2020 Hearst National Championship Winners Announced

60th Annual Hearst National Championship 
Winners Announced

Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism, Radio, Television and Multimedia
Championships were announced on June 5, 2020 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards
Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2019 – 2020 Journalism Awards Program, which were held in 104 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs. From May 29 – June 4, 2020, 29 finalists – winners from the 14 monthly competitions – participated in the 60th annual Hearst Championships.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the in-person Championship planned for Houston, Texas was replaced by a virtual event. Finalists met their judges and received their assignments over video-conference meetings, then produced and submitted their pieces from home.

Following are the winners and the scholarships they received:

National Writing Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Caroline Anders, Indiana University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Hannah Denham, Washington and Lee University
Third Place, $5,000 award: George Stoia, University of Oklahoma

Writing Championship runner-ups listed in alphabetical order:
Matt Cohen, Indiana University, $1,500 award
David Eckert, Pennsylvania State University, $1,500 award
Jack Harris, Arizona State University, $1,500 award
Jordan Miller, University of Oklahoma, $1,500 award
Sasha Urban, University of Southern California, $1,500 award

National Photojournalism Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Michael Swensen, Ohio University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Katina Zentz, University of Iowa
Third Place, $5,000 award: Kenneth Ferriera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Photo Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Nic Antaya, Michigan State University, $1,500 award
Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University, $1,500 award
Lily Thompson, Western Kentucky University, $1,500 award

National Radio Broadcast News Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Annabeth Poe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, $7,500 award: Sofia Mingote, University of Florida
Third Place, $5,000 award: Jared Weber, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Radio Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Jonah Hrkal, Arizona State University, $1,500 award
Allie Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $1,500 award

National Television Broadcast News Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Payton Tysinger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, $7,500 award: Dylan McKim, Arizona State University
Third Place, $5,000 award: Cambria Haro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Television Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Spencer Humphrey, University of Missouri, $1,500 award
Valerie Lyons, University Florida, $1,500 award

National Multimedia Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Jiakai Lou, University of Montana
Second Place, $7,500 award: Mackenzie Behm, University of Florida
Third Place, $5,000 award: Colin Davy, Syracuse University

Multimedia Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Neda Karimi, Stony Brook University, $1,500 award
Lucas Pruitt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1,500 award

Special Awards
$1,000 award for Best Article of the Year went to Hannah Denham, Washington and Lee University.
$1000 award for Best Reporting Technique went to Sasha Urban, University of Southern California.
Those awards were selected from the monthly writing competition entries.

$1,000 award for Best Single Photo from the Semi-Final Portfolio when to Lily Thompson,
Western Kentucky University.
$1,000 award for Best Single Photo from the Championship Assignment went to Michael Swensen,
Ohio University.

$1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio for News Coverage went to Allie Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
This award was selected from the monthly radio entries.

$1,000 Award for Best Use of Television for News Coverage went to Cambria Haro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This award was selected from the semi-final entries.

$1,000 Award for Best Multimedia Story of the Year went to Colin Davy, Syracuse University. This award was
selected from the monthly competition entries.

The writing judges were: Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; Dwayne Bray, Senior
Coordinating Producer/Enterprise Reporting Unit, ESPN; and Larry Kramer, Retired President and Publisher, USA Today.

The photojournalism judges were: Carolyn Cole, Foreign National Photo Correspondent, Los Angeles Times;
Mark Morris, Independent Visual Consultant; Sue Morrow, Editor, News Photographer Magazine; Luis Rios, Director of Photography, San Antonio Express-News.

The radio and television judges were: Candy Altman, retired Vice President News, Hearst Television; Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio; Mary Lynn Roper, retired President and General Manager, KOAT-TV; and Fred Young,
retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television.

The multimedia Judges were: Jarrad Henderson, Senior Multimedia Producer – Investigative and Enterprise Video Team, USA Today; Danese Kenon, Director of Video and Photography, Philadelphia Inquirer; Brian Storm, Founder, Executive Producer, MediaStorm.

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 over 1 billion dollars to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program was founded in 1960 to support, encourage and give assistance to journalism education through scholarships for outstanding college students. Since its inception, the program has
distributed more than $14 million in scholarships and grants for the exceptional work by student journalists who participate in the program.

2020 Hearst Intercollegiate Winners Announced

2019-2020 Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Winners Announced

Nation’s Journalism Schools win $89,000 in prizes

SAN FRANCISCO – Five universities shared prizes totaling $89,000 as this year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism, Broadcast and Multimedia Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards
Program.

The 2019-2020 prizes are awarded to the top universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst trophies.

Often called “The Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photojournalism, radio, television and multimedia for journalism undergraduates. The points earned by individual students in these monthly competitions determine each discipline’s Intercollegiate ranking. The winners are those schools with the highest accumulated student points in each category.

The Overall Intercollegiate winners are the schools with the highest accumulated student points from the record 1,396 entries submitted this year in the writing, photojournalism, radio, television and multimedia competitions.

The 2020 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

INTERCOLLEGIATE WRITING:

$10,000 First Place, Arizona State University
$ 4,000 Second Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$ 2,000 Third Place, University of Oklahoma

INTERCOLLEGIATE PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000 First Place, Western Kentucky University
$ 4,000 Second Place, Arizona State University
$ 2,000 Third Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

INTERCOLLEGIATE BROADCAST RADIO & TV:

$10,000 First Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$ 4,000 Second Place, Arizona State University
$ 2,000 Third Place, University of Florida

INTERCOLLEGIATE MULTIMEDIA:

$10,000 First Place, Western Kentucky University
$ 4,000 Second Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$ 2,000 Third Place, University of Florida

INTERCOLLEGIATE OVERALL:

$25,000 First Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, Western Kentucky University
Third Place, Arizona State University

Intercollegiate Writing trophies are awarded to:
Syracuse University, fourth place; Pennsylvania State University, fifth place; University of Missouri, sixth place;
Indiana University, seventh place-tie; University of Maryland, seventh place-tie; University of Southern California, ninth place; Oklahoma State University, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Photojournalism trophies are awarded to:
Michigan State University, fourth place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifth place; Ohio University, sixth place; University of Missouri, seventh place; Kent State University, eighth place; University of Montana, ninth place; Ball State University, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Broadcast Radio & TV trophies are awarded to:
University of Missouri, fourth place; Syracuse University, fifth place; Pennsylvania State University, sixth place; Kent State University, seventh place; University of Colorado, eighth place; University of Kansas, ninth place; Michigan State University, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Multimedia trophies are awarded to:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fourth place; University of Missouri, fifth place; University of Montana, sixth place; Syracuse University, seventh place; Elon University, eighth place; Arizona State University, ninth place; Stony Brook University, tenth place.

Intercollegiate Overall trophies are awarded to: University of Florida, fourth place; University of Missouri, fifth place; Syracuse University, sixth place; Pennsylvania State University, seventh place; University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, eighth place; University of Oklahoma, ninth place; University of Montana, 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, 104 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the United States are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

The Intercollegiate Awards have been acknowledged since the inception of the program, and in 1990 monetary awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget.

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 over one billion dollars in grants and programs.

2020 Hearst Team Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise Competition Winners Named

Hearst Team Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise Competition Winners Named

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Team Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise Story Competition of the 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 79 entries from 49 schools submitted in the fourth and final multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Team Sofie Mortensen and Sara Krog from Western Kentucky University. They will receive a $3,000 scholarship for the winning multimedia piece titled “A Wounded Soldier”.

The second-through-fifth place winners receive awards and the journalism department of those winners receive matching grants. There is no championship component for this competition.

Second Place, $2,000 Award: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Team Members: Isaiah Somanas, Sabrina Sommer, Jessica Moore, Maddie Washburn, Peyton Stoike and
Ken Ferriera

Third Place, $1,500 Award: Western Kentucky University
Team Members: Lydia Schweickart, Ella Corder, BreAnna Luker, Grace Pritchett, Nic Huey, Dalton Puckett,
Emily Moses, Michelle Hanks

Fourth Place, $1,000 Award: University of Florida
Team Members: Tessa Bentulan, Henry Coburn, Dolores Hinckley, Alexis Howard, Grace King, Sky Lebron,
Daniella Mora, Sofia Millar, Claudia Perez Brito, Camille Respress, Lauren Reynolds, Maria Roberts, Matt Serna,
Meredith Sheldon, Raymon Troncoso

Fifth Place, $1,000 Award: University of Missouri
Team Members: Amanda Lee, Armond Feffer, Rebecca Ferguson, Joel Green, Julia Hansen, Yanran Huang,
Yehyun Kim, Sam Koeppel, Amanda Lee, Jamie Maron, Jacob Moscovitch, Matt McCabe, Liv Paggiarino,
Tristen Rouse, Daniel Shular

Sixth Place: University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Team Members: Haley France, Zayrha Rodriguez

Seventh Place: University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Team Members: Tenley Garrett, Peggy Mullen

Eighth Place: University of Mississippi
Team Members: Devna Bose, Brittany Brown, Christian Johnson, Hayden Benge

Ninth Place: Arizona State University
Team Members: Nicole Ludden, Julian Hernandez, Meg Potter, Erica Figueroa

Tenth Place: Syracuse University
Team Members: Rachel Day, Molly Bolan, Audrey Lee, Kristine Klein, Taylor Bradford, Katie Intner, Patrick Linehan, Kathryn Pirzadeh, Jake Smith, Lauren Steckley, Nadia Suleman, Kelsey Thompson, Ari Wodarcyk

Western Kentucky University receives first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the four multimedia competitions held this academic year.

They are followed by:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, second place
University of Florida, third place
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fourth place
University of Missouri, fifth place
University of Montana, sixth place
Syracuse University, seventh place
Elon University, eighth place
Arizona State University, ninth place
Stony Brook University, tenth place

The final intercollegiate winners in all categories will be announced this week. The top three intercollegiate
winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively,

The multimedia judges are: Jarrad Henderson, Senior Multimedia Producer – Investigative and Enterprise Video Team, USA Today; Danese Kenon, Director of Video & Photograph, Philadelphia Inquirer; Brian Storm, Founder,
Executive Producer, MediaStorm.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 60th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010. The
program also includes five writing, one radio, two television, and two photojournalism competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 104 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.

2020 Hearst Championship Finalists Named

2020 HEARST CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the 29 journalism students representing 14 universities from across the country who will compete in the 60th annual National Writing, Photojournalism, Radio, Television and Multimedia Championships, May 29 – June 5, 2020.

The finalists include eight writing finalists, six photojournalism finalists, five radio finalists, five television finalists and five multimedia finalists, selected from a record 1,396 entries received in this year’s 14 monthly competitions.

During the Championships, the finalists will participate in various spot assignments selected by our judges,
competing for scholarship awards ranging from $1,500 to $10,000. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a virtual event will take the place of the in-person Championships.

We congratulate the 2020 National Championship Finalists.

Writing Finalists:
Caroline Anders, Indiana University
Matt Cohen, Indiana University
Hannah Denham, Washington & Lee University
David Eckert, Pennsylvania State University
Jack Harris, Arizona State University
Jordan Miller, University of Oklahoma
George Stoia, University of Oklahoma
Sasha Urban, University of Southern California

Photojournalism Finalists:
Nic Antaya, Michigan State University
Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University
Kenneth Ferriera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Michael Swensen, Ohio University
Lily Thompson, Western Kentucky University
Katina Zentz, University of Iowa

Radio Finalists:
Sofia Mingote, University of Florida
Jonah Hrkal, Arizona State University
Annabeth Poe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alexandra Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jared Weber, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Television Finalists:
Cambria Haro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spencer Humphrey, University of Missouri
Valerie Lyons, University of Florida
Dylan McKim, Arizona State University
Payton Tysinger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Multimedia Finalists:
Mackenzie Behm, University of Florida
Colin Davy, Syracuse University
Neda Karimi, Stony Brook University
Jiakai Lou, University of Montana
Lucas Pruitt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presently, 104 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to
participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 60 years by the William
Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships, grants and
stipends annually.

2020 Hearst Photojournalism Championship Qualifiers Named

2020 Hearst Photojournalism Championship Qualifiers Named

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the six photojournalism finalists who have been
selected to participate in the 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program Championships. The 2020 Hearst
photojournalism finalists are the first-place winners from the news/features and picture story/series monthly
competitions plus four finalists selected from a semi-final round. A total of 227 entries were received in the two photo competitions held this academic year.

The Championship Finalists are:
Nic Antaya, Michigan State University
Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University
Kenneth Ferriera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Michael Swensen, Ohio University
Lily Thompson, Western Kentucky University
Katina Zentz, University of Iowa

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Championship has been cancelled as an in-person event. In its place, an alternative competition will be held for the qualifying photo finalists, as well as for the eight writing, five radio, five television and five multimedia. Finalists will fulfill spot assignments vying for scholarship awards of up to $10,000 in each category.

The photojournalism judges this year were: Carolyn Cole, Foreign National Photo Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, Mark Morris, Independent Visual Consultant, CA; Sue Morrow, Editor, News Photographer Magazine;
Luis Rios, Director of Photography, San Antonio Express-News.

The 60th Annual 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. Photojournalism was added to the program in 1970 – making this the 50th
anniversary of that category.

The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one radio, two television and four
multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

2020 Hearst Television Championship Qualifiers Named

2020 Hearst Television Championship Qualifiers Named

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five television finalists who have been selected to participate in the 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program Championships. The 2020 Hearst television
finalists are the first-place winners from the news and features monthly competitions plus three finalists selected from a semi-final round. A total of 175 entries were received in the two television competitions held this
academic year.

The Championship Finalists are:
Cambria Haro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Spencer Humphrey, University of Missouri
Valerie Lyons, University of Florida
Dylan McKim, Arizona State University
Payton Tysinger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Championship has been cancelled as an in-person event. In its place, an alternative competition will be held for the qualifying television finalists, as well as for the eight writing, five radio, five multimedia and six photo finalists. Finalists will fulfill spot assignments vying for scholarship awards of up to $10,000 in each category.

This television judges this year were: Candy Altman, retired Vice President News, Hearst Television, NY; Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio; Mary Lynn Roper, retired President and General Manager, KOAT-TV; and Fred Young,
retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television.

The 60th Annual 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. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one
radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

2020 Hearst National Writing Championship Qualifiers Named

2020 HEARST WRITING CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the eight journalism students from across the country who will compete in the 60th annual National Writing Championships. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
in-person Championship has been cancelled, and in its place will be a virtual event. The finalists include five top winners in the monthly writing competitions and three entrants with the highest accumulated scores from two competitions, selected from 652 writing entries submitted this year.

During the Championship Week, the finalists will fulfill spots assignments for additional scholarship awards
ranging from $1,500 to $10,000. Also competing in the National Championships will be six photojournalism
finalists, five radio finalists, five television finalists and five multimedia finalists.

The 2020 National Writing Championship finalists are:
Caroline Anders, Indiana University
Matt Cohen, Indiana University
Hannah Denham, Washington & Lee University
David Eckert, Pennsylvania State University
Jack Harris, Arizona State University
Jordan Miller, University of Oklahoma
George Stoia, University of Oklahoma
Sasha Urban, University of Southern California

Judging the writing competitions this year were: Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; Dwayne Bray, Senior Coordinating Producer/Enterprise Reporting Unit, ESPN; and Larry Kramer, Retired President and Publisher, USA Today.

Funded and administered for 60 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the program is under the
auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. Presently, 104 colleges and
universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 14 monthly competitions of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program consist of five writing, two
photojournalism, one radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The
program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

2019-20 Hearst Breaking News Writing Competition Winners Named

Hearst Breaking News Writing Winners Named

The top 10 winners in the Breaking News Writing Competition have been announced in the 60th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 104 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

There were 96 entries from 54 schools received in the final writing competition of the academic year.

First Place has been awarded to Jordan Miller, a junior from the University of Oklahoma. Jordan receives a $3,000 scholarship for her winning article titled “TOU Gaylord College professor uses racial slur during class in comparison to ‘OK, boomer’ phrase” published in the OU Daily.

Jordan also qualifies to participate in the 2020 Hearst National Writing Championship. Due to the Covid-19
pandemic, the in-person National Championships in Houston has been cancelled. An alternative experience for the winning finalists will be held in its place.

Second-to-tenth place winners:
Juan Carlos Lara, San Francisco State University, second place, $2,000 scholarship
Carter Mize, University of North Texas, third place, $1,500 scholarship
Gabriel Stern, Syracuse University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
Caroline Anders, Indiana University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship
Nick Hazelrigg, University of Oklahoma, sixth place, certificate of merit
Jack Johnson, University of Kansas, seventh place, certificate of merit
Jillian Atelsek, University of Maryland, eighth place, certificate of merit
Maddie Aiken, Pennsylvania State University, ninth place, certificate of merit
Bleu Bell, Florida A&M University, tenth place, certificate of merit

The journalism departments of all scholarship winners receive matching grants.

Arizona State University has won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the five writing competitions held this academic year.

They are followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Oklahoma; Syracuse University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Missouri; Indiana University (tie); University of Maryland (tie);
University of Southern California; Oklahoma State University.

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively, and will be announced during Championship Week. All top ten winners earn medallions.

Judging the Breaking News Writing Competitions were: Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, San Francisco Chronicle; Dwayne Bray, Senior Coordinating Producer/Enterprise Reporting Unit, ESPN; and Larry Kramer, Retired President and Publisher, USA Today.

The 60th Annual 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. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one
radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

2019-20 Hearst Personality/Profile Writing Winners Named

HEARST PERSONALITY/PROFILE WRITING WINNERS NAMED

The top 10 winners in the Personality/Profile Writing Competition have been announced in the 60th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 104 undergraduate journalism
programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

There were 122 entries from 64 schools received in the fourth writing competition of the academic year.

First Place has been awarded to Matt Cohen, a sophomore from Indiana University. Matt receives a $3,000
scholarship for his winning article titled “The General comes home” published in the Indiana Daily Student.
Matt also qualifies to participate in the 2020 Hearst National Writing Championship.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the in-person National Championships in Houston will not be held, and an
alternative experience for the winning finalists is being created.

Second-to-tenth place winners:
James Ogletree, University of Alabama, second place, $2,000 scholarship
Myah Ward, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, third place, $1,500 scholarship
Caroline Anders, Indiana University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship
Jenni Castoe, Pennsylvania State University, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship
Alexia Camille Little, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, sixth place, certificate of merit
Maria Elena Vizcaino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, seventh place, certificate of merit
Nicholas Kelly, University of Missouri, eighth place, certificate of merit
Jack Harris, Arizona State University, ninth place, certificate of merit
George Stoia, University of Oklahoma, tenth place, certificate of merit

The journalism departments of all scholarship winners receive matching grants.

Arizona State University placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated
student points from the fourth of five writing competitions held this academic year.

They are followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University; University of Southern California; Indiana University; University of Maryland; University of Oklahoma; Auburn University.

The final Intercollegiate Writing Competition winners will be announced after the completion of the five writing competitions in June.

Judging the profile writing competition are: Audrey Cooper, Editor in Chief, The San Francisco Chronicle; Dwayne Bray, Senior Coordinating Producer/Enterprise Reporting Unit, ESPN; Larry Kramer, Retired President and Publisher, USA Today; and David Zeeck, former President and Publisher, The News Tribune, WA.

The 60th Annual 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. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

2020 Hearst Multimedia Championship Qualifiers Named

Hearst Multimedia Championship Qualifiers Named

San Francisco – The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the five multimedia finalists who have been selected to participate in the 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program Championships.

The 2020 Hearst multimedia finalists are top winners selected from the first three multimedia competitions held this academic year, which garnered a total of 215 entries.

The finalists are:

Mackenzie Behm, University of Florida
Colin Davy, Syracuse University

Neda Karimi, Stony Brook University
Jiakai Lou, University of Montana

Lucas Pruitt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Championship has been cancelled as an in-person event. In its place, an alternative competition will be held for the qualifying multimedia finalists, as well as for the eight
writing, five radio, five television and six photo finalists. All finalists will be competing for scholarship awards of up to $10,000 in each category.

The multimedia judges are: Jarrad Henderson, Senior Multimedia Producer – Investigative and Enterprise Video Team, USA Today, VA; Danese Kenon, Director of Video & Photograph, Philadelphia Inquirer, PA; and Brian Storm, Founder & Executive Producer, MediaStorm, CA.

The 60th Annual 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. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one
radio, two television and four multimedia, with Championship finals in all divisions.

The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

The multimedia category was added to the program in 2010.