NEWS RELEASE
2012 HEARST CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the 29 journalism students who will compete in the 52nd annual National Championship of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
These finalists were the top winners in the 14 writing, photojournalism, radio broadcast, television broadcast and multimedia competitions of the 2011-2012 Hearst Journalism Program. Their work was selected as the best of the 1,059 entries received from 92 journalism schools across the country. At the National Championship, they will complete spot assignments for additional scholarship awards of up to $5,000. The Championship is held in San Francisco, June 4 – 8, 2012.
The Writing finalists are:
BIZ CARSON, Indiana University
ELLEN JEAN HIRST, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
TREY MILLER, Pennsylvania State University
TAYLOR D. MOAK, University of Kentucky
ANASTASIA ORSO, Pennsylvania State University
KELLY PARSONS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
WESTON PHIPPEN, Arizona State University
JON SILMAN, University of Florida
The Photojournalism finalists are:
BRYNN ANDERSON, Western Kentucky University
ANDREW COLWELL, Pennsylvania State University
ELIJAH NOUVELAGE, San Francisco State University
CHRISTIAN RANDOLPH, Western Kentucky University
MEG ROUSSOS, Ohio University
ARMANDO SANCHEZ, Western Kentucky University
The Radio finalists are:
REEMA KHRAIS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
HEATHER ARONNO, University of Alaska, Anchorage
CLARK HODGES, University of Montana
STEVEN GALLO, University of Florida
STEPHEN TANNER, Brigham Young University
The Television finalists are:
BLAKE HANSON, University of Missouri
DAN NELIGH, Arizona State University
NATHAN O’NEAL, Arizona State University
DAVID EARL WIETLISPACH, University of Missouri
NATASHA ZOUVES, University of Southern California
The Multimedia finalists are:
ZACK CONKLE, Western Kentucky University
SARAH HOFFMAN, University of Missouri
JON KASBE University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
KELLEY KING, Pennsylvania State University
JONATHAN REED, University of Alabama
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CONTACT:
Jan Watten,
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org