NEWS RELEASE
NATION’S JOURNALISM SCHOOLS WIN $52,500 IN HEARST PRIZES
SAN FRANCISCO – Eight universities shared prizes totaling $52,500 as this year’s winners in the Intercollegiate Writing, Photography and Broadcast News Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
The 2008-2009 prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 are awarded to the top three colleges and 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, photography and broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates. Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners.
The 2009 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:
WRITING:
$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
$ 5,000 Second Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
$ 2,500 Third Place NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
PHOTOJOURNALISM:
$10,000 First Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$ 5,000 Second Place UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
$ 2,500 Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
BROADCAST NEWS:
$10,000 First Place SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$ 5,000 Second Place ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships inSan Francisco at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Friday, June 5, 2009.
In the OVERALL INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION, which is the accumulation of points from all four divisions, including the multimedia competition, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY scored the highest. It is followed by: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Second Place; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Third Place; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Sixth Place; WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place; NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Eighth Place; SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Tenth Place.
Writing medallions are awarded to: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Sixth Place; SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Eighth Place (tie); UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, Eighth Place (tie); UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Tenth Place.
Photojournalism medallions are awarded to: SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Fifth Place; SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Eighth Place; OHIO UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.
Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Fifth Place; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Seventh Place (tie); ELON UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place (tie); UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN, Ninth Place; HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, 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, 110 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards more than $550,000 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 $735 million in grants and programs.
Contact:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4561
jwatten@hearstfdn.org
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