NATION’S JOURNALISM SCHOOLS WIN $66,000 IN HEARST PRIZES
SAN FRANCISCO – Ten universities shared prizes totaling $66,000 as this year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News and Multimedia Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
The 2011-2012 prizes of $10,000, $4,000 and $2,000 are awarded to the top three 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, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates. Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners of the Intercollegiate Competitions.
The 2012 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:
WRITING:
$10,000, First Place PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
$ 4,000, Second Place INDIANA UNIVERSITY
$ 2,000, Third Place NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
PHOTOJOURNALISM:
$10,000, First Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$ 4,000, Second Place OHIO UNIVERSITY
$ 2,000, Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN
BROADCAST NEWS:
$10,000, First Place ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$ 4,000, Second Place – tie UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
$ 4,000, Second Place – tie UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MULTIMEDIA:
$10,000, First Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$ 4,000, Second Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
$ 2,000, Third Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
OVERALL:
Medallion, First Place PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Medallion, Second Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Medallion, Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
Additional medallions are presented to schools placing in the top ten in each category:
Writing medallions are awarded to: University of Missouri, Fourth Place; Arizona State University, Fifth Place; University of Kansas, Sixth Place; University of Oregon, Seventh Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Eighth Place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; University of Kentucky, Tenth Place.
Photojournalism medallions are awarded to: Pennsylvania State University, Fourth Place; Central Michigan University, Fifth Place; San Francisco State University, Sixth Place; University of Missouri, Seventh Place; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eighth Place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; Iowa State University, Tenth Place.
Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: University of Missouri, Fourth Place; Brigham Young University, Fifth Place; Syracuse University, Sixth Place; University of Montana, Seventh Place; Pennsylvania State University, eighth place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; University of Maryland, Tenth Place.
Multimedia medallions are awarded to: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fourth Place; University of Montana, Fifth Place; Arizona State University, Sixth Place; Pennsylvania State University, Seventh Place; Syracuse University, eighth place; University of Florida, Ninth Place; University of Oregon, Tenth Place.
Overall medallions are awarded to: Western Kentucky University, Fourth Place; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fifth Place; Arizona State University, Sixth Place; University of Florida, Seventh Place; Indiana University, eighth place; University of Montana, Ninth Place; University of Oregon, 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, 106 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the United States are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 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 $901 million in grants and programs. The Hearst Journalism Awards Program has been awarding scholarships and matching grants to students and their universities since 1960.
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Contact:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
