2014  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 54th annual National Writing Championships held in Washington, DC, June 2 – 6, 2014.

The finalists include five top winners in the monthly writing competitions and three entrants with the highest accumulated scores from two competitions, selected from 559 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 2014 National Writing Championship finalists are:

Lauren Caruba, Northwestern University

Jessica Contrera, Indiana University

Christina Gallagher, Pennsylvania State University

Megan Jula, Indiana University

Michael Majchrowicz, Indiana University

Katie Mettler, Indiana University

Anna Orso, Pennsylvania State University

Jessica Tully, Pennsylvania State University

Judging the writing competitions this year were:  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.

Presently, 105 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Funded and administered for 54 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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2014  HEARST  BREAKING NEWS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college breaking news 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.  85 entries from 45 schools were received in this competition.

First Place has been awarded to Megan Jula, a sophomore from Indiana University. Megan will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “Indiana man saves 2 children from drowning” published in Indiana Daily Student.  Indiana University’s School of Journalism will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Megan also qualifies for the National Writing Championship this June in Washington, DC.

Other scholarship winners are:

Julianne Parker, University of Oregon, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Danielle Kass, University of Missouri, third place, $1,500 scholarship

Jessica Tully, Pennsylvania State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Michael Auslen, Indiana University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

Carley Mossbrook, Pennsylvania State University, sixth place

Jazmine Foster-Hall, University of Arizona, seventh place

Cody Pace, University of Georgia, eighth place

Zeno W. Wicks IV, University of Montana, ninth place

Connor Radnovich, Arizona State University, tenth place

Indiana University has won first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points the writing competitions.  They are followed by: Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; University of Georgia; University of Florida; University of Oregon; University of Montana; Kent State University. The top three intercollegiate winners win $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

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 competitions, 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

415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  SEMI-FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the eleven college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 54th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They are the top winners in the two 2013-2014 photo competitions and two finalists with the highest scores earned from multiple placements in the competitions:

Ian Bates, Ohio University

Jabin Botsford, Western Kentucky University

Brittany Greeson, Western Kentucky University

Danny Guy, Western Kentucky University

Emily Harger, Ohio University

Sammy Jo Hester, Western Kentucky University

Emily Rhyne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Justin Wan, Michigan State University

Jenna Watson, Kent State University

Yue Wu, Iowa State University

Zachary Wittman, Central Michigan University

These winners, whose work was selected from 160 entries, 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 June 2 – 6, 2014 in Washington, DC.  During the Championship, the six photo finalists along with eight writing, five radio, five television and five multimedia finalists will complete spot news assignments, vying for additional scholarship awards.

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.

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 $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

415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

2014  HEARST CHAMPIONSHIP  MULTIMEDIA  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five college multimedia students who have been selected as finalists in the 54th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Championship.  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 qualifying for the Championship are:

Kaylee Everly, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Samuel L. Gause, University of Missouri

Eric M. Shea, Western Kentucky University

Carolyn Van Houten, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Adam Wolffbrandt, Western Kentucky University

These five winners, whose work was selected from 151 entries submitted, will participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s National Championships held June 2 – 6, 2014 in Washington, DC.  During the Championship, the multimedia finalists along with finalists in writing, radio, television and photojournalism will complete spot news assignments, vying for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000.

The Multimedia judges are: Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer for digital news, The Washington Post, VA; Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Director, Sacramento Bee, CA; Kate O’Brian, President, Al Jazeera America, New York, NY.

There are 105 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  The Journalism Awards Program 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  Watten

415.908.4560

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  ENTERPRISE  REPORTING  COMPETITION  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The winners in college multimedia journalism were announced today in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. The category of this competition was Enterprise.  37 entries from 22 schools were submitted in this competition.

First Place has been awarded to Kaylee Everly, a senior from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Kaylee will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning multimedia piece titled “Life among the dead” published in hutch&stuff of HutchNews.com.  University of Nebraska-Lincoln will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Kaylee also qualifies to participate in the Hearst National Championship this June in Washington, DC.

Other multimedia scholarship winners are:

Second place, $2,000 scholarship, Shelby Wolfe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Third place, $1,500 scholarship, Justin Philalack, Western Kentucky University

Fourth place, $1,000 scholarship, Rachel Leathe, University of Montana

Fifth place, $1,000 scholarship, Chris Janjic, Syracuse University

Sixth Place, certificate, Louise Johns, University of Montana

Seventh Place, certificate, Zac Boesch, University of Missouri

Eighth Place, certificate, Jun Ma, University of North Texas

Ninth Place, certificate, Melissa Key, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tenth Place, certificate, Hannah Glennon, Colorado State University

The 54th annual Journalism Awards Program includes five writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, one radio competition, two television competitions, and three additional multimedia competitions.  The program offers up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends annually.

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer for digital news, The Washington Post, VA; Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Director, Sacramento Bee, CA; Kate O’Brian, President, Al Jazeera America, New York, NY.

Western Kentucky University is in first place after this third competition in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Missouri; University of Montana; Syracuse University; Pennsylvania State University; Arizona State University; San Francisco State University; University of Southern California. The final intercollegiate winners will be announced in April following the last multimedia competition.  The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

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Contact:  Jan Watten

415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

2014  HEARST  PERSONALITY/PROFILE  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college personality/profile 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.  105 entries from 55 schools were received in this competition.

First Place has been awarded to Christina Gallagher, a senior from Pennsylvania State University.  Christina will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “A Peerless Prognosticator” published in The Lion’s Roar.  Penn State University’s College of Communications will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Christina also qualifies for the National Writing Championship this June in Washington, DC.

Other scholarship winners are:

Connor Radnovich, Arizona State University, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Lauren Caruba, Northwestern University, third place, $1,500 scholarship

Michael Majchrowicz, Indiana University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Matthew Glowicki, Indiana University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

            Christina Bucciere, Kent State University, sixth place

Emily Rhodes, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, seventh place

David Schick, University of Georgia, eighth place

Yunita Ong, Northwestern University, ninth place

Elaine Godfrey, Iowa State University, tenth place

Indiana University is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the fourth of five writing competitions.  They are followed by:  Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; University of Florida; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; University of Georgia; University of Montana; Kent State University; University of Oregon. The final winners will be announced after the breaking news writing competition. The top three intercollegiate winners will win $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

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 competitions, 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

415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Picture Story/Series Photojournalism Competition of the 2013-2014 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  The winners were selected from 52 entries submitted from 30 schools nationwide.  The top winners, along with the top finalists from Competition One and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging this 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.

The top five finalists are:

First Place, $2,600 award, Jillian Knight, Pennsylvania State University

Second Place, $2,000 award, Danny Guy, Western Kentucky University

Third Place, $1,500 award, Emily Rhyne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Brittany Greeson, Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Ian C. Bates, Ohio University

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, Emily Harger, Ohio University

Seventh Place, certificate, Yue Wu, Iowa State University of Science & Technology

Eighth Place, certificate, Andrew Renneisen, Syracuse University

Ninth Place, certificate, Amy Stroth, University of Missouri

Tenth Place, certificate, Connor Radnovich, Arizona State University

Western Kentucky University receives first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from both photo competitions.  It is followed by; Ohio University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kent State University; University of Missouri; Syracuse University; Pennsylvania State University; Indiana University; Arizona State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively. These awards will be presented at the Intercollegiate Dinner in Washington, DC this June.

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.

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.

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.

Contact: Jan Watten

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

415-908-4565

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HEARST TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student television broadcast finalists selected in the 2013-2014 Journalism Awards Program’s Broadcast News Competition II.

Five television winners, selected from 60 entrants from 34 schools, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging (along with five winners from Competition I).  Following the semi-finals, five television finalists will be chosen to participate in the 2014 Championship in Washington, DC, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top five television semi- finalists are:

First Place, $2,600 award, Landon Dowdy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Second Place, $2,000 award, Rachel Wittel, University of Missouri

Third Place, $1,500 award, Omar Jimenez, Northwestern University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Shayne Dwyer, Arizona State University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Taylor Barth, University of Missouri

Sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, Nicole Chadwick, Elon University

Seventh Place, certificate, Marc Whiteman, University of Florida

Eighth Place, certificate, Joy Wang, University of Southern California

Ninth Place, certificate, Haley Nelson, Indiana University

Tenth Place, certificate, Tara Molina, Arizona State University

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

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 University of Missouri has won first place in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the Radio, Television I and Television II competitions.  It is followed by: Arizona State University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Southern California; Pennsylvania State University; University of Montana; Northwestern University; University of Florida; University of Minnesota.

The 54th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program is held in 105 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.

Contact: Jan C. Watten

415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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 2014  HEARST  SPORTS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college sports 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 111 entries from 60 schools were received in this competition.

First Place has been awarded to Anastasia Orso, a senior from Pennsylvania State University.  Anna will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “Yes – and often no – men” published in The Lion’s Roar.  Penn State University’s College of Communications will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Anna also qualifies for the National Writing Championship this June in Washington, DC.

Other scholarship winners are:

Stephen Pianovich, Pennsylvania State University, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Michael Majchrowicz, Indiana University, third place, $1,500 scholarship

Zachary Abolverdi, University of Florida, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Faiz Siddiqui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

Justin Lee, Auburn University, sixth place

Matthew Glowicki, Indiana University, seventh place

Brendan Meyer, University of Missouri, eighth place

Sean Hammond, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ninth place

Johnathan Hettinger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, tenth place

Indiana University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first three writing competitions.  They are followed by: Pennsylvania State University; University of Florida; Northwestern University; University of Missouri; Arizona State University; University of Oregon; University of Montana; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The final winners will be announced after the completion of the five writing competitions. The top three intercollegiate winners will win $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

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 competitions, 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

HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  COMPETITION  II – NEWS  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The winners in college multimedia journalism were announced today in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.  The category of this competition was News.  45 entries from 27 schools were submitted in this competition.

First Place has been awarded to Adam Wolffbrandt, as senior from Western Kentucky University.

Adam will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning multimedia piece titled “Connected” from WKU Photojounalism.com.  Western Kentucky University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Adam also qualifies to participate in the Hearst National Championship this June in Washington, DC.

Other multimedia scholarship winners are:

Second Place, $2,000 award, Eric Shea, Western Kentucky University

Third Place, $1,500 award, Brianna Soukup, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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

Fifth Place, $1,000 award,  Erin O’Connor, Arizona State University

Sixth Place, certificate, Karla Towle, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill

Seventh Place, certificate, Dave Cole, Pennsylvania State University

Eighth Place, certificate, Gavin McIntyre, San Francisco State University

Ninth Place, certificate, Luke Rafferty, Syracuse University

Tenth Place, certificate, Uhno Yi, University of Missouri

The 54th annual Journalism Awards Program includes five writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, one radio competition, two television competitions, and three additional multimedia competitions.  The program offers up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends annually.

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer for digital news, The Washington Post, VA; Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Director, Sacramento Bee, CA; Kate O’Brian, President, Al Jazeera America, NY.

Western Kentucky University is in first place after this second competition in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Missouri; Arizona State University; San Francisco State University; Pennsylvania State University; Syracuse University; Iowa State University; University of Montana. The final intercollegiate winners will be announced in April following the last multimedia competition.  The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

To view the winners’ work, please check the monthly winners section of our website: www.hearstawards.org.

Contact:  Jan Watten, 415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org