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TOP  20  HEARST  SPOT  NEWS  WRITING  FINALISTS  NAMED
San Francisco, CA – ANDREW  R.  McGILL, a sophomore from Pennsylvania State University, has won first place in the Spot News Writing Competition of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s 48^th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  72 students from 43 universities across the nation participated in this competition.

Andrew’s spot news story from The Daily Collegian is titled, “Life Behind Bars.”  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship and the opportunity to compete in the National Writing Championships in San Francisco this June.  The College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

The Hearst Journalism Awards, conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, is fully-funded and administered by the W. R. Hearst Foundation.  The program consists of six monthly writing competitions,  three photojournalism competitions, four broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition, with Championship finals in all divisions (except multimedia).

Presently, 108 accredited schools of undergraduate journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

The other top finalists in the Spot News Writing Competition, and their awards are:

KIM  WILMATH,  University of Florida,  second place, $1,500
EMILEIGH  BARNES,  University of Iowa, third place, $1,000
EMILY  GLAZER,  Northwestern University, fourth place, $750
ERIK  MYERS,  Colorado State University, fifth place, $600
JILL  LASTER,  University of Kentucky, sixth place, $500
KELLIE  WOODHOUSE,  University of Maryland, seventh place, $500
JONATHAN  KEALING,  University of Kansas, eighth place, $500
MEGAN  E.  HARIS,  University of Memphis, ninth place, $500
NATHAN  GILL,  University of Kansas, tenth place, $500
Certificates of merit are awarded to students who placed in the top 20:

KATIE  NIELAND,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, eleventh place
SARA  GANIM, Pennsylvania State University, twelfth place
NIKKI  BUSSEY,   University of Memphis, thirteenth place
JULIANN  VACHON,   University of Kentucky, fourteenth place-tie
HOLLY  BROWN,  Western Kentucky University, fourteenth place-tie
MASON  K.  KERNS,  University of Iowa, sixteenth place-tie
CHRISTY  MULLINS,  Winthrop University, sixteenth place-tie
SARAH  D.  WIRE,  University of Missouri, eighteenth place
ANDY  HARPER,  Middle Tennessee State University, nineteenth place-tie
MICHELLE  CASADY,  Texas Tech University, nineteenth place-tie
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.

The University of Kansas placed first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the six writing competitions.  They are followed by: Northwestern University;University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon;University of Montana; University of Iowa; Indiana University; Louisiana State University.  The top three winners will receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.
The Spot News Competition is the last writing competition of this academic year.  Monthly writing competitions resume again in October 2008.  To see examples of the winning work, please check the monthly winners section of our website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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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
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 Photojournalism Championships, 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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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

Twenty college photographers have been named finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2007-2008 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  This was the third and final photojournalism competition of this academic year, entered by 43 students nationwide.

The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the previous two competitions, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging this May.  Of those, six photojournalists will be chosen to compete in the program’s national photojournalism Championships in San Francisco, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.

The annual photojournalism competitions are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduatejournalism programs.

The top four finalists are:

First Place, $2,000 award,  JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University
Second Place, $1,500 award,  IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri
Third Place, $1,000 award,  JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $750 award,  JEFF  GIRALDO, Western Kentucky University

Other award winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award,  BEN  FREDMAN, University of Missouri
Sixth Place, $500 award,  JARRETT  P.  BAKER, University of Florida
Seventh Place, $500 award,  COURTNEY  HERGESHEIMER, Western Kentucky University
Eighth Place, $500 award,  ALEXANDER  STAWINSKI, Central Michigan University
Ninth Place, $500 award,  CRYSTAL  STREET, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tenth Place, $500 award,  JASON  JOHNSON, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Other students who placed among the top 20 in the and will receive award certificates are:

DEANNA  DENT, Arizona State University, eleventh place
NEIL  BLAKE, Central Michigan University, twelfth place
KASIA  BROUSSALIAN, University of Colorado, thirteenth place
LAUREN  POND, Northwestern University, fourteenth place
TERESA  PRINCE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifteenth place
WHITNEY  WRIGHT, University of Iowa, sixteenth place-tie
W.  SIERRA  HOFFMAN, Ball State University, sixteenth place-tie
JEFF  ENLOW, San Francisco State University, eighteenth place
DAVID  BOND, Ball State University, nineteenth place
CHRIS  VANKAT, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, twentieth place

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, which is now in its 48^th year, added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970.  Scholarship awards, ranging from $1,500 to $5,000, are presented to the finalists following the National Championships.  In addition to the photojournalismcompetitions, the program also includes six writing, four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition.  Annually, up to $500,000 in student scholarships and matching grants to the students’ schools are distributed.

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.

University of Missouri placed first in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the three photo competitions.  They are followed by:Western Kentucky University; San Francisco State University; University of Florida; University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ball State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University ofKentucky; Iowa State University; and Central Michigan University.

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HEARST  JOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

The top 20 winners in college Personality Profile Writing have been announced in the 48^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  101 students from 60 schools nationwide participated.  The Hearst Journalism Awards are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.
The first place winner is ANGELA  HAUPT, from the Pennsylvania State University.  Angela will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her story in The Lion’s Roar  titled “Faculty Member Champions Academic Freedom.”  Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

CRISTOF  TRAUDES, University of Missouri, second place, $1,500 scholarship
CAITLIN  FROST, University of Oregon, third place, $1,000 scholarship
WESLEY  MARTIN, Florida A&M University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
ANDREW  M.  STEWART, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifth place, $600 scholarship
BRIAN  JANOSCH, Indiana University, sixth place, $500 scholarship
TAVIA  GREEN, Western Kentucky University, seventh place, $500 scholarship
EPHRAIM  PAYNE, University of Oregon, eighth place, $500 scholarship
JORDAN  WEISSMANN, Northwestern University, ninth place, $500 scholarship
GEREMY  BASS, University of Maryland, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of Kansas is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the first five (out of six) writing competitions.  It is followed by: University ofMissouri; Northwestern University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon; University ofMontana; Pennsylvania State University; Indiana University; University of Georgia; University of Iowa.  The final winners will be named in April following the last writing competition of this academic year.
Students who placed among the top 20 and will receive certificates of merit are:
ANNA  WIEGENSTEIN, University of Iowa, eleventh place
SARA  WILLIAMS, Kent State University, twelfth place-tie
TODD  SOUTH, University of Georgia, twelfth place-tie
SARAH  NEFF,  University of Kansas, fourteenth place-tie
DEBORAH  NEFFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, fourteenth place-tie
DOMINICK  TAO, University of  Florida, sixteenth place
NATALIE  AVON, Indiana University, seventeenth place-tie
KRYSTAL  BICK, University of Nevada, seventeenth place-tie
ROMAN  STUBBS, University of Montana, seventeenth place-tie
MELANIE  HICKEN, Syracuse University, seventeenth place-tie
 

The 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 writing competitions, three photojournalismcompetitions, two radio and two television broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition with championship finals in all divisions (except multimedia).

Currently, 108 undergraduate accredited schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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.
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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 January Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition.  The category for Competition Two was News.

The top five winners in both radio and television were selected from among 26 radio and 54 television entries submitted.  These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition One, will submit additional tapes 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,  WALTER  STORHOLT,  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Second Place, $1,500 award,  BETH  CROUGHAN, Syracuse University
Third Place, $1,000 award,  SARA  CARMICHAEL,  Syracuse University
Fourth Place, $750 award,  BRIAN  BOHL,  Hofstra University
Fifth Place, $600 award,  ELIZABETH  NICOLE  ERWIN,  Murray State University

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

First Place, $2,000 award,  JENNIFER  CARPENTER,  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Second Place, $1,500 award,  MAIKA  BAUERLE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Third Place, $1,000 award,  G.  AARON   PATTERSON,  Pennsylvania State University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award,  BONNIE  BOLT,  Arizona State University
Fifth Place, $600 award,  MICHELLE  ASHWORTH,  Arizona State University

Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  ANDY  SCHWABENBAUER,  Pennsylvania State University
Seventh Place, $500 award,  ALEXANDRA  HILL,  University of Florida
Eighth Place, $500 award,  ADAM  RHEW,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ninth Place, $500 award,  ERIC  SCHAFFER,  University of Maryland
Tenth Place, $500 award,  ROBERT  ARCAMONA,  Pennsylvania State University

Other award winners in television:

Sixth place, $500 award, BRETT  DENHAM,  Brigham Young University
Seventh Place, $500 award, THERESA  BOWMAN,  Northwestern University
Eighth Place, $500 award,  SHELLY  SCHWARTZ,  Syracuse University
Ninth Place, $500 award,  LOREN  CICALESE, Pennsylvania State University
Tenth Place, $500 award,  JESSICA  DRNEK,  San Jose State University

The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants.

These students placed among the top 20 in radio and will receive award certificates:

DANA  GRANILLO,  Arizona State University, eleventh place
MARCO  VILLARREAL,  Brigham Young University, twelfth place-tie
CHRISTOPHER  HRABE,  University of Missouri, twelfth place-tie
LINDSAY  ALVESTAD,  University of Montana, twelfth place-tie
JENNIFER  BORGET,  Brigham Young University, fifteenth place
SEAN  POWERS, University of Missouri, sixteenth place
KYLE  SEIG,  University of Florida, seventeenth place-tie
ANDREA  KLERIDES,  Hofstra University, seventeenth place-tie
MEGAN  BOWERS,  West Virginia University, nineteenth place
SAM  ESHELMAN,  Arizona State University, twentieth place
These students placed among the top 20 in television and will receive award certificates:

RANDY  GYLLENHAAL,  Elon University, eleventh place-tie
ANDREW  MARSON,  University of South Carolina, eleventh place-tie
MATHEW  MENDEZ,  University of Southern California, thirteenth place-tie
LORENZO  HALL,  University of Missouri, thirteenth place-tie
ANGELICA  DURIA,  University of Illinois, fifteenth place
JAMES  EVERETTS,  Kent State University, sixteenth place
STEVE  BUTERA,  West Virginia University, seventeenth place-tie
RYAN  S.  LUBY, University of Missouri, seventeenth place-tie
TESSA  MENTUS,  Syracuse University, seventeenth place-tie
MEGAN  ALBRIGHT,  University of Florida, twentieth place

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two radio and television competitions.  It is followed by: Syracuse University; Pennsylvania StateUniversity; University of Missouri; Hofstra University; Arizona State University;Northwestern University; University of Florida; Brigham Young University; West VirginiaUniversity. The top three winners will receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.

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.

The 2007-2008 broadcast news competitions are held in 108 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 48 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

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Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560
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HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED

Twenty college photographers have been named finalists in the second photojournalism competition of the 2007-2008 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. This was the News and Sports category in which 50 students from 28 schools nationwide participated.

The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the other two photo competitions, will submit additional photos for a semi-final round of judging this May. Of those, six photojournalists will be chosen to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championships in San Francisco, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.

The annual photojournalism competitions are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

The top four finalists are:

First Place, $2,000 award, PHILIP ANDREWS, Western Kentucky University
Second Place, $1,500 award, MICHAEL J. MULLADY, San Francisco State University
Third Place, $1,000 award, JOHN TULLY, University of Missouri
Fourth Place, $750 award, ROBERT LEISTRA, Ball State University
Other award winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, JOHN W. ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sixth Place, $500 award, CRYSTAL LoGIUDICE, Louisiana State University
Seventh Place, $500 award, LUANNE DIETZ, University of Florida
Eighth Place, $500 award, JARRETT P. BAKER, University of Florida
Ninth Place, $500 award, DAVID FOSTER, Kent State University
Tenth Place, $500 award, ELLIOTT HESS, University of Kentucky
Other students who placed among the top 20 in the photojournalism competition and will receive award certificates are:

BEN FREDMAN, University of Missouri, eleventh place
MANDY McCONAHA, Western Kentucky University, twelfth place
TIM KUPSICK, University of Montana, thirteenth place
ED MATTHEWS, University of Kentucky, fourteenth place-tie
MAGGIE SHUTTLESWORTH, Pennsylvania State University, fourteenth place-tie
RICKY WAI KI LEUNG, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, sixteenth place
DEANNA DENT, Arizona State University, seventeenth place
GAVIN JACKSON, Kent State University, eighteenth place-tie
DANIEL McCLANAHAN, Iowa State University, eighteenth place-tie
ADAM ALEXANDER, Ball State University, twentieth place-tie
JOSHUA SYKES, Pennsylvania State University, twentieth place-tie
The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, which is now in its 48th year, added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970. Scholarship awards, ranging from $1,500 to $5,000, are presented to the finalists following the National Championships. In addition to the photojournalism competitions, the program also includes six writing, four broadcast, and one multimedia competition. Annually, up to $500,000 in student scholarships, matching grants to the students’ schools and stipends are distributed.

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.

University of Missouri placed first in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated school points from two out of the three photo competitions. They are followed by: University of Florida; San Francisco State University; Western Kentucky University; Ball State University; University of Kentucky; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Iowa State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Kent State University. The final winners will be named in April following the third photo competition.

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HEARST JOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED
The top 20 winners in college Sports Writing have been announced in the 48th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. 83 students from 49 schools nationwide participated. The Hearst Journalism Awards are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

The first place winner is NICK COMPTON, from the University of Iowa. Nick will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his story in The Daily Iowan titled “Running to the Future.” University of Iowa will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.
Other scholarship winners are:

MATTHEW BAKER, Northwestern University, second place, $1,500 scholarship
THOR NYSTROM, University of Kansas, third place, $1,000 scholarship
KELVIN ANG, Syracuse University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
CAROLINE GWALTNEY, University of Alabama, fifth place, $600 scholarship
MARISSA DeCUIR, Louisiana State University, sixth place, $500 scholarship
BRIAN LEWIS-JONES, University of Kansas, seventh place, $500 scholarship
PHILLIP KISUBIKA, University of Georgia, eighth place, $500 scholarship
KEVIN HUDSON, University of Oregon, ninth place, $500 scholarship
JOSHUA K. FOLCK, Pennsylvania State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship
University of Kansas is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the first four (out of six) writing competitions. It is followed by: Northwestern University; University of Missouri; University of Montana; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon; Pennsylvania State University; University of Georgia; Indiana University; Louisiana State University. The final winners will be named in April following the last writing competition of this academic year.

The 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 writing competitions, three photojournalism competitions, two radio and two television broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition with championship finals in all divisions (except multimedia).

Currently, more than 100 undergraduate accredited schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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

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

AMY BRITTAIN, Louisiana State University, eleventh place
ANDREW ASTLEFORD, University of Missouri, twelfth place
BRITTANY DARWELL, University of Missouri, thirteenth place
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ, University of Arizona, fourteenth place
WHITNEY MALKIN, University of Oregon, fifteenth place-tie
STEPHANIE HAUGHTON, Florida A&M University, fifteenth place-tie
JON BLAU, Pennsylvania State University, seventeenth place
JAMES LITTLEJOHN, Brigham Young University, eighteenth place-tie
ANDREW ZUCKERMAN, University of Maryland, eighteenth place-tie
DOUG GULASY, Kent State University, eighteenth place-tie

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The top 20 winners in college In-Depth writing were announced today in the 48^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which more than 100 undergraduate accredited journalism programs in colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

JOHN  W.  COX, from the University of Florida, won first place.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his article in the Independent Florida Alligator titled, “Student Death Still Unsolved.” John will have the opportunity to compete in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco next June.  The University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

JAMES  KINDLE, Arizona State University, second place, $1,500 scholarship;
RYAN  KNUTSON, University of Oregon, third place, $1,000 scholarship;
BRIAN  HUGHES, University of Georgia, fourth place, $750 scholarship;
ELIZABETH   A.  NELSON, Northwestern University, fifth place, $600 scholarship;
EPHRAIM  C.  PAYNE, University of Oregon, sixth place, $500 scholarship;
MATT  LINDBERG, University of Kansas, seventh place, $500 scholarship;
ALEX  FELSINGER, San Francisco State University, eighth place, $500 scholarship;
JOEL  GEHRINGER, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, ninth place, $500 scholarship;
DEREK  KRAVITZ, University of Missouri, tenth place, $500 scholarship.

University of Montana is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition, with the highest accumulated school points from the first three (out of six) writing competitions.  It is followed by:University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Missouri; Northwestern University; University ofKansas;  Indiana University;  Arizona State University; University of Oklahoma; PennsylvaniaState University; University of Oregon.  The final winners will be named in April following the last writing competition.  The final first through third place winners are awarded $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices 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, four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, (with Championship finals in all divisions except multimedia), and awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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

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

SHANNON  MUCHMORE, Oklahoma State University, eleventh place
BROOKE  BATES, Drake University, twelfth place
JUAN  PEREZ, JR., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, thirteenth place
SARA  GANIM, Pennsylvania State University, fourteenth place
COREY  W.  PAUL, Western Kentucky University, fifteenth place-tie
KRISTI  OLOFFSON, Indiana University, fifteenth place-tie
JESSICA  MAYRER, University of Montana, fifteenth place-tie
DUNJA  ZDERO, Western Kentucky University, eighteenth place
JOSEPH  A.  BUFFONE, JR., Pennsylvania State University, nineteenth place-tie
COURTNEY  CONDRON, University of Kansas, nineteenth place-tie

There were 90 students from 53 universities and colleges participating in the program’s
In-Depth Writing Competition.  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

HEARST BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student radio and television broadcast finalists selected in the November 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 43 radio and 65 television entries submitted. These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition Two, will submit additional tapes 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, LAUREN BROOKMEYER, Hofstra University

Second Place, $1,500 award, JULIA L. RITCHEY, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,000 award, KIMBERLY J. SALTMARSH, Hofstra University

Fourth Place, $750 award, BRIAN HARDZINSKI, University of Oklahoma

Fifth Place, $600 award, MILES DORAN, University of Florida
The top six television * finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals:

First Place, $2,000 award, THOMAS HENDRICK, University of Colorado

Second Place, $1,500 award, ADAM J. MILLER, Northwestern University

Third Place, $1,000 award, JASON LAMB, University of Missouri

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, JUSTIN M. WEAVER, West Virginia University

Fifth Place, $600 award, ELEXANDER MICHAELSON, University of Southern California

Sixth Place, $500 award, BRITTANY JONES-COOPER, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

* The fourth place winner in the TV competition, Justin Weaver, is a Spring 2007 graduate, and consequently is not eligible to participate in the championship round, as pursuant to the program guidelines. As a result, the sixth place winner qualifies for the semi-final judging.
Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award, BENJAMIN B. YOUNGERMAN, Syracuse University

Seventh Place, $500 award, DAVID KLATT, Pennsylvania State University

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

Ninth Place, $500 award, LISA MATUSKA, Northwestern University

Tenth Place, $500 award, ADAM SWANK, Texas State University, San Marcos
Other award winners in television:
Seventh Place, $500 award, IRMA MURILLO, University of Miami

Eighth Place, $500 award, ASHLEY REYNOLDS DICKAMORE, University of Utah

Ninth Place, $500 award, MELISSA WELSH, University of Florida

Tenth Place, $500 award, JAMES EVERETTS, Kent State University
The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants.
These students placed among the top 20 in radio and will receive award certificates:

ERIC SCHAFFER, University of Maryland, eleventh place

SEAN POWERS, University of Missouri, twelfth place

ADAM CAVALIER, Marshall University, thirteenth place

KIMBERLY BURCHAM, Marshall University, fourteenth place-tie

SAM GAVIN, Arizona State University, fourteenth place-tie

DAN BOYCE, University of Montana, fourteenth place-tie

CRYSTAL GRANDISON, Elon University, seventeenth place-tie

TRAVIS LARCHUK, Pennsylvania State University, seventeenth place-tie

NATALIE WILSON, Howard University, nineteenth place

ADAM SHIVERS, University of Alabama, twentieth place-tie

MEGAN BOWERS, West Virginia University, twentieth place-tie

These students placed among the top 20 in television and will receive award certificates:

STEVE BUTERA, West Virginia University, eleventh place

PHILLIP ANAYA-DENNIS, New Mexico State University, twelfth place

SARAH E. CHAKALES, University of Southern Carolina, thirteenth place

MELISSA PAZORNIK, University of Southern California, fourteenth place

THERESA BOWMAN, Northwestern University, fifteenth place

ANDREW BOYLE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sixteenth place

MARK OLEXIK, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, seventeenth place

ERIN MAHRER, University of Colorado, eighteenth place-tie

ALEXANDREA DENIS, University of South Florida, eighteenth place-tie

MARCO VILLARREAL, Brigham Young University, twentieth place-tie

Northwestern 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: Hofstra University; West Virginia University; University of Missouri; University of Florida; University of Colorado; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Southern California; Syracuse University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 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 Michael Luckoff, President and General Manager, KGO AM Radio, Inc., San Francisco, CA.

The 2007-2008 broadcast news competitions are held in 108 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 48 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

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

HEARST EDITORIAL WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS NAMED

The top 20 winners in college Editorial/Columns of Opinion writing have been announced in the 48th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 108 undergraduate accredited journalism programs in universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to ANDREW SHAFFER, of Indiana University. He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “IU Building Should Not Be Named After Racist” published in the Indiana Daily Student. Indiana University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners. Andrew Shaffer graduated in the spring of 2007, and consequently is not eligible to participate in the Championship round, as pursuant to the program guidelines. As a result, the second place winner, JENNIFER TRAMM, from University of Arizona, will receive a $1,500 scholarship and qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2008.

Other scholarship winners are:

TRAVIS ROBINETT, University of Kansas, third place, $1,000 scholarship
BRITTANY HUGHES, Ohio University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
EMMA SCHMAUTZ, University of Montana, fifth place, $600 scholarship
ELIZABETH McLEOD, University of Kansas, sixth place, $500 scholarship
JACOB STOKES, University of Missouri, seventh place, $500 scholarship
CHRIS BANKS, Temple University, eighth place, $500 scholarship
DANNY DAVIS, University of Montana, ninth place, $500 scholarship
MARK MYERS, Pennsylvania State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship
University of Montana is in 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: University of Missouri; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Northwestern University; University of Kansas; University of Oklahoma; Indiana University; University of Arizona; Arizona State University; Ohio 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, 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, grants, and stipends annually.

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

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

TALIA SAMPSON, Texas Christian University, eleventh place
JOSH SWARTZLANDER, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, twelfth place-tie
COLIN DUNLOP, University of Georgia, twelfth place-tie
LINSEN LI, University of Kentucky, twelfth place-tie
EMILY WATSON, University of Texas, Austin, twelfth place-tie
CHRYSTAL KING, California State University, Northridge, sixteenth place-tie
JEREMY FUGLEBERG, South Dakota State University, sixteenth place-tie
ASHIQ R. ZAMAN, University of Oklahoma, eighteenth place-tie
LINDSAY BRYANT, San Jose State University, eighteenth place-tie
CLAIRE HARLIN, University of Texas, Austin, eighteenth place-tie

There were 102 students from 61 universities 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 Journalism Awards’ website, www.hearstawards.org, which is updated shortly after each competition.

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Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org