HEARST  EDITORIAL  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

The top 10 winners in college Editorial writing have been announced in the 49^th 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 BETH  RANKIN, a December graduate of Kent State University.  She will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her winning article from the Daily Kent Stater.  Kent State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Beth has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco next June

Other scholarship winners are:

JOSHUA  HILLMAN, Iowa State University, second place, $1,500 scholarship

ANDREW  STILES,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, third place, $1,000 scholarship

JONATHAN  XAVIER,  San Jose State University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

SOMMER  INGRAM, Baylor University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

HAILEY  BRANSON, University of Oklahoma, sixth place, $500 scholarship

LINDSEY  ALLGOOD, University of Oklahoma, seventh place, $500 scholarship

PATRICK  LUIZ  SULLIVAN  DE  OLIVEIRA, University of Kansas, eighth place, $500 scholarship

SOPHIE  LYNNE  PRELL, Iowa State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

CHRISTOPHER  DANZIG, Northwestern University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of Kansas 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:  San Francisco State University; Iowa State University; Arizona State University; University ofNorth Carolina; University of Oklahoma; Northwestern University; Indiana University; Florida A&M University and University of Montana.  The final winners will be named in April following the final writing competition.

The 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 and 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:  Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA; Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor,Houston Chronicle, TX; and Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR.

There were 98 students from 54 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s second writing competition of this academic year.  For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560
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 broadcast competition.  The category for Competition One was Features.

The top five winners in both radio and television were selected from among 44 radio and 56 television entries submitted.  These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition Two, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging.  Following the semi-final round of judging, five in radio and five in television will be chosen to compete in the program’s National Broadcast News Championships in San Francisco, along with winners of the writing and photojournalism competitions.

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

First Place, $2,000 award,  JOEL  GODETT,  Syracuse University

Second Place, $1,500 award,  JOSEPH  (JW)  COX,  Arizona State University

Third Place, $1,000 award,  ADAM  CAVALIER,  Marshall University

Fourth Place, $750 award, COLTON  SHONE,  Arizona State University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  ALEXANDRA  HILL,  University of Florida

Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  JASON  SPARKS,  Brigham Young University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  DANIEL  CHERRY, University of Alabama

Eighth Place, $500 award,  NATALIE  NEUMANN,  University of Montana

Ninth Place, $500 award,  AMANDA  KENNEY,  Hofstra University

Tenth Place, $500 award,  ALINA  SELYUKH,  University of Nebraska

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

First Place, $2,000 award,  ELIZABETH  McKERNAN,  Arizona State University

Second Place, $1,500 award,  CARLY  SWAIN,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,000 award,  JAMIE  HERSCH, University of Southern California

Fourth Place, $750 award, HENRY  ROSOFF,  Northwestern University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  SALVATORE  MANEEN,  Syracuse University

Other award winners in television:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  MEGHAN  LISSON,  Syracuse University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  PHILLIP  MILANI, University of Colorado

Eighth Place, $500 award,  MILES  DORAN,  University of Florida

Ninth Place, $500 award,  STEPHEN  BUTERA, West Virginia University

Tenth Place, $500 award,  BETHANY  TUGGLE,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The schools of these 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:Syracuse University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Southern California (tie);Brigham Young University (tie); University of Florida; Northwestern University; Elon University;Pennsylvania State University; and West Virginia 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 Competition Two/News.

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

The 2008-2009 broadcast news competitions are held in 110 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalismprograms.  The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to the Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program that for 49 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $550,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

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 finalists in the November photojournalism competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Entries in the first of three photojournalism competitions were in the categories of portrait/personality, feature and “personal vision.”

The winners were selected from among 81 entries submitted from 47 schools nationwide. The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the next two competitions and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging next June.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing and broadcast 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 finalists are:

First Place, $2,000 award, JAKE  STEVENS,  Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $1,500 award, CHEN  WANG, University of Florida

Third Place, $1,000 award, COURTNEY  DUDLEY,  University of Texas, Austin

Fourth Place, $750 award, TIM  HUSSIN,  University of Florida

The fifth through tenth place winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, ED  MATTHEWS,  University of Kentucky

Sixth Place, $500 award, JOHN  HOOK,   University of Missouri

Seventh Place, $500 award, DIJANA  MUMINOVIC, Western Kentucky University

Eighth Place, $500 award, LANE  CHRISTIANSEN,  Southern Illinois University,Carbondale

Ninth Place, $500 award, JASON  JOHNSON, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tenth Place, $500 award, BENJAMIN  NORMAN,  New York University

These finalists’ schools receive matching grants.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 49^th year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970.  The program also includes six writing contests, four broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition offering more than $550,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The photojournalism judges are:  Janet Reeves, Senior Editor/Photography and Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado; Ken Geiger, Senior Editor,National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Michael C. Norseng, Photo editor,Esquire Magazine, New York, NY.

Western Kentucky University is in first place after this first competition in theIntercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of Florida; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Missouri; University of Kentucky; University of Texas, Austin; Central Michigan University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; New York University; Ball State University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill are tied in tenth place.  The final Intercollegiate winners are announced after the third photo competition.

To view the top four finalists’ winning work, please check the monthly winners section of our website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college feature writing were announced today in the 49^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalismprograms at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to TREY  BUNDY, a junior from San Francisco State University.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “Higher Education” published in the SF Weekly. Trey will also have the opportunity to compete in the National Writing Championship in San Francisco next June.  San Francisco State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other top ten scholarship winners are:

THOR  NYSTROM, University of Kansas, $1,500 scholarship

RYAN  KOST, Arizona State University, third place, $1,000 scholarship

JESSE  GUNTHER,  Brigham Young University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

DOMINICK  ELIJAH  TAO, University of Florida, fifth place, $600 scholarship

BRIAN SPEGELE, Indiana University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

EBONIE  LEDBETTER, Florida A&M University, seventh place, $500 scholarship

STEPHANIE  GOMES, University of Illinois, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JENNIFER  LUNA, University of Nevada, ninth place, $500 scholarship

ERINN  CONNOR, Syracuse University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

San Francisco 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: Arizona State University; University of Kansas; University of Montana; Brigham Young University; University of Florida; Indiana University, Florida A&M University; University of Illinois; University of Georgia.

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, four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with Championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards more than $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA; Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX; and Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR.

There were a record 138 students from 78 universities and colleges 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 website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org
www.hearstawards.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  CHAMPIONSHIP  WINNERS  NAMED

SAN  FRANCISCO – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships were announced on June 5, 2008 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships – the culmination of the 2007-2008 Journalism Awards Program, with 108 undergraduate colleges and universities competing under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication –  were held in San Francisco, May 31-June 5, 2008.

Finalists were brought to San Francisco to demonstrate their writing, photography, radio and television skills in rigorous on-the-spot assignments.  Assignments were decided by media professionals, also brought in to judge the students’ work.  The following are the first, second and third place winners and the scholarships they received:
NATIONAL  WRITING  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, JOHN  W.  COX, University of Florida, $5,000 scholarship

Second Place, ANDREW  R.  MCGILL, Pennsylvania State University, $4,000 scholarship

Third Place, MATTHEW  BAKER, Northwestern University, $3,000 scholarship

NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, JEFF GIRALDO, Western Kentucky University, $5,000 award

Second Place, MICHAEL  PAULSEN, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $4,000 award

Third Place, JUSTIN  MAXON, San Francisco State University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  RADIO  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, LAUREN  BROOKMEYER, Hofstra University, $5,000 award

Second Place, SARA  CARMICHAEL, Syracuse University, $4,000 award

Third Place, WALTER  R.  STORHOLT,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  TELEVISION  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, JASON  LAMB,  University of Missouri,  $5,000 award

Second Place, ADAM  MILLER, Northwestern University, $4,000 award

Third Place, MAIKA  D.  BAUERLE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $3,000 award

Five runners-up in the Writing Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  NICHOLAS  J.  COMPTON, University of Iowa;  TIARA ETHERIDGE, University of Oklahoma;  ANGELA  S.  HAUPT, Pennsylvania State University; EPHRAIM  C.  PAYNE, University of Oregon;  JENNIFER  J.  TRAMM, University of Arizona.

The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to TIARA  ETHERIDGE, University ofOklahoma, for her feature article in The Oklahoma Daily titled “Taking Mind.”  The Article of the Year Award of $1,000 went to NICHOLAS  COMPTON, University of Iowa, for his sports article inThe Daily Iowan titled “Running to the Future.”

Three runners-up in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri; JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University;  JOHN  TULLY, University of Missouri.

The $1,000 award for Best Single Photograph went to JUSTIN MAXON, San Francisco StateUniversity; and the Best Picture Story/Series Award of $1,000 went to JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University.

Each semi-finalist in the Photojournalism Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:  JOHN  ADKISSON,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PHILIP  ANDREWS, Western Kentucky University;  AARON  BORTON, Western Kentucky University;  ROBERT  LEISTRA, Ball State University;  TIM  HUSSIN, University of Florida: Michael Mullady II, San Francisco State University.

Two runners-up in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  MILES  DORAN, University of Florida;  BRIAN HARDZINSKI,  University of Oklahoma.  Two runners-up in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): BONNIE  BOLT, Arizona State University;  G.  AARON PATTERSON, Pennsylvania State University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to SARA  CARMICHAEL,Syracuse University.  The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went toADAM  MILLER,  Northwestern University.

Each semi-finalist in the Radio Broadcast News Championship  receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:  BRIAN  BOHL,  Hofstra University; ELIZABETH  NICOLE ERWIN,  Murray State University;  KIMBERLY J.  SALTMARSH,  Hofstra University;  JULIA  L. RITCHEY,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;  BETH  CROUGHAN,  Syracuse University.

Each semi-finalist in the Television Broadcast News Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship.  They are listed in alphabetical order:  BRITTANY  JONES-COOPER,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln;  MICHELLE  ASHWORTH,  Arizona State University;  THOMAS  HENDRICK, University of Colorado,;  ELEXANDER   MICHAELSON, University of Southern California; JENNIFER  CARPENTER, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The Awards Ceremony was held at the Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Francisco.  The keynote speech was delivered by William Randolph Hearst III, President of the Board.

Judging the writing competition this year were:  Arthur S. Brisbane, Consultant, ASB Consulting,Los Gatos, CA;  Stephen Buckley, Publisher, Tampabay.com, FL;  and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.

The photojournalism judges were:  Janet Reeves, Senior Editor for Photography and Multimedia,The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO; Mary Shanahan, Creative Director, Town & Country Magazine, New York, NY; and Pim Van Hemmen, Managing Editor for Digital News, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ.

The Broadcast News judges were:  Barbara Cochran, President, RTNDA, Washington, DC; Michael Luckoff, President and General Manager, KGO AM Radio, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and Fred Young, Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York, NY.

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation was established by its namesake in 1948 underCalifornia non-profit laws, exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.  Since then, the Hearst Foundations have contributed $700 million to numerous educational programs, including this one, and to health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

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Jan C. Watten, Program Director
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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 48th annual National Broadcast News Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Currently, there are 108 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools that participate in the program, which is often called the Pulitzers of college journalism. Funded and administered for 48 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Program awards more than $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The 2008 Broadcast News Championship finalists – five in radio and five in television – who were selected from two competitions and qualify for the Championship Finals are:

RADIO:
LAUREN BROOKMEYER, Hofstra University
SARA CARMICHAEL, Syracuse University
MILES DORAN, University of Florida
BRIAN HARDZINKSI, University of Oklahoma
WALTER R. STORHOLT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

TELEVISION:
MAIKA D. BAUERLE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
BONNIE BOLT Arizona State University
JASON LAMB, University of Missouri
ADAM J. MILLER, Northwestern University
G. AARON PATTERSON, Pennsylvania State 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 San Francisco, June 1 – 5, 2008. Also competing in the national Championships will be writing and photo finalists.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: Barbara Cochran, President, RTNDA, Washington, DC; Michael Luckoff, President and General Manager, KGO AM Radio, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and Fred Young, Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York, NY.

Contact:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
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HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  SEMI-FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the twelve college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 48^th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They were the top four winners from the three monthly photojournalism competitions and qualify for the National Championship Photojournalism Semi-Finals this June.  They are:

JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
PHILIP  ANDREWS, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
AARON  BORTON,  Western Kentucky University
JEFF  GIRALDO, Western Kentucky University
TIM  HUSSIN,  University of Florida
IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri
ROBERT  LEISTRA, Ball State University
JUSTIN  MAXON,  San Francisco State University
MICHAEL J. MULLADY, San Francisco State University
MICHAEL  PAULSEN,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University
JOHN  TULLY, University of Missouri

These twelve winners will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging.  The judges will then select six to compete in the program’s National PhotojournalismChampionships, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.  The finalists will compete for additional awards in the National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 1 – 6, 2008.

The photojournalism judges are:  Janet Reeves, Director of Photography, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO; Mary Shanahan, Creative Director, Town & Country Magazine, New York, NY; and Pim Van Hemmen, Assistant Managing Editor/Photography,The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ.

There are 108 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often called the “Pulitzers of college journalism.”  Funded and administered for 48 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the program awards up to $500,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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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 in the Intercollegiate Writing, Photography and Broadcast News Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2007-2008 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 and broadcast news for journalism undergraduates. A new Multimedia Competition was added to the program this year. Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners.

The 2008 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:

$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
$ 5,000 Second Place NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
$ 5,000 Second Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

BROADCAST NEWS:

$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
$ 5,000 Second Place SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 4, 2008.

In the OVERALL INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION, which is the accumulation of points from all four divisions, including the new multimedia competition, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI scored the highest. It is followed by: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Second Place; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, Third Place; PENNSYLAVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN, Sixth Place; WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Eighth Place; ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Tenth Place.

Writing medallions are awarded to: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Eighth Place; INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, Fifth Place; BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Eighth Place; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Fourth Place; HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Fifth Place; ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Eighth Place; BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 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, 108 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards more than $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 $700 million in grants and programs.

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HEARST  NATIONAL  WRITING  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the eight undergraduate college journalism students from around the country who will compete in the 48^th  annual National Writing Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program this June in San Francisco.

The finalists include six winners in monthly writing competitions and two who had the highest scores from among approximately 600 entries submitted.  They will participate in various assignments – competing for additional awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 in the Program’s National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 2 – 6, 2008.

Also competing in the National Championships will be six photo, five radio and five television broadcast news finalists, selected from more than 350 student entrants in those categories:

The 2008 National Writing Championship finalists:

MATTHEW  BAKER, Northwestern University
NICHOLAS  JAMES  COMPTON, University of Iowa
JOHN  W.  COX, University of Florida
TIARA  ETHERIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
ANGELA  S.  HAUPT, Pennsylvania State University
ANDREW  R.  McGILL, Pennsylvania State University
EPHRAIM  PAYNE, University of Oregon
JENNIFER  J.  TRAMM, University of Arizona

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Arthur S. Brisbane, Former Senior Vice President, Knight Ridder, Inc., Monte Sereno, CA; Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL; and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.

Presently, 108 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools participate in the program, often called the Pulitzers of college journalism.  Funded and administered for 48 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards more than $500,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.

CONTACT:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4564
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HEARST MULTIMEDIA WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 20 winners in college multimedia were announced today in the 48th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  This was the first annual Multimedia Competition in which 68 entrants from 39 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation participated.

First Place has been awarded to TIM  HUSSIN, of the University of Florida.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship.  The University of Florida will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:
WILSON  ANDREWS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, second place, $1,500 scholarship
WAI  KI  “RICKY”  LEUNG, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, third place, $1,000 scholarship
HAROLD  ANDREW  BURTON,  Syracuse University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
TAYLOR  HAYDEN, Western Kentucky University, fifth place, $600 scholarship
KRISTA  SCHINAGL, Western Kentucky University, sixth place, $500 scholarship
ANNALYN  CENSKY, Arizona State University, seventh place, $500 scholarship
LINDSAY  ADLER, Syracuse University, eighth place, $500 scholarship
McKENNA  EWEN, University of Minnesota, ninth place, $500 scholarship
NICK  DENTAMARO, Michigan State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill was first place in the Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in this competition.  They are followed by:  Western Kentucky University;  University of Florida;  Syracuse University;  University of Minnesota;  Arizona State University;  University of Kansas;  San Francisco State University;  Michigan State University: Central Michigan 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 six monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards more than $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the Multimedia competition this year were:  Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL;  Christopher Lavin, General Manager/Arts & Lifestyles, The San Diego Union Tribune;  Pim Van Hemmen,  Assistant Managing Editor/Photography, The Star Ledger.

Students who placed among the top 20 and will receive certificates of merit are:

JESSICA  KNOWLES, Northwestern University, eleventh place
GABY  BRUNA, University of Miami, twelfth place-tie
JEREMIAH  STANLEY, University of Florida, twelfth place-tie
TERESA  PRINCE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, twelfth place-tie
YEVGENIY  SVERDLIK, San Francisco State University, fifteenth place
HAILEY  R.  BRANSON, University of Oklahoma, sixteenth place
JACQUELINE  CIESLAK, University of Iowa, seventeenth place-tie
KEVIN  KENEALY, Eastern Illinois University, seventeenth place-tie
JOSEPH  HALVORSON, University of Minnesota, seventeenth place-tie
STEPHEN  PETERITAS, University of Kansas, twentieth place-tie
NICOLE  HUSKEY, Louisiana State University, twentieth place-tie

For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the Journalism Awards’ website, www.hearstawards.org, which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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