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2010  HEARST  OPINION  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college opinion 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 CAITLIN  JOHNSTON of Indiana University.  Caitlin will receive a $2,600 scholarship for her winning article titled “The Home Front” published in Inside Magazine.  Indiana University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Caitlin also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco this June.

Other top five scholarship winners are:

JADE  MCDOWELL, Brigham Young University, second place, $2,000 scholarship

CASSIDY  HERRINGTON, University of Kentucky, third place, $1,500 scholarship

JAMES  SOJOURNER, Colorado State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

RACHAEL  MITCHELL, University of Oregon, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

SARAH  FRIER, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sixth place

JOSH  PHERIGO, University of North Texas, seventh place

ALEX  McDANIEL, University of Mississippi, eighth place

CALLIE  SCHWEITZER, University of Southern California, ninth place

AMBER  GIBSON, Northwestern University, tenth place

Indiana University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first two writing competitions of the academic year. They are followed by:  Pennsylvania State University; University of Kansas; University of Oregon; Arizona State University; Brigham Young University; University of Iowa; Northwestern University; University of Mississippi; University of Missouri.

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; and Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

There were 113 students from 61 universities who participated in the program’s second writing competition.  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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HEARST BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student radio and television broadcast finalists selected in the Journalism Awards Program’s Broadcast Features Competition I.

The top winners in the radio broadcast competition, selected from among 46 entries, qualify for the National Broadcast News Championship in June 2011. The top five television winners, selected from 69 entries, along with the top five finalists from the television competition II, which will be held in February, 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 top radio finalists, qualifying for the Championship are:

First Place, $2,600 award, WADE HILLIGOSS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Second Place, $2,000 award, MICHAEL TOMSIC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,500 award, GARDENIA COLEMAN, Arizona State University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, NATALIE TRIPP, Brigham Young University

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, TRENT KELLY, University of Florida

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

Sixth Place, REEMA KHRAIS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Seventh Place, JAKE STEVENSON, University of Montana

Eighth Place, MORGAN DEMMEL, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Ninth Place, MIKE COUZENS, Syracuse University

Tenth Place, ERICA MOKAY, West Virginia University

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

First Place, $2,600 award, MARLEI MARTINEZ, Syracuse University

Second Place, $2,000 award, BRANDI KRUSE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Third Place, $1,500 award, GARRETT TENNEY, Brigham Young University

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, ALEX ROZIER, University of Missouri

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, DAN McKINNEY, Temple University

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

Sixth Place, ANDREW MACH, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Seventh Place, SAM BARANOWSKI, Elon University

Eighth Place, NATALIE PODGORSKI, Arizona State University

Ninth Place, PETE MUNTEAN, University of Maryland

Tenth Place, KYLEE GAUNA, Arizona State University

The schools of award-winning finalists receive matching grants.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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: Arizona State University; Syracuse University; Brigham Young University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Florida; University of Missouri; Elon University; University of Montana; University of Maryland. The final winners (the top three of whom will collect $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively) will be named in February following television competition II/news.

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-Argyle 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 our Web site for the winning work, which is updated shortly after the completion of each competition.

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

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Five college photographers have been named winners in the November photo journalism competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Entries in the first of three photo competitions were in the categories of portrait/personality, feature and “personal vision.”

The winners were selected from among 88 entries submitted from 53 schools nationwide.  The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the next two photo competitions 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 Photo journalism 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 four semi-finalists are:

1st Place, $2,600 award, MATT  WALSH, U. of Florida 2nd Place, $2,000 award, ARKASHA  STEVENSON, UNC at  Chapel Hill 3rd Place, $1,500 award, BRITNEY  McINTOSH, U. of Kentucky 4th Place, $1,000 award, JESSEY  DEARING, UNC at  Chapel Hill 

The fifth through tenth place finalists are:

5th Place, $1,000 award, THOMAS  PLEVIK, U. of Florida 6th Place, certificate, REBECCA  BARNETT, Western Kentucky U.7th Place, certificate, HANNAH  POTES, Kent State U. 8th Place, certificate, DAN  KRAUSS, Ohio University 9th Place, certificate, ANDREW  DICKINSON, U. of Nebraska, Lincoln 10th Place, certificate, TAMIR  KALIFA, U. of Texas, Austin  

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 51st year, added photo journalism 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 photo journalism 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.

University of Florida is in first place after this first competition in the Intercollegiate Photo journalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Western Kentucky University; Ohio University; University of Kentucky; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kent State University; University of Missouri; Central Michigan University (tie); San Jose State University (tie); University of Texas, Austin (tie).  The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

To view the top four finalists’ winning work, view the monthly winners section of the web site.
Contact:
Jan Watten
415.908.4560
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2010 HEARST FEATURE WRITING WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college feature 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 PAUL CASELLA, of Pennsylvania State University. Paul will receive a $2,600 scholarship for his winning article titled “Team efforts make for great TV” published in The Lion’s Roar. Penn State will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Paul also qualifies for the National Writing Championship which takes place in San Francisco this June.
Other top five scholarship winners are:

NINA EARNEST, University of Iowa, second place, $2,000 scholarship

ALYSON VAN DYKE, University of Kansas, third place, $1,500 scholarship

WESTON PHIPPEN, Arizona State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

JEREMY GORDON, Northwestern University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship
The sixth through tenth place winners receive certificates of merit:

ELIZABETH CARSON, Indiana University, sixth place

LENNY GOLDMAN, University of Missouri, seventh place

JONATHAN SILMAN, University of Florida, eighth place

KELLY COCHRAN, Indiana University, ninth place

BRIAN WHITEHEAD, California State University, Fullerton, tenth place

Pennsylvania State University received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first competition of the academic year. They are followed by: Indiana University; University of Kansas; University of Iowa; Arizona State University; Northwestern University (tie); University of Florida (tie); University of Missouri; California State University, Fullerton; University of Oklahoma (tie); Elon University (tie).

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; Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News; and Ward Bushee, Editor and Executive Vice President, The San Francisco Chronicle.

There were 140 students from a record 79 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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2010 HEARST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS NAMED

NEW YORK CITY – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships were announced on June 11, 2010 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2009-2010 Journalism Awards Program, which are held in 110 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

From June 8th through the 11th, 25 finalists – all winners from the 14 monthly competitions – participated in the 50th annual Hearst Championships in New York City where they demonstrated their writing, photography, radio and television 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 11th. The following are the first, second and third place winners and the scholarships they received:

NATIONAL WRITING CHAMPIONSHIP
First Place, ANDREW McGILL, Pennsylvania State University, $5,000 award
Second Place, HAYLEY PETERSON, University of Georgia, $4,000 award
Third Place, LISA GARTNER, Northwestern University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM CHAMPIONSHIP
First Place, SCOTT McINTYRE, Western Kentucky University, $5,000 award
Second Place, DIEGO JAMES ROBLES, Ohio University, $4,000 award
Third Place, TYLER CACEK, Western Kentucky University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST NEWS CHAMPIONSHIP
First Place, BRANDI KRUSE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $5,000 award
Second Place, JOHN LaBARBERA, Arizona State University, $4,000 award
Third Place, ALEX SILVERMAN, Syracuse University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL TELEVISION BROADCAST NEWS CHAMPIONSHIP
First Place, MILES DORAN, University of Florida, $5,000 award
Second Place, LINDSEY REISER, Arizona State University, $4,000 award
Third Place, GABY LORIA, University of Miami, $3,000 award

Five finalists in the Writing Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): ANDREW ASTLEFORD, University of Missouri; ALLISON GATLIN, Arizona State University; NATHAN ROTT, University of Montana; RACHEL STARK, Indiana University; ROMAN STUBBS, University of Montana.

The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to HAYLEY PETERSON, University of GEORGIA, for her article in The Red and Black titled “The Cost of Convenience.” The Article of the Year Award of $1,000 went to ROMAN STUBBS, University of Montana, for his article in The Montana Kaimin titled “Gladiator School.”

Three finalists in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): DREW ANGERER, Ohio University; CODY DUTY, Western Kentucky University; RYAN HENRIKSEN, Ohio University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Single Photograph went to SCOTT McINTYRE, Western Kentucky University; and the Best Portfolio Award of $1,000 went to RYAN HENRIKSEN, Ohio University.

Two finalists in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): LOGAN DANIELS, Brigham Young University; WILL GORHAM, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Two finalists in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): TOBY PHILLIPS, Arizona State University; GARRETT TENNEY, Brigham Young University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to BRANDI KRUSE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went to MILES DORAN, University of Florida.

JOHN W. ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, first-place winner of the monthly multimedia competition, attended the Championship to create a multimedia piece about the event, will receive a $1,500 scholarship for his participation.

The Awards Ceremony was held on the 44th floor of the Hearst Tower in New York City. Frank Bennack, Vice Chair and CEO of the Hearst Corporation, delivered the keynote speech of the evening.

The writing judges were: Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle; Peter Bhatia, Editor, The Oregonian; and Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

The photojournalism judges were: Ken Geiger, Senior Editor for Technology, National Geographic Magazine; Geri Migielicz, Executive Editor, Story4; and Michael C. Norseng, Photo Editor, Esquire Magazine.

The broadcast news judges were: Barbara Cochran, former President, RTDNA; Ursula Reutin, News Director, News Talk 97.3 KIRO Radio; and Fred Young, former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television.

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 $759 million to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

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Jan C. Watten, program director
415-908-4565
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HEARST JOURNALISM AWARDS PROGRAM
50th Anniversary

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

SAN FRANCISCO – Seven universities shared prizes totaling $52,500 as this year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photography and Broadcast News Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
The 2009-2010 prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 are awarded to the top three colleges and 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, photography, 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 2010 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:
$10,000 First Place INDIANA UNIVERSITY
$ 5,000 Second Place NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

PHOTOJOURNALISM:
$10,000 First Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$ 5,000 Second Place OHIO UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

BROADCAST NEWS:
$10,000 First Place ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$ 5,000 Second Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
$ 2,500 Third Place PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in New York City at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Thursday, June 10, 2010. 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: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Fifth Place; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Eighth Place; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Ninth Place; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Eighth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Ninth Place; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN, Fifth Place; BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place; NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Eighth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Ninth Place (tie); WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place (tie).

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 are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $550,000 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 $759 million in grants and programs.

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

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HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college multimedia were announced today in the 50^th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  This was the third annual Multimedia Competition in which 75 entrants from 42 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation participated.

First Place has been awarded to JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, a senior from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his entry “Holding On” posted on the Carolina Photojournalism website.  John will be invited to participate in the National Championships in New York City this June.  The Universityof North Carolina, Chapel Hill will receive a matching grant as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

ALEXANDRA  GARZA, University of Kentucky, second place, $1,500 scholarship

COLLEEN McDEVITT, University of Missouri, third place, $1,000 scholarship

MARIE  WILSON,  University of Illinois, fourth place, $750 scholarship

MELISSA  URSCHELER, University of Missouri, fifth place, $600 scholarship

JULIANA  APPENRODT, University of Southern California, sixth place, $500 scholarship

MARA  LILY  AUSTER, University of Colorado, seventh place, $500 scholarship

RICARDO  MORALES, Pennsylvania State University, eighth place, $500 scholarship

THOMAS  SIMONETTI, Western Kentucky University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

BETHANY  MOLLENKOF, Western Kentucky University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

The University of Missouri was first place in the Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in this competition.  They are followed by:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Illinois;University of Colorado; Western Kentucky University; Pennsylvania State University;  University of Oklahoma(tie); University of Kentucky(tie); University of Southern California; Syracuse University.  Points from the multimedia competition will be calculated with the writing, photo and broadcast news competition points to determine the Overall Intercollegiate winner. The winning school will be announced in New York City during the Intercollegiate Presentation on June 10.

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 four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions.  The program awards up to $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the multimedia competition this year were:  Ken Geiger, Senior Editor, Technology/Illustrations, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX; Fred Young, Former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York, NY.

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  NATIONAL  CHAMPIONSHIP  PHOTOJOURNALISM  FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the six college photojournalism students from around the country who have been selected to compete in the 50^th annual National Photojournalism Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program in New York City.

Currently, there are 110 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduatejournalism schools that are eligible to participate in the program.  Funded and administered for 50 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Program awards up to $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The 2010 Photo Championship finalists – selected from three monthly competitions and a semi-final round – who qualify for the Championship Finals are:

DREW  ANGERER, Ohio University

TYLER  CACEK, Western Kentucky University

CODY  DUTY, Western Kentucky University

RYAN  C.  HENRIKSEN, Ohio University

SCOTT  McINTYRE, Western Kentucky University

DIEGO  JAMES  ROBLES, Ohio University

The finalists will participate in spot assignments, and will compete for additional awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the program’s National Championships, held in New York City, June 8 – 12, 2010.  Also competing in the National Championships will be print, radio and TV finalists.

The judges, all photo media professionals, are:  Ken Geiger, Senior Editor, Technology/Illustrations, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Geri Migielicz,Story4, Ben Lomond, CA; and Michael C. Norseng, Photo Editor, Esquire Magazine, New York,NY.

Contact:
Jan Watten
jwatten@hearstfdn.org
415-908-4565

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HEARST NATIONAL BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the ten college broadcast journalism students from around the country who have been selected to compete in the 50th annual National Broadcast News Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Currently, there are 110 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools that are eligible to participate in the program. Funded and administered for 50 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Program awards up to $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The 2010 Broadcast News Championship finalists – five in radio and five in television – who were selected from two monthly competitions and a semi-final round and qualify for the Championship Finals are:

RADIO:
LOGAN KOLBY DANIELS, Brigham Young University
WILL GORHAM, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BRANDI KRUSE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
JOHN LaBARBERA, Arizona State University
ALEX SILVERMAN, Syracuse University

TELEVISION:
MILES DORAN, University of Florida
GABY LORIA, University of Miami
TOBY C. PHILLIPS, Arizona State University
LINDSEY REISER, Arizona State University
GARRETT TENNEY, Brigham Young University

The finalists will participate in spot assignments – competing for additional awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the program’s National Championships, held in New York City, June 8 – 12, 2010. Also competing in the National Championships will be writing and photo finalists.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: Fred Young, Former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, Yardley, PA; Barbara Cochran, President Emeritus, RTDNA, Washington, DC; and Ursula Reutin, News Director, News Talk 97.3 KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA.

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4565
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HEARST  SPOT NEWS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college Spot News writing have been announced in the50^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to ANDREW  R.  MCGILL, a senior from the Pennsylvania StateUniversity.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article, “We Will Never Forget Him” from The Morning Call.  Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Andrew has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in New York City this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

KEVIN  CIRILLI, Pennsylvania State University, second place, $1,500 scholarship

CAROLYN  CRIST, University of Georgia, third place, $1,000 scholarship

KRIS  KNOWLTON, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fourth place, $750 scholarship

SARAH  HUTCHINS, Indiana University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

CHELSEA  SMITH, Arizona State University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

ROBERT  LONGORIA, University of Texas, Austin, seventh place, $500 scholarship

LAUREN  CLASON, Indiana University, eighth place, $500 scholarship

BEN  SLIVNICK, University of Maryland, ninth place, $500 scholarship

DAVID MCSWANE, Colorado State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

Indiana University has won first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the 2009-2010 writing competitions.  They are followed by:  Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; University of Oregon; Pennsylvania State University, University of Georgia; University of Montana; University of Kentucky; University of Iowa.  The top three winners earn $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.  The top ten winners receive medallions.

The 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 W.R. Hearst Foundation.  It consists of six monthly writing, three photojournalism, four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards up to $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor,Houston Chronicle, TX;  Peter Bhatia, Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR; and Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

76 students from 47 universities participated in the Spot News writing competition.  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