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.

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.

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.

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in Television News have been announced in the 60th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 74 entries submitted from 45 schools nationwide in the second and final TV competition held this academic year.

First Place has been awarded to Payton Tysinger, a rising senior from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Payton wins a $3,000 scholarship and automatically qualifies for the Hearst Journalism Awards National Television Championship.

The remaining top ten finalists and their awards are:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Dylan McKim, Arizona State University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Omeed Malek, Indiana University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Valerie Lyons, University of Florida
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Spencer Humphrey, University of Missouri
Sixth Place, certificate, Ethan Stein, University of Missouri
Seventh Place, certificate, Lily Cummings, Loyola University New Orleans
Eighth Place, certificate, Jiovanni Lieggi, Kent State University
Ninth Place, certificate, Jilly Kuehn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tenth Place, certificate, Sabrina Maggiore, Syracuse University

The top-five winning schools receive matching grants.

The four following finalists qualify for the semi-final round:
Dylan McKim, Arizona State University: Valerie Lyons, University of Florida: Spencer Humphrey,
University of Missouri; Ethan Stein, University of Missouri.

Omeed Malek, Indiana University, graduated in spring 2019, and per program guidelines, may not participate in the semi-finals.

The other top winners in this competition, along with the top finalists in the TV I Competition will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging. Finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the National Championships, along with writing, photo, radio and multimedia finalists.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the in-person National Championships in Houston will not be held, and alternative possibilities are being evaluated.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has won the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two television and one radio competitions.

It is followed by: Arizona State University; University of Florida; University of Missouri; Syracuse University; Pennsylvania State University; Kent State University; University of Colorado; University of Kansas; Michigan State University.

The top-three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

This competition was judged by: Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio, CA; Candy Altman, retired Vice President News, Hearst Television, NY; Mary Lynn Roper, retired President and General Manager, KOAT-TV, NM; and Fred Young, retired Senior Vice President of News, Hearst Television, Yardley, PA.

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

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 added broadcast news to the competitions in 1988.

2020 HEARST PHOTOJOURNALISM SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the ten college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2020 Hearst photo semi-finalists are top winners selected from the two 2019-2020 photo competitions held this academic year.

The ten semi-finalists are:
Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University
Sara Diggins, University of Montana
Kenneth Ferriera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Haley France, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sylvia Jarrus, Michigan State University
Nicole Neri, Arizona State University
Tristen Rouse, University of Missouri
Lily Thompson, Western Kentucky University
Matthew Westmoreland, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Katina Zentz, University of Iowa

Nic Antaya, from Michigan State University and Michael Swensen, from Ohio University are the two first-place winners from the competitions, and automatically qualify for the National Photojournalism Championship.

The semi-finalists, whose work was selected from a record 227 entries received in the News/Features and Picture Story/Series Competitions, will submit additional photo portfolios for the semi-final round of judging. The judges will evaluate the portfolios and select four finalists to participate in the program’s National Championship.

Due to the current situation with the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Championship has been cancelled as an in-person event. In its place, we are strategizing to develop an alternative experience for the qualifying photo
finalists, as well as for the eight writing, five radio, five television and five multimedia finalists. All finalists will be competing for scholarship awards of up to $10,000 in each category.

The photojournalism judges are Carolyn Cole, Foreign National Photo Correspondent, The Los Angeles Times, CA; Mark Morris, Independent Visual Consultant, CA; Luis Rios, Director of Photography, San Antonio Express-News, TX.

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 Program added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970 – making this the 50th anniversary of the photo 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.

Hearst Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise Story Competition Winners Named

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia Digital News/Enterprise Story Competition of the 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 76 entries from 42 schools submitted in the third multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Giovanna Torrieri, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Giovanna will receive a $3,000 scholarship for the winning multimedia piece titled “Playing Through the Pain: Stephanie Watts & the Challenge All Athletes Face”.

Giovanna and second-place winner Evan Mattingly, Western Kentucky University, graduated in May 2019, and per program guidelines, cannot participate in the National Championship. Third-place winner Mackenzie Behm, University of Florida, qualifies to participate in the National Multimedia Championship.

Due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis, the National Championship has been cancelled as an in-person event. In its place, an alternative competition will be held for the qualifying multimedia, writing, photo, radio, television finalists, all of whom will complete for scholarship awards of up to $10,000 in each category.

The top five finalists are:
Second place, $2,000 award, Evan Mattingly, Western Kentucky University

Third place, $1,500 award, Mackenzie Behm, University of Florida

Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Aubrey Patti, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Skyler Ballard, Western Kentucky University

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Colin Davy, Syracuse University

Seventh Place, certificate, Gaby Eseverri, University of Florida

Eighth Place, certificate, Tier Morrow, Ball State University

Ninth Place, certificate, Rick Childress, University of Kentucky

Tenth Place, certificate, Brooklyn Draisey, University of Iowa

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from three of four multimedia competitions held this academic year. They are followed by: Western Kentucky University; University of Florida, University of Montana, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Syracuse University (tie); University of Missouri (tie); Stony Brook University; Elon University; University of Kentucky.

The final intercollegiate winners will be announced after the completion of all four multimedia competitions. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively,

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

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.

HEARST PHOTO PICTURE STORY/SERIES COMPETITION WINNERS NAMED

Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2019-2020 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 89 entries submitted from 55 schools nationwide in the second and final photojournalism competition held this year.

First Place has been awarded to Michael Swensen, a senior from Ohio University.
Michael wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will not be holding the in-person National Championships in Houston as planned and are evaluating alternative possibilities.

The other top winners in this competition, along with the top finalists from the Photo I Competition, will submit additional photographs for the semi-final round of judging in April.

Winners who qualify for the semi-final round:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Lily Thompson, Western Kentucky University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Katina Zentz, University of Iowa
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Tristen Rouse, University of Missouri

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Stephanie Amador, Ball State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Kenneth Ferriera, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Eighth Place, certificate, Hope Davison, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ninth Place, certificate, Juliana Yamada, San Francisco State University
Tenth Place, certificate, Gabriella Hofer, Arizona State University

Western Kentucky University has won the 2019-2020 Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the
highest accumulated student points in the two photo competitions held this year.

It is followed by: Arizona State University; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Michigan State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ohio University; University of Missouri, Kent State University; University of Montana; Ball State University.

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The photojournalism judges are Carolyn Cole, Foreign National Photo Correspondent, The Los Angeles Times, CA; Mark Morris, Independent Visual Consultant, CA; Luis Rios, Director of Photography, San Antonio Express-News, TX.

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 program added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970 – making this the 50th anniversary of the photo category.

The 14 monthly competitions held annually are: 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.

HEARST SPORTS WRITING WINNERS NAMED

The top 10 winners in college sports writing were announced today 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 145 entries from 79 schools received in the third writing competition of the academic year.

First Place has been awarded to David Eckert, a senior from Pennsylvania State University. David receives a $3,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “The Old Freshman” published in the Lion’s Roar. David also
qualifies to participate in the 2020 Hearst National Writing Championship.

The journalism departments of all scholarship winners receive matching grants.

Second-to-tenth place winners:
George Stoia, University of Oklahoma, second place, $2,000 scholarship

Nathan King, Auburn University, third place, $1,500 scholarship

Hallie Hart, Oklahoma State University, fourth place, $1,000 scholarship

Eli Lederman, University of Missouri, fifth place, $1,000 scholarship

Stephen Perez, Arizona State University, sixth place, certificate of merit

Bailey Vandiver, University of Kentucky, seventh place, certificate of merit

Aiyana Ishmael, Florida A&M University, eighth place, certificate of merit

Sudeep Tumma, Oklahoma State University, ninth place, certificate of merit

Taylor McCloud, Syracuse University, tenth place, certificate of merit

Arizona State University placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated
student points from the first three writing competitions of the year.

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

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

Judging the writing competitions this year are: 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 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.

HEARST MULTIMEDIA II/INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING AND AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia Innovative Storytelling and Audience Engagement Competition of the 2019-2020 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 51 entries from 32 schools submitted in the second multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Neda Karimi, from Stony Brook University. Neda will receive a $3,000
scholarship for the winning multimedia piece titled “#we stan 2020: A look into political fandom.” Neda also qualifies to participate in the National Multimedia Championship which will be held in Houston, Texas this June.

The other top finalists are:
Second place, $2,000 award, Mackenzie Behm, University of Florida
Third place, $1,500 award, Lucas Grant Pruitt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Jacob Moscovitch, University of Missouri
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Kendall Warner, Western Kentucky University

The top five winning schools receive matching grants.

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Mhari Shaw, Western Kentucky University
Seventh Place, certificate, Zayrha Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eighth Place, certificate, Mollie Lemm, University of Montana
Ninth Place, certificate, Lauren Malner, Brigham Young University
Tenth Place, certificate, Morgan Campbell, Pennsylvania State University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first two multimedia competitions. They are followed by: Western Kentucky University; University of Florida; University of Montana; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Missouri; Stony Brook University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Oregon; New York University.

The final intercollegiate winners will be announced after the completion of the all four multimedia competitions and will be presented at the Intercollegiate Awards Ceremony this June in Houston.
The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively,

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

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.

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The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the finalists selected in the 2019-2020 Journalism Awards Program’s Radio News and Features competition. The top radio winners qualify for the National Radio Championship, held this June in Houston, TX, along with qualifying television, writing, photojournalism and
multimedia finalists.

The top radio winners who qualify for the National Championship:
First Place, $3,000 award, Aviva Okeson-Haberman, University of Missouri *
Second Place, $2,000 award, Annabeth Poe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Sofia Mingote, University of Florida
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Jared Weber, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Alexandra Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sixth Place, Certificate, Jonah Hrkal, Arizona State University

* Aviva is a spring 2019 graduate and per program guidelines is not eligible to participate in the Championship.

The schools of all award-winning finalists receive matching grants.

Radio Finalists:
Seventh Place, Certificate, Natalie Turner, Western Kentucky University
Eighth Place, Certificate, Emma VandenEinde, Arizona State University
Ninth Place, Certificate, Ford Hatchett, Syracuse University
Tenth Place, Certificate, Aidan Morton, University of Montana

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the Radio and TV 1 Competitions.

They are followed by: Arizona State University; University of Florida; Syracuse University; University of Missouri; University of Colorado; Michigan State University; Brigham Young University (tie); University of Texas at Austin (tie); University of Montana.

Final intercollegiate scores will be announced after the TV 2 competition has been finalized. The top three
winning schools earn $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 respectively.

The radio judges are: Candy Altman, retired Vice President News, Hearst Television, NY; Julie Chin, News Director, KNX Radio, CA; and Mary Lynn Roper, retired President and General Manager, KOAT-TV, NM.

The 60th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program, added broadcast news to the competitions in 1988. The
program also includes five writing, two television, two photo, and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

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