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

 

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight universities shared prizes totaling $52,500 as this year’s winners in the Intercollegiate Writing, Photography and Broadcast News Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2008-2009 prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 are awarded to the top three colleges and universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst medallions.  These awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget in 1990.

Often called “The Pulitzers of College Journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photography and broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates.  Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners.

The 2009 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

 

WRITING:

$10,000 First Place                     UNIVERSITY  OF  KANSAS

$ 5,000 Second Place                 UNIVERSITY  OF MISSOURI

$ 2,500 Third Place                     NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY

 

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000 First Place                     WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

$ 5,000 Second Place                 UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA

$ 2,500 Third Place                     UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

 

BROADCAST  NEWS:

$10,000 First Place                     SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY

$ 5,000 Second Place                 ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,500 Third Place                     UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

 

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships inSan Francisco at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Friday, June 5, 2009.

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

Writing medallions are awarded to:  ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF KENTUCKY, Fifth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Sixth Place;  SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS, Eighth Place (tie);  UNIVERSITY OF  GEORGIA, Eighth Place (tie);   UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to:  SAN  FRANCISCO  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI, Fifth Place;  SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, Sixth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  KENTUCKY, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MINNESOTA, Eighth Place; OHIO  UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to:  UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA, Fifth Place;  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Seventh Place (tie);  ELON  UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place (tie); UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA  –  LINCOLN, Ninth Place;  HOFSTRA  UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program operates under the auspices of the accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.  It is fully funded and administered by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation.  Currently, 110 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards more than $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Publisher William Randolph Hearst established the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and The Hearst Foundation, Inc. in the 1940’s, a few years before his death in 1951.  Since then, the Foundations have awarded more than $735 million in grants and programs.

 

Contact:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4561
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

 

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HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college multimedia were announced today in the 49^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  This was the second annual Multimedia Competition in which 78 entrants from 47 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation participated.

First Place has been awarded to TRACY  KENNEDY, a freshman from Virginia CommonwealthUniversity.  She will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her entry “Distracted Delegates” posted on Capital News Service.  Virginia Commonwealth University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalismdepartments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

TIM  HUSSIN, University of Florida, second place, $1,500 scholarship

KRISTA  SCHINAGL, Western Kentucky University, third place, $1,000 scholarship

ALI  TABATABAI,  San Francisco State University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

PHILIP  ANDREWS, Western Kentucky University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

ALEX  BLACKWELDER, Middle Tennessee State University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

KHARI  JOHNSON, San Francisco State University, seventh place, $500 scholarship

McKENNA  EWEN, University of Minnesota, eighth place, $500 scholarship

ASHLEY  P.  LAU, Northwestern University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

MICHAEL  CALCAGNO, University of Oregon, tenth place, $500 scholarship

Western Kentucky University was first place in the Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in this competition.  They are followed by:  San Francisco State University; University of Florida (tie); Virginia Commonwealth University (tie);  Syracuse University;  MiddleTennessee State University (tie);  Northwestern University (tie);  University of Oklahoma; TempleUniversity (tie); University of Minnesota (tie).

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.  It consists of six monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards more than $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the multimedia competition this year were:  Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA;  Janet Reeves, Former Senior Editor/Photography and Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News,Denver, CO;  Fred Young, Former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York,NY.

For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website.

 

Contact:

Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  BROADCAST  NEWS  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the ten college broadcast journalismstudents from around the country who have been selected to compete in the 49th annual National Broadcast News Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Currently, there are 110 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalismschools that are eligible to participate in the program.  Funded and administered for 49 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Program awards more than $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The 2009 Broadcast News Championship finalists – five in radio and five in television – who were selected from two monthly competitions and a semi-final round and qualify for the Championship Finals are:

RADIO:
ADAM CAVALIER, Marshall University
RYAN J. FISHMAN, Syracuse University
JILL KATHLEEN GALUS, Arizona State University
ALEXANDRA HILL, University of Florida
COLTON SHONE, Arizona State University

TELEVISION:
AMBER DIXON, Arizona State University
MILES DORAN, University of Florida
RANDY GYLLENHAAL, Elon University
ELIZABETH MCKERNAN, Arizona State University
MATHEW MENDEZ, University of Southern California

The finalists will participate in spot assignments – competing for additional awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the program’s National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 2 – 6, 2009.  Also competing in the National Championships will be writing and photo finalists.

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

 

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

 

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HEARST NATIONAL WRITING FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the eight undergraduate college journalism students from around the country who will compete in the 49th annual National Writing Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program this June in San Francisco.

The finalists include six winners in monthly writing competitions and two who had the highest scores from among the 600 entries submitted in this year’s writing competitions. The finalists will participate in various spot assignments, competing for additional scholarship awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the Program’s National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 3 – 7, 2009.

Also competing in the National Championships will be six photo, five radio and five television broadcast news finalists.

The 2009 National Writing Championship finalists are:
TREY BUNDY, San Francisco State University
MARK DENT, University of Kansas
RUSTIN COLIN DODD, University of Kansas
MATT ERICKSON, University of Kansas
MATTHEW J. HARRIS, University of Missouri
KELLY M. HOUSE, Michigan State University
BRIAN HUGHES, University of Georgia
BETH RANKIN, Kent State University

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

Presently, 110 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 49 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards more than $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.
Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

HEARST  SPOT  NEWS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

 

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

First place has been awarded to KELLY HOUSE, a junior at Michigan State University.  She will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her winning article “Cedar Fest a Mess” from The State News. Michigan State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Kelly has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

KIMBALL  BENNION, University of Montana, second place, $1,500 scholarship

KERRY  KLECIC, University of South Florida, third place, $1,000 scholarship

CARRIE  PORTER, Northwestern University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

KIM  WILMATH, University of Florida, fifth place, $600 scholarship

AUDREY  SPALDING, University of Missouri, sixth place, $500 scholarship

MELANIE  HICKEN, Syracuse University, seventh place, $500 scholarship

SUSAN  ELGIN, University of Iowa, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JOHN  CLAYTON, Syracuse University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

DAVIDMcSWANE, Colorado State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

The University of Kansas won first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the six writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  University of Missouri; Northwestern University; Arizona State University;University of Kentucky; University of Montana; Syracuse University; University of Georgia (tie);University of Illinois (tie); University of Iowa.  The top three winning schools receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively as the winners of the Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition.

The Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and fully funded and administered by the W.R. Hearst Foundation.  It consists of six monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards up to $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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

There were 79 students from 46 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s sixth and final writing competition.  For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website.

 

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

 

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HEARST NATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the fourteen college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. They are the top four winners in the three photo competitions and two finalists with the highest scores earned from placement in two competitions:

JOHN W. ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BRYAN J. ANSELM, Western Kentucky University
LANE CHRISTIANSEN, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
LAUREN COWART, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
COURTNEY DUDLEY, University of Texas, Austin
BRIAN L. FRANK, San Francisco State University
JONATHAN GOERING, University of Kansas
TIM HUSSIN, University of Florida
JASON JOHNSON, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
CARL KIILSGAARD, Western Kentucky University
STEPHEN MATUREN, University of Minnesota
JAKE STEVENS, Western Kentucky University
NICOLE TUNG, New York University
CHEN WANG, University of Florida

These fourteen winners will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging. On June 1, the judges will select six finalists to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championships. The finalists arrive in San Francisco the next day to compete for additional awards of up to $5,000 in the National Championships, held June 2 – 7, 2009. In addition to the 6 photo finalists, there will be writing and broadcast news finalists competing at the Championship.

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

There are 110 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 49th year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970, and is funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The program awards up to $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, and is under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

 

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

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

 

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  The March competition was the third and final photojournalism competition of the academic year.

The winners were selected from among 47 entries submitted from 30 schools nationwide.  The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the other two photo competitions and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photographs for the semi-final round of judging this June.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing and broadcast finalists.

There are 110 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs that are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

The top four finalists who qualify for the semi-final are:

First Place, $2,000 award, CARL  KIILSGAARD,  Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $1,500 award, BRIAN  L.  FRANK,  San Francisco State University

Third Place, $1,000 award, NICOLE  TUNG,  New York University

Fourth Place, $750 award, LAUREN  COWART,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

The fifth through tenth place winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, MATT  EICH,  Ohio University

Sixth Place, $500 award, ANJALI  PINTO,  University of Missouri

Seventh Place, $500 award, TYLER  BISSMEYER,  Western Kentucky University

Eighth Place, $500 award, RYAN  JONES  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ninth Place, $500 award, JOSH  PECKLER,  Ball State University

Tenth Place, $500 award, JOSH  BIRNBAUM,  University of Illinois

 

These finalists’ journalism schools receive matching grants.

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

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

Western Kentucky University won first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the three photo competitions.  It is followed by: University of Florida;University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; San Francisco State University; University of Missouri; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Kentucky; University of Minnesota; Ohio University; ArizonaState University.  The top three winning schools receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively as the winners of the Hearst Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition.

To see examples of the winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

 

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

 

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HEARST  PERSONALITY/PROFILE  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

 

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college personality/profile writing have been announced in the 49^thannual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduatejournalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First place has been awarded to MATTHEW J.  HARRIS, a senior at the University of Missouri.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article, “Back to Basics” from The Columbia Missourian.  The University ofMissouri will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Matthew has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

 

Other scholarship winners are:

SEAN  ROSE, University of Kentucky, second place, $1,500 scholarship

MARK  DENT, University of Kansas, third place, $1,000 scholarship

BRITTANY  ABEIJON, University of Illinois, Fourth place, $750 scholarship

JAMES  KINDLE, Arizona State University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

EVAN  JURKOVICH, Drake University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

BRYCE  BAUER, University of Iowa, seventh place, $500 scholarship

JEFF  DETERS, University of Kansas, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JAMES  PUSEY, Iowa State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

KEVIN  HUDSON, University of Oregon, tenth place, $500 scholarship

 

The University of Kansas remains in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the five completed writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  University of Missouri; Arizona State University; Northwestern University; University of Kentucky;University of Illinois (tie); University of Georgia (tie); Iowa State University; University of Oregon; San FranciscoState University.  The final winners will be named in April following the Spot News writing competition.

The Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and fully funded and administered by the W.R. Hearst Foundation.  It consists of six monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards up to $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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

There were 106 students from 61 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s fifth writing competition.  For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website.

 

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

 

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HEARST  BROADCAST  NEWS  FINALISTS  NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student radio and television broadcast finalists selected in the Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition. The category for Competition Two was News.

The top five winners in both radio and television were selected from among 24 radio and 51 television entries submitted.  These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition One, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging.  Following the semi-final round of judging, five in radio and five in television will be chosen to compete in the program’s National Broadcast News Championships in San Francisco, along with winners of the writing and photojournalism competitions.

 

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

First Place, $2,000 award,  BROOKS STALEY,  University of Maryland

Second Place, $1,500 award,  ANDY  BOYLE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Third Place, $1,000 award,  JOHN  SANTUCCI,  Hofstra University

Fourth Place, $750 award, RYAN  JAY  FISHMAN,  Syracuse University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  JILL GALUS,  Arizona State University

Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  ELENA  DIFIORE,  Arizona State University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  JASON  KAHN,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Eighth Place, $500 award,  ALEX  SILVERMAN,  Syracuse University

Ninth Place, $500 award,  JOSEPH  A.  TARAVELLA, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tenth Place, $500 award,  ASHLEY  KORSLIEN,  University of Montana

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

First Place, $2,000 award,  MILES  DORAN,  University of Florida

Second Place, $1,500 award,  MATHEW  MENDEZ,  University of Southern California

Third Place, $1,000 award,  RANDY  GYLLENHAAL,  Elon University

Fourth Place, $750 award, LANDON  SEARS,  Syracuse University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  AMBER  DIXON,  Arizona State University

Other award winners in television:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  HILARY  WHITTIER,  Texas Christian University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  KATIE  KIM, University of Southern California

Eighth Place, $500 award,  VICTORIA  WELLS,  Syracuse University

Ninth Place, $500 award,  MCKENNA  EWEN,  University of Minnesota

Tenth Place, $500 award,  ANNA  M.  BROWN,  Louisiana State University

The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants.

Syracuse University placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competitionwith the highest accumulated student points from the two broadcast competitions.  It is followed by: Arizona State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Universityof Southern California; University of Florida; Pennsylvania State University; University ofMontana (tie); Elon University (tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and HofstraUniversity.  The top three winners earned awards of $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.

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

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

 

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

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HEARST  SPORTS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

 

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

First Place has been awarded to RUSTIN  DODD, a senior at the University of Kansas.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article, “For the love of the game” from The University Daily Kansan.  The Universityof Kansas will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Rustin has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

BRIAN  HUGHES, University of Georgia, second place, $1,500 scholarship

ANDREW  ASTLEFORD, University of Missouri, third place, $1,000 scholarship

JEREMY  WERNER, University of Illinois, Fourth place, $750 scholarship

MARK  DENT, University of Kansas, fifth place, $600 scholarship

JONATHAN  GREENFIELD  SMITH, University of Kentucky, sixth place, $500 scholarship

MICHAEL  FRANK  BROWNLEE, University of Iowa, seventh place, $500 scholarship

ANDY  McCULLOUGH, Syracuse University, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JOSEPH  TERRY, Michigan State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

BENJAMIN  LARRISON, Northwestern University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

 

The University of Kansas remains in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first four writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by: University of Missouri; Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Georgia; San FranciscoState University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Pennsylvania State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Montana.  The final winners will be named in April following the Spot News writing competition.

The Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and fully funded and administered by the W.R. Hearst Foundation.  It consists of six monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards up to $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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

There were 87 students from 52 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s fourth 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 Watten, Program Director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

 

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