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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 November Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition. The category for Competition One was Features.
The top five winners in both radio and television were selected from among 38 radio and 57 television entries submitted. These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition Two, will submit additional tapes for a second 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, MELANIE OVERCAST, University of Montana
Second Place, $1,500 award, WALTER STORHOLT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,000 award, BROOKE D. ARNAUD, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Fourth Place, $750 award, CHRISTOPHER VILLANI, Syracuse University
Fifth Place, $600 award, KIM SALTMARSH, Hofstra University
The top five television finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals:
First Place, $2,000 award, ELIAS JOHNSON, Arizona State University
Second Place, $1,500 award, JUSTIN S. SMITH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,000 award, MAIKA BAUERLE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, CHRISTOPHER T. JONES, Brigham Young University
Fifth Place, $600 award, ARIELLE BERLIN, Syracuse University
Other award winners in radio:
Sixth Place, $500 award, ROBERT ARCAMONA, Pennsylvania State University
Seventh Place, $500 award, ERICA HERNANDEZ, Texas State University, San Marcos
Eighth Place, $500 award, DANIELLE WOOD, Brigham Young University
Ninth Place, $500 award, SHELLY SCHWARTZ, Syracuse University
Tenth Place, $500 award, JEFFREY PREVAL, Hofstra University
Other award winners in television:
Sixth Place, $500 award, MCKENZIE L. YORK, Western Kentucky University
Seventh Place, $500 award, SARAH CHAKALES, University of South Carolina
Eighth Place, $500 award, ALEXANDRIA BUTLER, University of Florida
Ninth Place, $500 award, JACKIE CONGEDO, University of Maryland
Tenth Place, $500 award, BRIAN FORMICA, Elon University
The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants.
These students placed among the top 20 in radio and will receive award certificates:
CRYSTAL BREWER, University of Florida, eleventh place-tie
RYAN FAMULINER, University of Missouri, eleventh place-tie
JESSICA N. LARCHE’, Florida A&M University, thirteenth place-tie
JEREMY POND, Abilene Christian University, thirteenth place-tie
JUSTIN KARP, Arizona State University, fifteenth place
LAURA KENNEDY, Arizona State University, sixteenth place
MAJA CHOLODY, University of Maryland, seventeenth place-tie
AMANDA HARRIS, University of Montana, seventeenth place-tie
ALLISON VINCENT, Western Kentucky University, nineteenth place
CLAYTON NEVILLE, University of Oklahoma, twentieth place
These students placed among the top 20 in television and will receive award certificates:
SARAH E. LAMANTIA, West Virginia University, eleventh place-tie
HAILEY F. GINDLESPERGER, Arizona State University, eleventh place-tie
JESSICA CHAPIN, Virginia Commonwealth University, thirteenth place
LA’TRISHA GOMER, Howard University, fourteenth place
SHANE IRWIN, Marshall University, fifteenth place
KRISTY ONDO, Syracuse University, sixteenth place
ROBIN YANCEY, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, seventeenth place-tie
MEGHAN STETTLER, Brigham Young University, seventeenth place-tie
LINDSEY ASHCRAFT, University of Kentucky, seventeenth place-tie
TED LAND, University of Illinois, twentieth place-tie
LAUREN COMPTON, Virginia Commonwealth University, twentieth place-tie
Syracuse University placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the first radio and television competitions. It is followed by: Arizona State University; Brigham Young University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;University of Montana; Hofstra University; University of Florida; Western Kentucky University;University of Maryland (tie); Texas State University, San Marcos (tie). The final winners will be named in April following Competition Two/News.
The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: Felicia Middlebrooks, Morning Anchor & Correspondent, WBBM News Radio 780, Chicago, IL; Tom Negovan, Anchor/Reporter, WGN-TV, Chicago, IL; and Linda Sullivan, President & General Manager, KNTV, San Francisco, CA.
The 2006-2007 broadcast news competitions are held in more than 100 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 47 years has included writing and news photography competitions, and now offers awards totaling more than $450,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.
Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.543.6033, ext. 308
jwatten@hearstfdn.org
