Skinner, University of Minnesota

Third Place, $1,500 award, Ruth Eddy, University of Montana

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Charlie Shelton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Christopher Allen, University of Montana

Sixth Place, certificate, Jerome Campbell, University of Southern California

Lukas Udstuen is a spring 2013 graduate and per our guidelines, is not eligible to participate in the Championship. The second through sixth-place radio winners qualify for the Championship.

Other winners in radio who will be receiving certificates of merit are:

Seventh Place, Mark Remillard, Arizona State University

Eighth Place, James Kaminsky, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ninth Place, Cooper Rummell, Arizona State University

Tenth Place, Rich Robinson, University of Alabama

The top five television finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals are:

First Place, Jenna Jaynes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Second Place, Christopher Adams, University of Texas at Austin

Third Place, Devon Geary, University of Washington

Fourth Place, Brynne Whittaker, University of Missouri

Fifth Place, Matthew Rascon, Brigham Young University

Other winners in television who will be receiving certificates of merit are:

Sixth Place, Robby Baker, Arizona State University

Seventh Place, Christian Heilman, Pennsylvania State University

Eight Place, Kaitlynn LeBeau, Kent State University

Ninth Place, Matt Evans, University of Missouri

Tenth Place, Alex Maragos, Washington & Lee University

University of Missouri placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first radio and television competitions. It is followed by: Arizona State University; University of Montana; University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (tie); University of Southern California (tie); Pennsylvania State University (tie); University of Minnesota; Brigham Young University; Washington & Lee University.  The final winners (the top three of whom will collect $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively) will be named in April following television competition II/news.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: Marci Burdick, Senior Vice President, Schurz Communications, Inc., Michawaka, IN; Edward Esposito, Vice President, Information Media, Rubber City Radio Group, Akron, OH; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The 2013-2014 broadcast news competitions are held in 105 member colleges and 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 the Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program that includes writing, photojournalism, and multimedia competitions and offers awards totaling up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

Please check the monthly winners section of the website for the winning work.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college feature writing were announced today in the 54th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.  A record 148 feature writing entries were received in this competition. 

First Place has been awarded to KYLE  CLAYTON, an August graduate from Indiana University.  Kyle will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article titled “The only way to hold on” published in the Indiana Daily Student.  Indiana University’s School of Journalism will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. 

Both Kyle and second-place winner MEREDITH RUTLAND, University of Florida, graduated in the summer of 2013, and consequently are not eligible to participate in the Championship per our guidelines.  As a result, the third-place winner, M.  JESSICA  CONTRERA, Indiana University, will receive a $1,500 scholarship and qualifies for the National Writing Championship this June in Washington, DC. 

The five scholarship winners are: 

KYLE  CLAYTON, Indiana University, first place, $2,600 scholarship 

MEREDITH RUTLAND, University of Florida, second place, $2,000 scholarship

JESSICA  CONTRERA, Indiana University, third place, $1,500 scholarship

MOLLY  J.  SMITH, Arizona State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship 

SUSIE  NEILSON, Northwestern University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship 

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit: 

CAITLIN  FELDMAN, University of Oregon, sixth place 

KRISTIN  STOLLER, Pennsylvania State University, seventh place 

BRITTANY  HORN, Pennsylvania State University, eighth place 

MARK  HAYMOND, Kent State University, ninth place 

BJORN  BERGESON, University of Montana, tenth place 

Indiana University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first competition.  They are followed by:  University of Florida; Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Oregon; Kent State University; University of Montana; Ball State University; Elon University. 

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 TV and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions.  The program awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually. 

Judging the writing competitions this year are:  Marty Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  Mike Leary, Senior Vice President and Editor, San Antonio Express-News; and John Temple, Senior Fellow, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships Program, Stanford University, CA. 

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

San Francisco – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism, Broadcast News and Multimedia Championships were announced on June 6, 2013 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2012 – 2013 Journalism Awards Program, which are held in 106 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

From June 3rd through the 6th, 29 finalists – all winners from the 14 monthly competitions – participated in the 53rd annual Hearst Championships in San Francisco where they demonstrated their writing, photography, radio, television and multimedia skills in rigorous on-the-spot assignments.  The assignments were decided by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships.  Winners were announced during the final awards ceremony on June 6th.  The following are the first, second and third-place winners and the scholarships they received:

NATIONAL  WRITING  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, Charles Scudder, Indiana University, $5,000 award

Second Place, Melissa Abbey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $4,000 award

Third Place, Brittany Horn, Pennsylvania State University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, Susannah Kay, Ohio University, $5,000 award

Second Place, Grant Hindsley, University of Missouri, $4,000 award

Third Place, Yue Wu, Iowa State University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  RADIO  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

 First Place, Emanuele Berry, Michigan State University, $5,000 award

Second Place, Jessica Murri, University of Montana, $4,000 award

Third Place, Lanny Holstein, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  TELEVISION  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, John Genovese, Arizona State University,  $5,000 award

Second Place, Camila Orti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $4,000 award

Third Place, Averi Harper, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  MULTIMEDIA  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, Samuel Wilson, University of Montana, $5,000 award

Second Place, Julia Wall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $4,000 award

Third Place, Sarah Hoffman, University of Missouri, $3,000 award

Five finalists in the Writing Championship, who will each receive $1,500 scholarships, are (listed in alphabetical order):  Rachel Janik, Northwestern University; Alex Orlando, University of Florida, Stephen Pianovich, Pennsylvania State University; Faiz Siddiqui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Claire Wiseman, Indiana University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to Alex Orlando, University of Florida, for his article in titled “A Man Looks for a Scrap of Solace in a Story of Ruin and a Mystery Baby” published in the Tampa Bay Times.  The Article of the Year Award of $1,000 went to Rachel Janik, Northwestern University for her article titled “From ‘No Homo Promo’ to ‘Model for the Nation’ published in the Medill Equal Media Project. 

Three finalists in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive $1,500 scholarships, are (listed in alphabetical order):  Jabin Botsford, Western Kentucky University; Jillian Knight, Pennsylvania State University; Carolyn Van Houten, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The $1,000 Award for Best Single Photograph went to Carolyn Van Houten, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and the Best Portfolio Award of $1,000 went to Susannah Kay, Ohio University. Those awards were selected from the semi-final portfolios.

Two finalists in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive $1,500 scholarships, are (listed in alphabetical order):  Nick Franck, Arizona State University; Michael Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Two finalists in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive $1,500 scholarships, are (listed in alphabetical order): Lorne Fultonberg, Syracuse University; Steven Gallo, University of Florida.

The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to  Jessica Murri, University of Montana.  The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went to Lorne Fultonberg, Syracuse University. Those awards were selected from the monthly entries.

Two finalists in the Multimedia Championship, who will each receive $1,500 scholarships, are (listed in alphabetical order):  Kathryn Carlson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;Savannah Smith, Pennsylvania State University.  The $1,000 Award for Best Multimedia Story of the Year went to Julia Wall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which was selected from her monthly competition entry.

The Awards Ceremony was held at the Alexandra Ballroom of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco.  William Randolph Hearst III, President of the Board and Chair of the Journalism Awards Program, delivered the keynote speech of the evening.

The writing judges were:  Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Marty Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and John Temple, most recently Managing Editor of The Washington Post.

The photojournalism judges were:  Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX, Sue Morrow, Assistant Director of Multimedia, Sacramento Bee, CA; and Jakub Mosur, Freelance Photographer, San Francisco, CA.

The broadcast news judges were: Edward Esposito, Vice President, Information Media, Rubber City Radio Group, Akron, OH;  Kate O’Brian, Senior Vice President, ABC News, New York, NY; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

The Multimedia Judges were: Cory Haik, Executive Producer for Digital News, The Washington Post, Arlington, VA; Kate O’Brian, Senior Vice President for News, ABC News, New York, NY; and Sue Morrow, Assistant Director of Multimedia, Sacramento Bee, CA.

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 $925 million to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

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Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

HEARST MULTIMEDIA COMPETITION  IV – TEAM REPORTING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top ten winners in college multimedia team reporting – News were have been announced in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s 53rd annual Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to University of Oregon’s Alex McDougall, Erik Bender, Tommy Pittenger, Austin Taylor, Ainslie Forsum, and Laura Lundberg for their entry “Up in Smoke” published in Flux Magazine. They will receive a $2,600 scholarship.  University of Oregon’s journalism department will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other winning multimedia teams:

2nd place, $2,000 award, Dave Cole, Katherine Rodriguez, Steve Osborn, Pennsylvania State University

3rd place, $1,500 award, Spencer Bakalar, Kelly Izlar and Kelly McHugh, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4th Place, $1,000 award, Cassia Brooks, Nate Hopper, Harrison Kramer, Kayla Rice, Melia Robinson, Beckie Strum, Heather Wentz, Alex Abdalian, Syracuse University

5th Place, $1,000 award, Erin Patrick O’Connor and Ana Ramirez, Arizona State University

6th place, Jennifer Swales, Kelly Tunney and Hayley Wildeson, Pennsylvania State University

7th place, Jabin Botsford, Demetrius Freeman, Jerry Habraken, Alix Mattingly, Sam Oldenburg, Michael Rivera, Justin Shaw, Chad Young, Western Kentucky University

8th place, Megan May and Whitney Hayward, University of Missouri

9th place, Rachel Dennis, Courtney Tye and Rachelle Branca, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10th Place, Julia Tylor, Kelsea Wasung and Mauro Whiteman, Arizona State University

The Multimedia judges for this competition were: Cory Haik, Executive Producer for Digital News, The Washington Post, Arlington, VA; Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX; and Kate O’Brian, Senior Vice President for News, ABC News, New York, NY.

Western Kentucky University has won the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  WKU is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Nebraska – Lincoln; University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; Syracuse University; Kent State University; University of Montana; Arizona State University; and University of Oregon.  The top three winning schools earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The top finalists’ winning work can be viewed on our web site:  www.hearstawards.org.

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Contact:
Jan Watten
415.908.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

2013  HEARST  NATIONAL  WRITING  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED 

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the eight journalism students from across the country who will compete in the 53rdt annual National Writing Championships held in San Francisco, June 3 – 7, 2013.

The finalists include five first-place winners in the monthly writing competitions and three entrants with the highest accumulated scores from those competitions, selected from 536 entries submitted this year.  At the Championship, the finalists will participate in various spot assignments and an interview chosen by our judges, competing for additional scholarship awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000.

Also competing in the National Championships will be six photojournalism finalists, five radio broadcast finalists, five television broadcast finalists and five multimedia finalists.

The 2013 National Writing Championship finalists are:

Melissa Abbey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Brittany Horn, Pennsylvania State University

Rachel Janik, Northwestern University

Alex Orlando, University of Florida

Stephen Pianovich, Pennsylvania State University

Charles Scudder, Indiana University

Faiz Siddiqui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Claire Wiseman, Indiana University

Judging the writing competitions this year are:  Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Marty Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and John Temple, most recently Managing Editor of The Washington Post.

Presently, 106 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Funded and administered for 53 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards up to $500,000 in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.

CONTACT:
Jan Watten,
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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NATION’S  JOURNALISM  SCHOOLS  WIN  $64,000  IN  HEARST  PRIZES 

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight universities will share prizes totaling $64,000 as this year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News and Multimedia Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2012-2013 prizes of $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 are awarded to the top three universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst medallions.  These awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget in 1990.

Often called “The Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates.  Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners of the Intercollegiate Competitions.

The 2013 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING: 

$10,000                 First Place                            PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000                  Second Place                       INDIANA  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000                  Third Place                          NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY

PHOTOJOURNALISM: 

$10,000                 First Place                            UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

$ 4,000                  Second Place                       PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000                  Third Place                          WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

BROADCAST  NEWS: 

$10,000                 First Place                            U. OF NORTH  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

$ 4,000                  Second Place                       ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000                  Third Place                          PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

MULTIMEDIA: 

$10,000                 First Place                            WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000                  Second Place                       U. OF NORTH  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

$ 2,000                  Third Place                          UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA – LINCOLN

OVERALL: 

Medallion            First Place                            PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

Medallion            Second Place                       U. OF NORTH  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

Medallion            Third Place                          UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI

Additional medallions are presented to schools placing in the top ten in each category:

Writing medallions are awarded to: University of Florida, Fourth Place; Arizona State University, Fifth Place; University of Kansas, Sixth Place; University of Missouri, Seventh Place-tie; University of Iowa, Seventh Place-tie; University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Ninth Place; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fourth Place; Ohio University, Fifth Place; University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Sixth Place; Kent State University, Seventh Place; University of Oregon, Eighth Place; University of Minnesota, Ninth Place tie; Iowa State University, Ninth Place tie; University of Florida, Ninth Place tie.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: University of Missouri, Fourth Place Syracuse University, Fifth Place; University of Florida, Sixth Place; Northwestern University, Seventh Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Eighth place; Michigan State University, Ninth Place; University of Southern California, Tenth Place.

Multimedia medallions are awarded to: University of Missouri, Fourth Place; Pennsylvania State University, Fifth Place; Syracuse University, Sixth Place; Kent State University, Seventh Place; University of Montana, Eighth place; Arizona State University, Ninth Place; University of Oregon, Tenth Place.

Overall medallions are awarded to: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fourth Place; Western Kentucky University, Fifth Place; Arizona State University, Sixth Place; Indiana University, Seventh Place; Kent State University, Eighth place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; Syracuse University, 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.  It is fully funded and administered by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation.  Currently, 106 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the United States are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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.  The Hearst Journalism Awards Program has been awarding scholarships and matching grants to students and their universities since 1960.

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Contact:

Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

2013 HEARST RADIO & TELEVISION BROADCAST FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five radio and five television broadcast students who have been selected to participate in the 53rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Championship held June 3 – 7, 2013 in San Francisco.

The radio broadcast finalists are:

Emanuele Berry, Michigan State University

Nick Franck, Arizona State University

Lanny Holstein, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jessica Murri, University of Montana

Michael Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The television broadcast finalists are:

Lorne Fultonberg, Syracuse University

Steven Gallo, University of Florida

John Genovese, Arizona State University

Averi Harper, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Camila Orti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

During the Championship, these finalists, whose work was selected from 183 entries submitted from 55 schools, will complete spot news assignments, vying for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000. Also in attendance will be finalists in writing, photojournalism, and multimedia.

The broadcast judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: Edward Esposito, Vice President, Information Media, Rubber City Radio Group, Akron, OH;  Kate O’Brian, Senior Vice President, ABC News, New York, NY; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA.

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.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560 or
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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2013  HEARST  NATIONAL  MULTIMEDIA  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED 

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five college multimedia students who have been selected as finalists in the 53rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They are the winners of multimedia competition I – Features, multimedia competition II – News and multimedia competition III – Enterprise plus two students with accumulative high scores from those competitions.

The multimedia finalists are:

Kathryn L. Carlson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sarah Hoffman, University of Missouri

Savannah R. Smith, Pennsylvania State University

Julia M. Wall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Samuel Wilson, University of Montana

These five winners, whose work was selected from 149 entries submitted from 56 schools, will participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s National Championships held June 3 – 7, 2013 in San Francisco.  During the Championship, the multimedia finalists along with finalists in writing, radio, television photojournalism will complete spot news assignments, vying for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000.

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Haik, Executive Producer for Digital News, The Washington Post, VA; Edward L. Esposito, VP, Information Media, Rubber City Media Group, OH; Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Editor, Sacramento Bee, CA; Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television Inc., Yardley, PA and Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX.

There are 106 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. 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.

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Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560 or
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED 

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the six college photojournalism students who have been selected to participate in the 53rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s National Championship.

The photojournalism finalists are:

Jabin Botsford, Western Kentucky University

Grant Hindsley, University of Missouri

Susannah Kay, Ohio University

Jillian Knight, Pennsylvania State University

Carolyn Van Houten, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Yue Wu, Iowa State University

At the Championship, held June 3-7, 2013 in San Francisco, the finalists will participate in various spot assignments competing for additional scholarship awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000.

Also competing in the National Championship will be eight writing finalists, five radio broadcast finalists, five television broadcast finalists and five multimedia finalists.

The photojournalism judges are:  Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX, Sue Morrow, Assistant Director – Multimedia, Sacramento Bee, CA; and Jakub Mosur, Freelance Photographer, San Francisco, CA.

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.

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Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org