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

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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NEWS  RELEASE

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