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HEARST  ENTERPRISE  REPORTING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college enterprise reporting 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 RACHEL  JANIK, a sophomore from Northwestern University. Rachel will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “From ‘No Homo Promo’ to ‘Model for the Nation’” published in the Medill Equal Media Project. Northwestern University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Rachel also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco in June 2013.

Other top five scholarship winners are:

Mary Kenney, Indiana University second place, $2,000 scholarship

Claire Wiseman, Indiana University third place, $1,500 scholarship

Casey McDermott, Pennsylvania State University fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Michael Cerullo, University of Connecticut fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

Kathleen Ronayne, Syracuse University, sixth place

Tyler Jett, University of Florida, seventh place

Jessica Testa, Arizona State University, eighth place

Josh Barone, University of Missouri, ninth place

Lauren Mills, University of Iowa, tenth place

Indiana University is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first two writing competitions.  They are followed by: Northwestern University; Pennsylvania State University; Arizona State University; University of Missouri (tie); University of Florida (tie); Syracuse University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Drake University; University of Kansas.

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 92 students from 52 universities who participated in the program’s second writing competition of this academic year.  Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of the website.

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

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HEARST  RADIO  AND  TELEVISION  BROADCAST  FINALISTS  NAMED 

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

The top winners in the radio broadcast competition, selected from among 45 entries, qualify for the National Radio Broadcast News Championship in June 2013.  The top five television winners, selected from 80 entries, along with the top five finalists from the television competition II, which will be held in March, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging.  Following the semi-finals, five television finalists will be chosen to participate in the Championship, along with the radio, writing, photojournalism and multimedia finalists.

The top radio finalists, qualifying for the Championship are:

First Place, $2,600 award, Jessica Murri, University of Montana

Second Place, $2,000 award, Emanuele Berry, Michigan State University

Third Place, $1,500 award,  Nick Franck, Arizona State University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award,  Lanny Holstein, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Fifth Place, $1,000 award,  Michael Rodriguez, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

Sixth Place,  Grace Joyal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Seventh Place,  Thea Card, Michigan State University

Eighth Place,  Nick Edmonds, University of Southern California

Ninth Place,  Jessica Reese, University of Missouri

Tenth Place,  Denan Jones, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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

First Place, Lorne Fultonberg, Syracuse University

Second Place, Cassia Reynolds, New York University

Third Place, Camila Orti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Fourth Place, Steven Gallo, University of Florida

Fifth Place, Arthur Nienhuis, University of Minnesota

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

Sixth Place, Rachel Polansky, Pennsylvania State University

Seventh Place, Jack Highberger, Arizona State University

Eight Place, Samuel Rong, Northwestern University

Ninth Place, Christina Fan, Northwestern University

Tenth Place, Bonnie Jordan Campo, University of Oklahoma

The schools of award-winning finalists receive matching grants.

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

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: 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-Argyle Television, Yardley, PA.

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.

For the winning work, please check out the monthly winners section of the Web site which is updated shortly after each competition.

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

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED 

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

The winners were selected from a record 102 entries submitted from 57 schools nationwide.  The top winners, along with the top finalists in the next competition and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging next 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, Grant Hindsley, University of Missouri

Second Place, $2,000 award, Jabin Botsford, Western Kentucky University

Third Place, $1,500 award, Susannah Kay, Ohio University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Anna Reed, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Chloe Elmer, Pennsylvania State University*

Sixth Place, certificate, Adam Wolffbrandt, Western Kentucky University

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

The seventh through tenth place finalists are:

Seventh Place, certificate, Aaron Lavinsky, Arizona State University

Eighth Place, certificate, Michael Ciaglo, University of Oregon

Ninth Place, certificate, Samuel Gause, University of Missouri

Tenth Place, certificate, Elizabeth Hamilton, University of Florida

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 is in first place after this first competition in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: Western Kentucky University; Ohio University; Pennsylvania State University; Arizona State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kent State; University of Florida; Iowa State University; University of Oregon.  The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

To view the top finalists’ work, visit the monthly winners’ section of the web site.

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415.9089.4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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2012  HEARST  FEATURE  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED 

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college feature 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 MELISSA  ABBEY, a senior at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Melissa will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “From a cardboard box to loving arms” published in ReeseNews.org.  UNC will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Melissa also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco in June 2013.

Other top five scholarship winners are:

Alex Orlando, University of Florida, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Faiz Siddiqui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, third place, $1,500 scholarship

Christie Megura, University of Missouri, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Eli Epstein, New York University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

Hannah Wise, University of Kansas, sixth place

Rachel Hoffman, Northwestern University, seventh place

Veronica Jones, Arizona State University, eighth place

Brittany Horn, Pennsylvania State University, ninth place

Nate Hopper, Syracuse University, tenth place

The University of North Carolina received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first competition.  They are followed by:  University of Florida; Arizona State University; Northwestern University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Pennsylvania State University; University of Kansas; ; University of Missouri; Drake University; New York University.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.  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 142 students from a record 76 universities who participated in the program’s first competition of this academic year.  Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of the Web site, which is updated shortly after each competition.

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

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2012  HEARST  NATIONAL  CHAMPIONSHIP  WINNERS  NAMED 

San Francisco – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism, Broadcast News and Multimedia Championships were announced on June 7, 2012 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2011 – 2012 Journalism Awards Program, which are held in 106 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

From June 4th through the 7th, 29 finalists – all winners from the 14 monthly competitions – participated in the 52nd annual Hearst Championships in San Francisco where they demonstrated their writing, photography, radio, television and multimedia skills in rigorous on-the-spot assignments.  The assignments were decided by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships.  Winners were announced during the final awards ceremony on June 7th.  The following are the first, second and third place winners and the scholarships they received:

NATIONAL  WRITING  CHAMPIONSHIP 

First Place, JON  SILMAN, University of Florida, $5,000 award

Second Place, BIZ  CARSON, Indiana University, $4,000 award

Third Place, J. WESTON  PHIPPEN, Arizona State University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  CHAMPIONSHIP 

First Place, MEG  ROUSSOS, Ohio University, $5,000 award

Second Place, BRYNN  ANDERSON, Western Kentucky University, $4,000 award

Third Place, ARMANDO  L. SANCHEZ, Western Kentucky University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  RADIO  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP 

First Place, STEVEN  GALLO, University of Florida, $5,000 award

Second Place, REEMA  KHRAIS , U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $4,000 award

Third Place, CLARK  HODGES , University of Montana, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  TELEVISION  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP 

First Place, DANIEL  NELIGH, Arizona State University,  $5,000 award

Second Place, NATASHA  ZOUVES, University of Southern California, $4,000 award

Third Place, DAVID  EARL  WIETLISPACH, University of Missouri, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  MULTIMEDIA  CHAMPIONSHIP 

First Place, JON  KASBE, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $5,000 award

Second Place, ZACK  CONKLE,  Western Kentucky University, $4,000 award

Third Place,  SARAH  HOFFMAN, University of Missouri, $3,000 award

Five finalists in the Writing Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  ELLEN  JEAN  HIRST, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; TREY MILLER, Pennsylvania State University; TAYLOR  DANIELLE  MOAK, University of Kentucky; ANNA ORSO, Pennsylvania State University; KELLY  PARSONS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to BIZ  CARSON, Indiana University, for her article in titled “Lauren Spierer: ‘She’s not a poster. She’s a person.’” published in the Indiana Daily Student.  The Article of the Year Award of $1,000 went to ELLEN  JEAN  HIRST, University Nebraska-Lincoln, for her article titled ” Turned Away” published in Bolivia Reborn.

Three finalists in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  ANDY  COLWELL, Pennsylvania State University; ELIJAH  NOUVELAGE, San Francisco State University; CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH, Western Kentucky University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Single Photograph went to ARMANDO  L.  SANCHEZ, Western Kentucky University; and the Best Photo Story Award of $1,000 went to BRYNN ANDERSON, Western Kentucky University. Those awards were selected from the semi-final portfolios.

Two finalists in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  HEATHER  ARONNO, University of Alaska, Anchorage;  STEPHEN  TANNER, Brigham Young University.

Two finalists in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  BLAKE  HANSON, University of Missouri; NATHAN  O’NEAL, Arizona State University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to HEATHER  ARONNO, University of Alaska, Anchorage.  The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went to NATHAN  O’NEAL, Arizona State University. Those awards were selected from the monthly entries.

Two finalists in the Multimedia Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): KELLEY KING, Pennsylvania State University;  JONATHAN  REED, University of Alabama.

The $1,000 Award for Multimedia Story of the Year went to ZACK CONKLE, Western Kentucky University, for his piece titled “The Only Sure Thing” entered in the Human Condition category of the monthly multimedia competitions.

The Awards Ceremony was held at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in the Merchants Exchange Building in San Francisco.  William Randolph Hearst III, President of the Board and Chair of the Journalism Awards Program, delivered the keynote speech of the evening.

The writing judges were:  Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Marty Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; and Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor-in-Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

The photojournalism judges were:  Ken Geiger, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Steve Gonzales, Director of Photography, Houston Chronicle, TX; and Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA.

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

The Multimedia Judges were: Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer, News, Innovations and Strategic Projects, The Washington Post, Arlington, VA, Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; and Jennifer Sizemore, VP/ Editor-in-Chief, Msnbc.om, Executive Producer, NBC News.

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation was established by its namesake in 1948 under California non-profit laws, exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.  Since then, the Hearst Foundations have contributed $901 million to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

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415-908-4565
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NATION’S JOURNALISM SCHOOLS WIN $66,000 IN HEARST PRIZES

SAN FRANCISCO – Ten universities shared prizes totaling $66,000 as this year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News and Multimedia Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2011-2012 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 2012 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 WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000, Second Place OHIO UNIVERSITY

$ 2,000, Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN

BROADCAST NEWS:

$10,000, First Place ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

$ 4,000, Second Place – tie UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

$ 4,000, Second Place – tie UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

MULTIMEDIA:

$10,000, First Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

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

$ 2,000, Third Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

OVERALL:

Medallion, First Place PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Medallion, Second Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Medallion, Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

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

Writing medallions are awarded to: University of Missouri, Fourth Place; Arizona State University, Fifth Place; University of Kansas, Sixth Place; University of Oregon, Seventh Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Eighth Place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; University of Kentucky, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to: Pennsylvania State University, Fourth Place; Central Michigan University, Fifth Place; San Francisco State University, Sixth Place; University of Missouri, Seventh Place; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eighth Place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; Iowa State University, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: University of Missouri, Fourth Place; Brigham Young University, Fifth Place; Syracuse University, Sixth Place; University of Montana, Seventh Place; Pennsylvania State University, eighth place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; University of Maryland, Tenth Place.

Multimedia medallions are awarded to: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fourth Place; University of Montana, Fifth Place; Arizona State University, Sixth Place; Pennsylvania State University, Seventh Place; Syracuse University, eighth place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; University of Oregon, Tenth Place.

Overall medallions are awarded to: Western Kentucky University, Fourth Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fifth Place; Arizona State University, Sixth Place; University of Florida, Seventh Place; Indiana 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, 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. Since then, the Foundations have awarded more than $901 million in grants and programs. The Hearst Journalism Awards Program has been awarding scholarships and matching grants to students and their universities since 1960.

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415-908-4565

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2012  HEARST  CHAMPIONSHIP  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the 29 journalism students who will compete in the 52nd annual National Championship of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

These finalists were the top winners in the 14 writing, photojournalism, radio broadcast, television broadcast and multimedia competitions of the 2011-2012 Hearst Journalism Program. Their work was selected as the best of the 1,059 entries received from 92 journalism schools across the country. At the National Championship, they will complete spot assignments for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000. The Championship is held in San Francisco, June 4 – 8, 2012.

The Writing finalists are:

BIZ  CARSON, Indiana University

ELLEN  JEAN  HIRST, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

TREY  MILLER, Pennsylvania State University

TAYLOR  D. MOAK, University of Kentucky

ANASTASIA  ORSO, Pennsylvania State University

KELLY  PARSONS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

WESTON PHIPPEN, Arizona State University

JON  SILMAN, University of Florida

The Photojournalism finalists are:

BRYNN  ANDERSON, Western Kentucky University

ANDREW  COLWELL, Pennsylvania State University

ELIJAH  NOUVELAGE, San Francisco State University

CHRISTIAN  RANDOLPH, Western Kentucky University

MEG  ROUSSOS, Ohio University 

ARMANDO  SANCHEZ, Western Kentucky University

The Radio finalists are:

REEMA  KHRAIS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

HEATHER  ARONNO, University of Alaska, Anchorage

CLARK  HODGES, University of Montana

STEVEN  GALLO, University of Florida

STEPHEN  TANNER, Brigham Young University 

The Television finalists are:

BLAKE  HANSON, University of Missouri

DAN  NELIGH, Arizona State University

NATHAN  O’NEAL, Arizona State University 

DAVID  EARL  WIETLISPACH, University of Missouri

NATASHA  ZOUVES, University of Southern California 

The Multimedia finalists are:

ZACK CONKLE, Western Kentucky University

SARAH  HOFFMAN, University of Missouri

JON  KASBE University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

KELLEY  KING, Pennsylvania State University 

JONATHAN  REED, University of Alabama 

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Jan Watten,
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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 106 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to University of Nebraska’s Andrew Dickinson and Mary-Ellen Kennedy for their entry “Ethiopians”  published in DailyNebraskan.com.  They will receive a $2,600 scholarship.

The University of Nebraska’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, Christina Serrano, Nicole Yang, and Ariana van den Akker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

3rd place, $1,500 award, Alyssa Orr, Elizabeth Frantz, Zack Conkle, Luke Sharrett , Kelly Lafferty, Chris Wilson, Chris Fryer, Lauren Lorance, Megan Tan, Sarah Gerace, Leslye Davis, Sam Oldenburg, Western Kentucky University

4th Place, $1,000 award, Stephen Mitchell and Pamela Tseng, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

5th Place, $1,000 award, Jon Augustine and Kaylee Everly, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

6th place, Estee Beck, Sarah Brown-Cohen, Rob Copeland, Caitlyn Finnegan, Nicole Greiner, Steve Johnson, Alex Kaufman, George Pappas, Melissa Pender, Matthew Riva, Ali Robertson, Jillian Rogers, and David Tintner, University of Florida

7th place,  Robert Downs and Joe Michaud-Scorza, University of Minnesota

8th place, Tia Castaneda, Ellie Cano, Kylee Gauna, Jessie McDonough, Maycie Thornton, Channing Turner, Colton Shone, Aldo Vazquez, Laura Yanez and Alysson Zepeda, Arizona State University

9th place, Rachelle Hacmac, Lorie Anne Acio, Edwin Oullette, Lauren Jow, Anthony Rimel, Katie Burke, and Branden Fitzpatrick, University of Oregon

10th Place, Daniel Brenner, Amanda Bromwich, Evan Bush, Adam Falk, Andrew Feiler, Michelle Flandreau, Campbell Massie, Catherine O’Neill, Alex Rozier, Alex Ruppenthal, Kyle Stokes, and Zach Wade, U. of Missouri

The Multimedia judges are:  Cory Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer, News, Innovations and Strategic Projects, The Washington Post, Arlington, VA; Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; and Jennifer Sizemore, VP/ Editor-in-Chief, msnbc.om, Executive Producer, NBC News, Redmond, WA.

Western Kentucky University has won the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  WKU is followed by: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska; University of Montana; Arizona State University; Pennsylvania State University; Syracuse University; University of Florida; and University of Oregon.

The top finalists’ winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of the website.

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2012  HEARST  BREAKING NEWS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college breaking news writing were announced today in the 52nd 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 ANASTASIA  ORSO of Pennsylvania State University. Anastasia will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article “Sandusky charged; Curley, Schultz step down” 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:

BECCA  CLEMONS, University of Kentucky, second place, $2,000 scholarship

KELLY  PARSONS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, third place, $1,500 scholarship

COLTON  TOTLAND, University of Oregon, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

TAYLOR  MOAK, University of Kentucky, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

CHARLES  SCUDDER, Indiana University, sixth place

FRANNIE  SPROULS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, seventh place

ALEXANDER  ANGERT, Pennsylvania State University, eighth place

ANDREA  GALLO, Louisiana State University, ninth place

HARRY  PLUMER, University of Missouri, 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 Missouri; Arizona State University; University of Kansas; University of Oregon; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Florida; University of Kentucky. The top three winners earn $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 grants respectively. The top ten winners are awarded medallions.

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:  Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor-in-Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News; Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; and Marty Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

There were 81 students from 46 universities who participated in this competition. Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of the website 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  FINALISTS  NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five college multimedia students who have been selected as finalists in the 52nd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They are the winners of multimedia competition I – Features, multimedia competition II – The Human Condition and multimedia competition III – News, plus two students with the high score from those competitions.

The multimedia finalists are:

Zack Conkle, Western Kentucky University

Sarah Hoffman, University of Missouri

Jonathan Kasbe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Kelley King, Pennsylvania State University

Jonathan Reed, University of Alabama

These five winners, whose work was selected from 142 entries submitted from 49 schools, will participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s National Championships held June 4 – 8, 2012 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 Tolbert Haik, Executive Producer, News, Innovations and Strategic Projects, The Washington Post, Arlington, VA; Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; and Jennifer Sizemore, VP/ Editor-in-Chief, Msnbc.om, Executive Producer, NBC News.

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
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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