NEWS RELEASE
HEARST JOURNALISM WINNERS NAMED
The top 20 winners in college Personality Profile Writing have been announced in the 48th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. 101 students from 60 schools nationwide participated. The Hearst Journalism Awards are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.
The first place winner is ANGELA HAUPT, from the Pennsylvania State University. Angela will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her story in The Lion’s Roar titled “Faculty Member Champions Academic Freedom.” Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.
Other scholarship winners are:
CRISTOF TRAUDES, University of Missouri, second place, $1,500 scholarship
CAITLIN FROST, University of Oregon, third place, $1,000 scholarship
WESLEY MARTIN, Florida A&M University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
ANDREW M. STEWART, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifth place, $600 scholarship
BRIAN JANOSCH, Indiana University, sixth place, $500 scholarship
TAVIA GREEN, Western Kentucky University, seventh place, $500 scholarship
EPHRAIM PAYNE, University of Oregon, eighth place, $500 scholarship
JORDAN WEISSMANN, Northwestern University, ninth place, $500 scholarship
GEREMY BASS, University of Maryland, tenth place, $500 scholarship
University of Kansas is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the first five (out of six) writing competitions. It is followed by: University ofMissouri; Northwestern University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon; University ofMontana; Pennsylvania State University; Indiana University; University of Georgia; University of Iowa. The final winners will be named in April following the last writing competition of this academic year.
Students who placed among the top 20 and will receive certificates of merit are:
ANNA WIEGENSTEIN, University of Iowa, eleventh place
SARA WILLIAMS, Kent State University, twelfth place-tie
TODD SOUTH, University of Georgia, twelfth place-tie
SARAH NEFF, University of Kansas, fourteenth place-tie
DEBORAH NEFFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, fourteenth place-tie
DOMINICK TAO, University of Florida, sixteenth place
NATALIE AVON, Indiana University, seventeenth place-tie
KRYSTAL BICK, University of Nevada, seventeenth place-tie
ROMAN STUBBS, University of Montana, seventeenth place-tie
MELANIE HICKEN, Syracuse University, seventeenth place-tie
The Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. It consists of six writing competitions, three photojournalismcompetitions, two radio and two television broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition with championship finals in all divisions (except multimedia).
Currently, 108 undergraduate accredited schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.
Judging the writing competition this year are: Arthur S. Brisbane, Former Senior Vice President,Knight Ridder, Inc., Monte Sereno, CA; Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL; and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.
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Contact: Jan C. Watten
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org
