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NATION’S  JOURNALISM  SCHOOLS  WIN  $52,500  IN  HEARST  PRIZES

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight universities shared prizes totaling $52,500 as this year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2010-2011 prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 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 2011 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:

$10,000   First Place                  INDIANA  UNIVERSITY

$ 5,000   Second Place              UNIVERSITY  OF  KANSAS

$ 2,500   Third Place                  UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000   First Place                  WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

$ 5,000   Second Place             UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

$ 2,500   Third Place                  OHIO  UNIVERSITY

BROADCAST  NEWS:

$10,000   First Place                  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA – LINCOLN

$ 5,000   Second Place              UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

$ 2,500   Third Place                  UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in San Francisco at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.  The Overall Intercollegiate winners, those schools with the highest combined student points from the monthly writing, photo, broadcast news and multimedia competitions, will also be announced at the Awards Presentation.

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

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to:  University of Florida, Fourth Place; Central Michigan University, Fifth Place;  University of Missouri, Sixth Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Seventh Place; Indiana University, Eighth Place; University of Montana, Ninth Place; San Francisco State University, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: Syracuse University, Fourth Place; Brigham Young University, Fifth Place; Arizona State University, Sixth Place; Elon University, Seventh Place; University of Southern California, Eighth Place; University of Maryland, Ninth Place; West Virginia 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, 110 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 $809 million in grants and programs.  The Hearst Journalism Awards Program has awarded approximately $11 million in scholarships and matching grants to students and their universities since 1960.

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4561
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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2011 HEARST SPOT NEWS WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college spot news writing were announced today in the 51st annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to HAYLEY E. BRUCE, of University of Iowa . She will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article “Records Detail Hunninghake Case” published in The Daily Iowan. University of Iowa will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Hayley also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco this June.
Other top ten winners are:

CAITLIN KEATING, Indiana University , second place, $2,000 scholarship
MATT MURRAY, University of Kentucky , third place, $1,500 scholarship
POLINA MARINOVA, University of Georgia , fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
SCOTT CARROLL, University of Memphis , fifth place, $1,000 scholarship
LAUREN FOX, University of Oregon , sixth place, certificate of merit
BRENNAN SMITH, Arizona State University , seventh place, certificate of merit
CONOR SHINE, University of Minnesota , eighth place, certificate of merit
NOLAN HICKS, University of Texas , Austin , ninth place, certificate of merit
PAIGE HUNTOON, University of Montana , tenth place, certificate of merit

Indiana University has won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the six writing competitions of the academic year. They are followed by: University of Kansas ; University of Iowa ; Pennsylvania State University ; Arizona State University ; University of Nebraska-Lincoln ; University of Missouri ; University of Montana ; University of Oregon ; Northwestern University . The top three schools receive $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. All top ten intercollegiate schools receive 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 six monthly writing competitions, three photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions and two 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: Peter Bhatia, Editor, The Oregonian; Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

83 students from 52 universities participated in the program’s final writing competition of this academic year. Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of the Web site, www.hearstawards.org which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact: Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  SEMI-FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the fourteen college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 51st annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They are the top winners in the three 2010-2011 photo competitions and two finalists with the highest scores earned from multiple placements in the competitions:

Bryan J. Anselm, Western Kentucky University

Ross Brinkerhoff, Ohio University

Tyler Cacek, Western Kentucky University

Jessey Dearing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Andrew Dickinson, University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Jared Hamilton, Western Kentucky University

Greg Lindstrom, University of Montana

Jake May, Central Michigan University

Britney McIntosh, University of Kentucky

Thomas Plevik, University of Florida

Mackenzie Reiss, Syracuse University

Luke Sharrett, Western Kentucky University

Arkarsha Stevenson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Matt Walsh, University of Florida

These fourteen winners, selected from 220 entrants, 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 6 – 10, 2011 in San Francisco. During the Championship, the six photo finalists along with eight writing, five radio, five television and three multimedia finalists will complete spot news assignments, vying for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000.

The photojournalism judges are:  Ken Geiger, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; Michael C. Norseng, Photo Director, Esquire Magazine, New York, NY.

There are 110 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 51st year, 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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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM III  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2010-2011 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  This was the third and final photojournalism competition of the academic year.

The winners were selected from among 58 entries submitted from 37 schools nationwide.  Four finalists, along with the top four finalists in the previous photo competitions and the two overall highest-scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing, broadcast and multimedia finalists.

There are 110 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs that are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

The top ten winners are:

First Place, $2,600 award, TYLER  CACEK, Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $2,000 award, CARLY  BRANTMEYER, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,500 award, ROSS  BRINKERHOFF, Ohio University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, MACKENZIE  REISS, Syracuse University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, BRYAN  ANSELM, Western Kentucky University

Sixth Place, certificate, JANA  ASENBRENNEROVA,  San Francisco State University

Seventh Place, certificate, THOMAS  PLEVIK,  University of Florida

Eighth Place, certificate, ALEXANDRA  BRAWLEY,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ninth Place, certificate, CAYCE  CLIFFORD,  Ohio University

Tenth Place, certificate, BRENDEN  NEVILLE, University of Missouri

In addition to Tyler Cacek, Ross Brinkerhoff, and Mackenzie Reiss, fifth-place winner Bryan Anselm will qualify for the semi-final round, as Carly Brantmeyer (third place) graduated in May 2010.

The top ten five winners’ journalism schools receive matching grants.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 51st year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970.  The program also includes six writing contests, three broadcast news competitions, and two multimedia competitions offering up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The photojournalism judges are:  Ken Geiger, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; Michael C. Norseng, Photo Director, Esquire Magazine, New York, NY.

Western Kentucky University has won first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the three photo competitions.  It is followed by: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ohio University; University of Florida; Central Michigan University; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Indiana University; University of Montana; San Francisco State University.  The top three winning schools receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively as the winners of the Hearst Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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2011 HEARST PERSONALITY/PROFILE WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in personality/profile writing were announced today in the 51st annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to DANIELLE PAQUETTE, of Indiana University. She will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article “The Shepherd’s Lamb” published in the Indiana Daily Student. Indiana University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Danielle also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco this June.

Other top ten winners are:

CJ LOTZ, Indiana University, second place, $2,000 scholarship

ALLISON COPENBARGER, University of Illinois, third place, $1,500 scholarship

JUSTIN FRANZ, University of Montana, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

ALEXANDRIA R. BELCULFINE, Pennsylvania State University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

AUBREY WHELAN, Pennsylvania State University, sixth place, certificate of merit

STEVE MILLER, University of Montana, seventh place, certificate of merit

EMILY WILKINS, Michigan State University, eighth place, certificate of merit

ELLIOT KORT, University of Kansas, ninth place, certificate of merit

ADAM SAMSON, University of Kansas, tenth place, certificate of merit

Indiana University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first five writing competitions of the academic year. They are followed by: University of Kansas; Pennsylvania State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Iowa; University of Missouri; Arizona State University; University of Montana; Northwestern University; University of Florida. The final winners will be announced after the spot 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 six monthly writing competitions, three photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions and two 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: Peter Bhatia, Editor, The Oregonian; Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

111 students from 63 universities participated in the program’s fifth writing 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
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST MULTIMEDIA COMPETITION  I  WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college multimedia were announced today in the 51st annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  This was the Features category in which 68 entrants from 40 undergraduate journalism programs across the nation participated.

First Place has been awarded to MARGARET CHEATHAM WILLIAMS, a senior from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  She will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her entry “Goodnight Moon” posted on the Innovative Interactivity Web site. Margaret also qualifies to participate in the Journalism Awards Program’s National Championships in San Francisco this June.  The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill will receive a matching grant as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

ARKASHA  STEVENSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, second place, $2,000 scholarship

LESLYE  DAVIS, Western Kentucky University , third place, $1,500 scholarship

TARYN  BRADY  HALE, Arizona State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

ALISIA  J.  DUGANZ, University of Montana, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

ELIZABETH  KREUTZ, New York University, sixth place

MACKENZIE  REISS, Syracuse University, seventh place

CHRISTOPHER  WALLIS, Kent State University, eighth place

HAYDEN  COPLEN, University of Southern California, ninth place

EVE  EDELHEIT, University of Missouri, tenth place

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competitionwith the highest accumulated student points in this competition.  They are followed by:  Western Kentucky University; Syracuse University; University of Montana; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; New York University; University of Southern California; Kent State University; University of Washington (tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie).  The final Multimedia school ranks will be announced after the second Multimedia competition in May.  Points from the multimedia competitions will be calculated with the writing, photo and broadcast competition points to determine the Overall Intercollegiate winners.

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 six monthly writing, three photojournalism and three broadcast news competitions and two multimedia competitions, with championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the multimedia competitions this year are: Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; Ursula Reutin, Managing Editor/News Anchor, News Talk 97.3 KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA; and Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

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

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST TV BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS NAMED

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

The top five television winners, (along with the top five winners from Competition I), selected from 54 entries from 31 schools, 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 and photojournalism finalists.  The schools of award-winning finalists receive matching grants.

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

First Place, $2,600 award,  SHELI  MUNIZ, University of Florida

Second Place, $2,000 award,  DEREK  J.  STAAHL, University of Southern California

(As Derek Staahl  is a Spring 2010 graduate, he does not qualify for the semi-finals).

Third Place, $1,500 award,   DREW  SMITH,  Elon University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, CLARK  FOURAKER, University of Florida

Fifth Place, $1,000 award,  JUSTIN  PAGE, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Sixth Place,  JOELLE  KAPLAN, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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

Seventh Place,  PETE  MUNTEAN, University of Maryland

Eighth Place, LARA  LAPIN,  University of Texas, Austin

Ninth Place, LEIGH  ISAACSON, Syracuse University

Tenth Place,  SAMANTHA  BARANOWSKI,  Elon University

University of Nebraska-Lincoln placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the one radio and two television competitions.  It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Florida; Syracuse University; Brigham Young University; Arizona State University; Elon University; University of Southern California; University of Maryland; West Virginia University.  The top three winners will $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are:  Kate O’Brian, Senior Vice President, ABC News, New York, NY; Ursula Reutin, Managing Editor/News Anchor, News Talk 97.3 KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA; and Fred Young, Former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television, Yardley, PA.

The 2010-2011 broadcast news competitions are held in 110 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 51 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Please check under monthly winners on the Web site for the winning work.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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2011 HEARST SPORTS WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college sports writing were announced today in the 51^stannual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to JAYSON  JENKS, of University of Kansas. He will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article “The Great Divide” published in the University Daily Kansan.  The University of Kansas will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Jayson also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco this June.

Other top ten winners are:

MAX  OLSON, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, second place, $2,000 scholarship

SCOTT  MILLER, University of Iowa, third place, $1,500 scholarship

MITCHELL  SMITH, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

KEVIN  CIRILLI, Pennsylvania State University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

SEAN  MORRISON, Indiana University, sixth place, certificate of merit

ZACH  GREENWELL, Western Kentucky University, seventh place, certificate of merit

RACHEL  STARK, Indiana University, eighth place, certificate of merit

ZACHARY  DILLARD, University of Georgia, ninth place, certificate of merit

STEPHEN  MONTEMAYOR, University of Kansas, tenth place, certificate of merit

Indiana University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first four writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  University of Kansas; Pennsylvania State University; Arizona State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Iowa; University of Missouri; Northwestern University; University of Oregon; Western Kentucky University.  The final winners will be announced after the completion of the six writing competitions in April.

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 six monthly writing competitions, three photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions and two 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:  Peter Bhatia, Editor, The Oregonian; Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

94 students from 56 universities 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 the Web site.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named winners in the January photojournalism competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Entries in the second of three photo competitions were in the categories of news and sports.

The winners were selected from among 74 entries submitted from 43 schools nationwide. Four finalists along with the top four finalists from competitions one and two, 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.

110 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 top ten winners are:

First Place, $2,600 award, JARED HAMILTON, Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $2,000 award, JAKE MAY, Central Michigan University

Third Place, $1,500 award, JAMES BROSHER, Indiana University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, GREG LINDSTROM, University of Montana

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, LUKE SHARRETT, Western Kentucky University

Sixth Place, certificate, JOEL HAWKSLEY, Ohio University

Seventh Place, certificate, RYAN M. L. YOUNG, Ohio University

Eighth Place, certificate, STEPHEN MITCHELL, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ninth Place, certificate, JEFF LAUTENBERGER, University of Missouri

Tenth Place, certificate, PETER STEVENSON, Indiana University

In addition to Jared Hamilton, Jake May and Greg Lindstrom, fifth place winner Luke Sharrett will qualify for the semi-final round, as James Brosher (third place) graduated in May 2010.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 51st year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970. The program also includes six writing contests, three broadcast news competitions, and two 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: Ken Geiger, Deputy Director of Photography, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; Michael C. Norseng, Photo Director, Esquire Magazine, New York, NY.

Western Kentucky University is in first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points after the first two photo competitions. It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Florida; Ohio University; Central Michigan University; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Indiana University; University of Montana; Kent State University. The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

To view the top four finalists’ winning work, check the monthly winners section of the web site.

Contact:
Jan Watten
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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2011 HEARST IN-DEPTH WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college In-Depth writing were announced today in the 51^stannual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to BRENNA  DALDORPH, of University of Kansas. She will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article “Living in Limbo” published in the University Daily Kansan.  The University of Kansas will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Brenna graduated in the spring of 2010, and consequently is not eligible to participate in the Championship, per our guidelines.  As a result, the second place winner, LAUREN  GAMBINO, from Arizona State University, who will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her article titled “Program Prosecutes Illegal Immigrants Before Deporting Them” from News21.com, qualifies for the National Writing Championship this June in San Francisco.

Other top ten winners are:

CHELSEA  BOOZER, University of Memphis, third place, $1,500 scholarship

ROSEANN  MORING, University of Missouri, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

ALEX  RUPPENTHAL, University of Missouri, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

DANIELLE  PAQUETTE, Indiana University, sixth place, certificate of merit

MOLLY  K.  YOUNG, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, seventh place, certificate of merit

JESSICA  HANEY, Indiana University, eighth place, certificate of merit

MEGAN  THOMAS, Arizona State University, ninth place, certificate of merit

TANIAH  TUDOR, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, tenth place, certificate of merit

Indiana University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first three writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  University of Kansas; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; Northwestern University; University of Oregon (tie); University of Iowa (tie); University of Mississippi (tie); University of Florida (tie).  The final winners will be announced after the completion of the six writing competitions in April.

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 six monthly writing competitions, three photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions and two 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:  Peter Bhatia, Editor, The Oregonian; Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle; Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

98 students from 57 universities 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 the Web site.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, program director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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