2023 National Championships
June 2 – 8, 2023
The 63rd annual Hearst National Journalism Awards Championship is the culmination of the 2022-2023 monthly competitions in writing, photojournalism, audio, television and multimedia held at 105 AEJMC-accredited journalism schools across the country.
From June 2 – 8, 2023, 30 journalism finalists – top winners from the 1,304 entries received in the monthly competitions – gathered in San Francisco to demonstrate their skills in assignments selected for them by the program judges.
The judges evaluated the finalists’ work Wednesday morning, and winners were announced that evening at the Championship awards ceremony held in the Gold Ballroom of San Francisco’s Palace hotel.