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

SAN FRANCISCO – Nine universities shared 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 2013-2014 prizes are awarded to the top three universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst medallions.

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 Overall Intercollegiate winners are those schools with the highest combined student points from the 1,109 entries submitted this year.

The 2014 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:

$10,000 First Place                              INDIANA  UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000  Second Place                         PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000  Third Place                            NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000 First Place                              WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000  Second Place                         OHIO  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000  Third Place                            UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

BROADCAST  NEWS:

$10,000First Place                              UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI

$ 4,000  Second Place                        ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000  Third Place                            UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

MULTIMEDIA:

$10,000 First Place                              WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000  Second Place                         UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA – LINCOLN

$ 2,000  Third Place                            UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

OVERALL:

First Place                            PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

Second Place- tie                 UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI

Second Place – tie                WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in Washington, DC at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.

Writing medallions are awarded to Arizona State University, Fourth Place;  University of Missouri, Fifth Place; University of Georgia, Sixth Place; University of Florida, Seventh Place; University of Oregon, Eighth Place; University of Montana, Ninth Place; Kent State University, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to:  Kent State University, Fourth Place; University of Missouri, Fifth Place; Syracuse University, Sixth Place; Pennsylvania State University, seventh place; Indiana University, Eighth Place; Arizona State University, Ninth Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Tenth Place.

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

Multimedia medallions are awarded to: Pennsylvania State University, fourth place; University of Missouri, fifth place; Syracuse University, sixth place; Arizona State University, seventh place; University of Montana; eighth place; University of Oregon, ninth place; San Francisco State University, tenth place.

Overall medallions are awarded to: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, fourth place; Indiana University, fifth place; Arizona State University, sixth place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, seventh place; Northwestern University; eighth place; University of Montana, ninth place; University of Oregon, 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, 105 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.  Since then, the Foundations have awarded nearly one billion dollars in grants and programs.

Contact:   Jan Watten

415-908-4561

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

HEARST MULTIMEDIA COMPETITION  IV – TEAM REPORTING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top ten winners in college multimedia team reporting 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.

First Place has been awarded to Western Kentucky University’s Adam Wolffbrandt, Rae Emary, Brandon Carter, Justin Gilliland, Tyler Essary, Jabin Botsford, Alyssa Pointer, Bria Granville, William Kolb, Leah Voss, Allyson Beasecker for their winning story “Metamorphosis” published on the Wkujournalism.com. They will receive a $2,600 scholarship.  Western Kentucky University’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, Andy Rossback, Alan Sylvestre, Wenhuan Wang, Grant Lemons, Guru Amar Khalsa, Jesse Crowell, Jessica Hollowell, Julia Reihs, Jullianne Parker, Matthew Leslie, Maximilian Länge, Melanie Burke, Ronald Clark, Sam Stites, Tiffany Han, Zoolboo Bayarmagnai, University of Oregon

3rd place, $1,500 award, Danny Guy, Rae Emary, Western Kentucky University

4th Place, $1,000 award, Daniel Roth, Abbey Crain, Matt Ford, Mazie Bryant, Mark Hammontree, Deanne Winslett, Mackenzie Brown and Austin Bigoney, University of Alabama

5th Place, $1,000 award, Michael Buisan, Lucy Ohlsen, Alison Martin,Keegan Clements-Housser, Adrian Black, Jordan Tichenor, Joseph Faltyn, University of Oregon

6th place, Abigail Johnson, Kirsten Appleton, Mike Bordick, Hannah Bressi, Maria Bryant, Noelle Mateer, Pennsylvania State University

7th place,  Daisy Becerra, Kally Lyons, Chloe Gersten, Diana Pearl, Erik van Rheenen, Erika Scully, Joe Infantino, Kaitlyn Richards, Leslie Walters, Linda Gorman, Matt Hartley, Natasha Schuyler, Trish Kilgannon, Tom Charles, Syracuse University

8th place, Emma Galli, Hannah Weinberger,  Natalie Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

9th place, Laura Sposato, Yihyun Jeong, Arizona State University

10th Place, Kat Riley, Grace Elkus, Addie Haney, Jason Puckett, Andrew Wilson, Christine Williams, Nicole Esplin, Kristin Martin, Meredith Browne, Andrew Creech, Elon University

The Multimedia judges are:  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 has won the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  WKU is followed by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Pennsylvania State University; University of Missouri; Syracuse University; Arizona State University; University of Montana; University of Oregon; and San Francisco State University.  The top three winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

Contact:  Jan Watten

415.908.4565

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

2014  HEARST CHAMPIONSHIP  TELEVISION  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five college television broadcast students who have been selected as finalists in the 54th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Championship.  They are the winners of the television I – features and television II- news competitions who submitted additional entries for a semi-final round.

The multimedia finalists qualifying for the Championship are:

Landon Dowdy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Shayne Dwyer, Arizona State University

Omar Jimenez, Northwestern University

Matt Rascon, Brigham Young University

Brynne Whittaker, University of Missouri

These five winners, whose work was selected from 139 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 television finalists along with finalists in writing, radio, multimedia and photojournalism will complete spot news assignments, vying for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000.

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.

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 C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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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