2025 Television Championship
180 entries were submitted in the Features and News television competitions this year. The five top winners of those competitions qualified for the Hearst National Television Championship in San Francisco.
On Sunday, June 1, television finalists and judges met for orientation, a critique of the qualifying assignments and a review of the Championship assignment.
For the Championship assignment, the television finalists were asked to produce a story on the following topic:
“Demonstrate how one of President Trump’s executive orders is having an impact on life in the San Francisco Bay Area. Choose from one of the following subject areas:
immigration, higher education, tariffs, the economy, DEI.”
The judges received the completed entries by Wednesday evening for review. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday.
The first-through-third place winners were awarded scholarships of $10,000, $7,500, and $5,000 respectively.
The two finalists earned $1,500 scholarships each.
The winners and finalists are featured below.
