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

2013  HEARST  BREAKING  NEWS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college breaking news writing were announced today in the 53rd annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to STEPHEN PIANOVICH, a junior from Pennsylvania State University.  Stephen will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article “NCAA Lays Down Penalties” published in The Daily Collegian. Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other top five scholarship winners are:

BRITTANY  HORN, Pennsylvania State University, second place, $2,000 scholarship

KATIE  METTLER, Indiana University, third place, $1,500 scholarship

SAMUEL  LOUWAGIE, University of Iowa, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

ALEX  ORLANDO,  University of Florida, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

CAT  ZAKRZEWSKI, Northwestern University, sixth place

KATHERINE  LYMN, University of Minnesota, seventh place

SAMANTHA  MATSUMOTO, University of Oregon, eighth place

KATHERINE BLUNT, Elon University, ninth place

JACOB  DEMMITT, University of Georgia, tenth place

Pennsylvania State University has won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the five writing competitions.  They are followed by: Indiana University; Northwestern University; University of Florida; Arizona State University; University of Kansas; University of Missouri (tie); University of Iowa (tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The top three winners earn $10,000, $4,000, and $2,000 grants respectively. The top ten winners are awarded medallions. These awards will be presented during the National Championship in June.

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.  It consists of five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions 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:  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.

There were 79 students from 44 universities who participated in this competition.  Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of the website.

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

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HEARST  PERSONALITY PROFILE  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college personality profile writing were announced today in the 53rd  annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to CHARLES SCUDDER, a junior from Indiana University.  Charles will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article titled “A Queen Comes Homes’” published in the Indiana Daily Student. Indiana University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Charles also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco in June 2013.

Other top five scholarship winners are:

Sarah Peters, Pennsylvania State University, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Mike Hricik, Pennsylvania State University, third place, $1,500 scholarship

Blake Ursch, University of Missouri, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Jayson Jenks, University of Kansas, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

Samuel Lane, University of Iowa, sixth place

Anthony Dominic, Kent State University, seventh place

Connor Letourneau, University of Maryland, eighth place

Ben DeJarnette, University of Oregon, ninth place

Mary Kenney, Indiana University, tenth place

Indiana University is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first four writing competitions.  They are followed by: Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; University of Kansas; University of Florida; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Missouri; Arizona State University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kent State University.

The final intercollegiate writing winners will be named upon the completion of the Breaking News Writing Competition.

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.  It consists of five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions 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:  Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Marty Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and John Temple, Managing Editor, The Washington Post.

There were 113 students from 64 universities who participated in the program’s fourth writing competition of this academic year.  Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of our Web site.

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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 53rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They are the top winners in the two 2012-2013 photo competitions and two finalists with the highest scores earned from multiple placements in the competitions:

Jabin Botsford, Western Kentucky University

Grant Hindsley, University of Missouri

Susannah Kay, Ohio University

Jill Knight, Pennsylvania State University

Ian Maule, Western Kentucky University

Hannah Potes, Kent State University

Anna Reed, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Julysa Sosa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Brianna Soukup, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Carolyn Van Houten, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Adam Wolffbrandt, Western Kentucky University

Yue Wu, Iowa State University

These twelve winners, whose work was selected from 163 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 3 – 7, 2013 in San Francisco.  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 Editor, 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

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED 

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the February photojournalism competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Entries in this competition were in the category of picture story/series. 

The winners were selected from 61 entries submitted from 38 schools nationwide.  The top winners, along with the top finalists in competition I and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging in May.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing, broadcast and multimedia finalists.  

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 finalists who qualify for the semi-final round are: 

First Place, $2,600 award, Carolyn Van Houten, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Second Place, $2,000 award, Julysa Sosa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Third Place, $1,500 award, Kelley King, Pennsylvania State University * 

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Jill Knight, Pennsylvania State University 

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Hannah Potes, Kent State University 

Sixth Place, certificate, Brianna Soukup, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

*As a spring 2012 graduate, Kelley King is not eligible to participate in the semi-final competition. 

The seventh through tenth place finalists are: 

Seventh Place, certificate, Sarah Hoffman University of Missouri 

Eighth Place, certificate, Ian Maule, Western Kentucky University 

Ninth Place, certificate, Jaime Henry-White, University of Missouri 

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

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 53rd year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970.  The program also includes five writing contests, three broadcast competitions, and four multimedia competitions offering up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  The top five winning schools receive matching grants. 

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

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

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

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HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  COMPETITION  III  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top ten winners in college multimedia journalism were announced today in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.  The category of this competition was Enterprise Reporting.

First Place has been awarded to KELLY LAFFERTY, a 2012 graduate from Western Kentucky University.  Kelly will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning multimedia piece “Young in Heart.” Western Kentucky will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other multimedia top five scholarship winners are:

Second Place, DAK  DILLON, University of Missouri, $2,000 scholarship

Third Place, SARAH  HOFFMAN, University of Missouri, $1,500 scholarship

Fourth Place, ALYSSA  ORR, Western Kentucky University, $1,000 scholarship

Fifth Place, MATTHEW  JARCHOW, Kent State University, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, RISHABH  JAIN, University of Iowa

Seventh Place, CARTER  MCCALL, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eighth Place, JON  AUGUSTINE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ninth Place, DANIEL  HOLTMEYER, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Tenth Place, PATRICK  RECORD, University of Montana

Kelly Lafferty and second-place winner Dak Dillon graduated in spring and summer 2012 respectively, and consequently are not eligible to participate in the Championship.  As a result, the third-place winner, Sarah Hoffman qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship which takes place this June in San Francisco.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 53rd year also includes five writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions, and three additional multimedia competitions offering up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer for Digital News, The Washington Post, VA; Edward L. Esposito, VP, Information Media, Rubber City Media Group, OH; and Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX.

Western Kentucky University is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie); University of Missouri; University of Montana (tie); Kent State University (tie); Pennsylvania State University; Syracuse University; University of Iowa; University of Southern California. The final intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

To view the top finalists’ winning work, check the monthly winners section of the website.

Contact:
Jan Watten,
415.908.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

HEARST TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS NAMED 

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student television broadcast finalists selected in the 2012-2013 Journalism Awards Program’s Broadcast News Competition II.

Five television winners, selected from 58 entrants from 35 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 2013 Championship in San Francisco, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top five television semi- finalists are:

First Place, $2,600 award, AVERI  HARPER, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Second Place, $2,000 award,  JOSH  FENDRICK, University of Maryland

Third Place, $1,500 award,  BRADLEY  MAXWELL, University of Iowa

Fourth Place, $1,000 award,  ANTHONY NGUYEN, Louisiana State University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award,  JOHN  GENOVESE, Arizona State University

Sixth through tenth:

Sixth Place, certificate,  CATHRYN  WALKER, University of Texas, Austin

Seventh Place, certificate, SARAH  PHINNEY, Ball State University

Eighth Place, certificate,  DAN  KENNEDY, University of Missouri

Ninth Place, certificate,  CATHERINE  JANISKO, Pennsylvania State University

Tenth Place, certificate,  MISYRLENA EGKOLFOPOULOU, Syracuse University

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

The 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.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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; Pennsylvania State University; University of Missouri; Syracuse University; University of Florida; Northwestern University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michigan State University; University of Southern California.

The 2012-2013 broadcast news competitions are held in 106 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 for 53 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Please check our Web site for the winning work, which is updated shortly after  each competition.

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

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HEARST  SPORTS WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED 

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college sports writing were announced today in the 53rd  annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to CLAIRE  WISEMAN, a senior from Indiana University. Claire will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “107-2: Beyond the Score’” published in the Indiana Daily Student. Indiana University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Claire also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco in June 2013.

Other top five scholarship winners are:

Tyler Jett, University of Florida, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Jayson Jenks, University of Kansas, third place, $1,500 scholarship

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

Daniel Jenkins, Pennsylvania State University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

Charles Scudder, Indiana University, sixth place

Kyle Fredrickson, Oklahoma State University, seventh place

Kevin Kaplan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, eighth place

Andrew Ward, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ninth place

Luke Johnson, Louisiana State University, tenth place

Indiana University is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the third of five writing competitions.  They are followed by:  Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; University of Florida; University of Kansas; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Syracuse University. The final intercollegiate writing winners will be named upon the completion of the five writing competitions.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.  It consists of five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions 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 competition 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, Managing Editor, The Washington Post.

There were 109 students from 65 universities who participated in the program’s third writing competition of this academic year.  Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of our Web site, www.hearstawards.org, which is updated shortly after each competition.

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

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HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  COMPETITION  II  WINNERS  NAMED 

San Francisco – The top ten winners in college multimedia journalism were announced today in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.  The category of this competition was News.

First Place has been awarded to SAVANNAH  SMITH, a senior from Pennsylvania State University. Savannah will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning multimedia piece titled “Experimental treatment helps Philipsburg girl battle back against cancer.” Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Savannah also qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship which will be held this June in San Francisco.

Other multimedia top five scholarship winners are:

Second Place, $2,000 award, JULIA  MICHELLE  WALL, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,500 award, ANDREW  DICKINSON, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, BEN  SEVERANCE, Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, MORGAN  SPIEHS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, SAM  WILSON, University of Montana

Seventh Place, certificate, ALLISON  RUSSELL, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eighth Place, certificate, KATELYN  BROWN, Kent State University

Ninth Place, certificate, EMILY  HOERNER, University of Iowa

Tenth Place, certificate, GREG  ASCIUTTO, University of Southern California

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 53rd year also includes five writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions, and three additional multimedia competitions offering up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer for Digital News, The Washington Post, VA; Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Editor, Sacramento Bee, CA; Edward L. Esposito, VP, Information Media, Rubber City Media Group, OH.

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; Pennsylvania State University; Kent State University; Syracuse University; University of Montana; University of Southern California; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. The final intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

To view the top finalists’ winning work, check the monthly winners section of the website.

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Contact:
Jan Watten
415.908.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  COMPETITION  I  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top ten winners in college multimedia journalism were announced today in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.  The category of this competition was Narrative Multimedia Storytelling – Features.

First Place has been awarded to ZACK CONKLE, a spring 2012 graduate from Western Kentucky University.  Zack will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning multimedia piece titled “Wright’s Law.” Western Kentucky University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other multimedia top five scholarship winners are:

Second Place, $2,000 award, LESLYE  DAVIS, Western Kentucky University

Third Place, $1,500 award, KATHRYN  CARLSON, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, MALCOLM  KOH, University of Missouri

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, CHELSIE  CORSO, Kent State University

The sixth through tenth place finalists are:

Sixth Place, certificate, SAMANTHA  OKAZAKI, Syracuse University

Seventh Place, certificate, JON  AUGUSTINE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Eighth Place, certificate, KIRSTEN  CELO, Syracuse University

Ninth Place, certificate, ZHENRU  ZHANG, Iowa State University of Science & Technology

Tenth Place, certificate, SAMUEL  MEANS, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Both Zack Conkle and second-place winner Leslye Davis graduated in the spring of 2012, and consequently are not eligible to participate in the Championship per our guidelines.  As a result, the third place winner, KATHRYN CARLSON, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, qualifies to participate in the National Multimedia Championship this June in San Francisco.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 53rd year also includes five writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions, and three additional multimedia competitions offering up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer, News, Innovations and Strategic Projects, The Washington Post, VA; Sue Morrow, Assistant Multimedia Editor, Sacramento Bee, CA; Edward L. Esposito, VP, Information Media, Rubber City Media Group, OH.

Western Kentucky University is in first place after this first competition in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: Syracuse University; University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill (tie); University of Missouri (tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kent State University; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (tie), University of Montana (tie); Iowa State University; San Francisco State University. The final intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

To view the top finalists’ winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website.

Contact:
Jan Watten,
415.908.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org