San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 86 entries from 52 schools
submitted in the second photo competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Ellie Kollme, a junior from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ellie wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Chad Cushing, University of Kansas
Third Place, $1,500 award, Arthur Trickett-Wile, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Abbey Cutrer, University of Kentucky
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Maddie McCuddy, University of Montana

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Diana Valdivia, Syracuse University
Seventh Place, certificate Charley Szydlyk, Ohio University
Eighth Place, certificate, Cara Penquite, University of Missouri
Ninth Place, certificate, Sean McInnis, Western Kentucky University
Tenth Place, certificate, Matthew Mueller, University of Kentucky

Western Kentucky University has won the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest
accumulated student points from the two photo competitions held this year.
They are followed by:
University of Kentucky
University of Montana
University of Kansas
Ohio University
University of Missouri
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Syracuse University
University of Arizona
University of Florida

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. These awards will be
presented at the Intercollegiate Presentation held during the National Championships in June.

The photojournalism judges are: Nicole Frugé, Director of Visuals, The San Francisco Chronicle; Danny Gawlowski, Senior Manager, Communications and Policy, Carbon to Sea; and Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO, CatchLight.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program introduced photojournalism to its competitions in 1970. Now in its 65th year, the program includes four writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, one audio, two
television, one podcast, and four multimedia competitions. The Program offers up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants, and stipends. Currently, 105 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism programs – members of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication – are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

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San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Personality/Profile Writing Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 127 entries from 72 schools submitted in the third writing competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Nicole Blevins, a senior from Indiana University.
Nicole wins a $3,000 scholarship for the article “ ‘We deserve to stay’ – Dreamer faces uncertainty as election
approaches.” Nicole also qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Marshall Baker, Arizona State University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Hanna Maglio, University of Florida
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Isabella Reilly, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Mia Hilkowitz, Indiana University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Laura Augenbraun, University of Connecticut
Seventh Place, certificate, Jami Martin-Trainor, University of Iowa
Eighth Place, certificate, Lauren Penington, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ninth Place, certificate, Estelle Jarrett, University of Connecticut
Tenth Place, certificate, Emma Kelly, Pennsylvania State University

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the three writing competitions held thus far. They are followed by: University of Florida; Arizona State University; University of Iowa (tie); Indiana University (tie); University of Oregon; Texas Christian University; University of Connecticut; Pennsylvania State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie); Michigan State University (tie).

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate winners will be announced after the completion of the last writing competition and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The writing judges are: Maria Reeve, Managing Editor/Vice President, The Star Tribune; Sue Campbell, Managing Editor, Features, The Star Tribune; David Callaway, Founder and Editor, Callaway Climate Insights.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

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Hearst Multimedia Innovative Journalism Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Innovative Journalism Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 39 entries from 27 schools submitted in the second multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Brett Phelps, a senior from Western Kentucky University. Brett wins a $3,000 scholarship for the piece titled “A New Road to Travel.” Brett also qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Max Feliu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Madeline Powell, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Gerard Millman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Murphy McFarlane, Syracuse University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Rita Sabler, University of Oregon
Seventh Place, certificate, Julia Zara, University of Southern California
Eighth Place, certificate, Abigail Landwehr, University of Missouri
Ninth Place, certificate, Ethan Huang, University of Southern California
Tenth Place, certificate, Aidan Maher, University of Nevada, Reno

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first two multimedia competitions held thus far this year.
They are followed by:
Western Kentucky University
University of Nevada, Reno
Syracuse University (tie)
Michigan State University (tie)
University of Southern California
University of Maryland
University of Montana
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Florida (tie)
University of Missouri (tie)

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate winners will be announced after the completion of the four multimedia competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The multimedia judges are: Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, Post & Courier; Lauren Frohne, Lead Video Journalist, The Seattle Times; Jim Seida, Producer, NBC News.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

Hearst Sports Writing Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Sports Writing Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 135 entries from 73 schools submitted in the second writing competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Ashton Slaughter, a senior from Oklahoma State University.
Ashton wins a $3,000 scholarship for the article “A Tulsa high school football player almost died on the field. It gave him a mission to help others.” Ashton also qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Ana Narayan, University of Oregon
Third Place, $1,500 award, Aaron Decker, Arizona State University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Greg Finberg, Pennsylvania State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Zach Carter, Ball State University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Ethan Horton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Madeleine Moore, University of Oregon
Eighth Place, certificate, Wally McKeon, Syracuse University
Ninth Place, certificate, Ryan Mack, Temple University
Tenth Place, certificate, Luke Owen, University of Connecticut

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two writing competitions held thus far.
They are followed by: University of Florida, University of Iowa, Texas Christian University, University of Oregon, Arizona State University, Drake University, Temple University, Florida International University, Oklahoma State University.

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate winners will be announced after the completion of the last writing competition and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The writing judges are: Maria Reeve, Managing Editor/Vice President, The Star Tribune; Sue Campbell, Managing Editor, Features, The Star Tribune; David Callaway, Founder and Editor, Callaway Climate Insights.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

Hearst Audio News/Features Competition Winners Announced

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Audio News/Features Competition. Five audio winners qualify for the National Championships in June, along with
qualifying writing, photojournalism, television, and multimedia finalists.

There were 57 entries from 36 universities submitted in this competition.

The top audio winners are:
First Place, $3,000 award, Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, $2,000 award, Pierce Gentry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Third Place, $1,500 award, Haley Swaino, Ohio University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Layli Nazarova, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Blake Mace, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The schools of the top five award-winning finalists receive matching grants.

The five qualifying National Audio Championship finalists:
Henry Taylor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pierce Gentry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Layli Nazarova, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Blake Mace, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Julia Boboc, University of Oregon

The sixth-through-tenth place finalists are:
Sixth Place, certificate, Julia Boboc, University of Oregon
Seventh Place, certificate, Erika Konig, University of Memphis
Eighth Place, certificate, Ailee Shanes, University of Florida
Ninth Place, certificate, Ben Miller, University of Missouri
Tenth Place, certificate, Sofia Casini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of Missouri is in first place in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition with the highest
accumulated student points from the broadcast competitions held thus far.

They are followed by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Arizona State University; University of Florida; Western Kentucky University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Tennessee, Knoxville (tie); University of Maryland (tie); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (tie); Michigan State University (tie).

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively, and will be announced after the completion of the broadcast competitions and presented at the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The audio judges are: Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News, Hearst Television; Holly Quan, Reporter/Anchor, KCBS Radio; Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager, WMUR-TV.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Multimedia Narrative Video Storytelling Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 81 entries from 47 schools submitted in the first multimedia competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Faith Cabalum, a December 2024 graduate from Michigan State University. Faith wins a $3,000 scholarship for the video titled “Over the Years: A film about the human perspective on aging.” Faith also qualifies for the National Multimedia Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Max Feliu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $1,500 award, Ethan Jamba, University of Montana
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Kayden Mulrooney, Western Kentucky University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Adin Parks, Western Kentucky University

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Hannah Zinn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Jenna Bloom, University of Maryland
Eighth Place, certificate, Kimberly Blum, University of Florida
Ninth Place, certificate, Lukas Vysniauskas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Tenth Place, certificate, Katharyn Macdonald, Elon University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is in first place in the Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first multimedia competition of the year.
They are followed by:
Western Kentucky University
Michigan State University
University of Montana
University of Maryland
University of Florida
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Indiana University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie)
Florida International University (tie)
University of Nevada, Reno

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final intercollegiate
winners will be announced after the completion of the four multimedia competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The multimedia judges are: Robert Scheer, Deputy Managing Editor for Visuals, Post & Courier; Lauren Frohne, Lead Video Journalist, The Seattle Times; Jim Seida, Producer, NBC News.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Feature Writing Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 149 entries from 79 schools submitted in the first writing competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Lauren Brensel, a senior from University of Florida.
Lauren wins a $3,000 scholarship for the article “When private pilots falter, air controllers are saviors of skies.”
Lauren also qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award, Natalie La Roche Pietri, Florida International University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Abby McCutchan, Texas Christian University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Maya Waid, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Emily Nyberg, University of Iowa
The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Sinclair Holian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Seventh Place, certificate, Sarah Henry, University of Florida
Eighth Place, certificate, Naomi Delkamiller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ninth Place, certificate, Lu Warnke, University of Georgia
Tenth Place, certificate, Aspen Anderson, University of Washington

University of Florida is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated
student points in the first writing competition of the year.
They are followed by:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Florida International University (tie)
Texas Christian University (tie)
University of Iowa
University of Washington
University of Georgia (tie)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie)
Indiana University
Arizona State University

The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively. The final
intercollegiate winners will be announced after the completion of the four writing competitions and presented during the National Championships in San Francisco this June.

The writing judges are: Maria Reeve, Managing Editor/Vice President, The Star Tribune; Sue Campbell, Managing Editor, Features, The Star Tribune; David Callaway, Founder and Editor, Callaway Climate Insights.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program includes four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, one podcast and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

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San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism News and Features Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from 124 entries from 72 schools submitted in the first photo competition of the year.

First Place has been awarded to Emilee Arnold, a senior from Western Kentucky University. Emilee wins a $3,000 scholarship and qualifies for the National Photojournalism Championship in June 2025.

Second Place, $2,000 award: Abbey Cutrer, University of Kentucky
Third Place, $1,500 award: Dominic Di Palermo, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award: Cara Penquite, University of Missouri
Fifth Place, $1,000 award: Chad Cushing, University of Kansas

The top five winning schools will receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth Place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate: Coral Scoles-Coburn, University of Montana
Seventh Place, certificate: Heather Diehl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eighth Place, certificate: Ben Pennington, Ohio University
Ninth Place, certificate: Ashleigh Lucas, University of Florida
Tenth Place, certificate: Matthew Mueller, University of Kentucky

Western Kentucky University takes the lead in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the first of two photo competitions.
They are followed by:
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri
University of Montana
Ohio University
University of Kansas
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Florida
University of Arizona
Syracuse University

The final Intercollegiate winners will be announced after the Photo II competition in April. The top three intercollegiate winners earn $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 respectively, which will be presented during the National Championships in June.

The photojournalism judges are: Nicole Frugé, Director of Visuals, The San Francisco Chronicle; Danny Gawlowski, Senior Manager, Communications and Policy, Carbon to Sea; and Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO, CatchLight.

The 65th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program offers 14 competitions annually including four writing, two photo, one audio, two television, four multimedia and one podcast awarding up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.  Currently, there are 105 universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

San Francisco – Winners have been announced in the Television News Competition of the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

First Place was awarded to Nathan Lee, a junior at the University of Missouri. Nathan receives a $3,000 prize and qualifies for the National Television Championship, which will take place in June 2025 in San Francisco.

Second-through-fifth place finalists:
Second Place, $2,000 award, Kayla Marienau, Arizona State University
Third Place, $1,500 award, Adi Schanie, Western Kentucky University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award, Blake Niemann, Arizona State University
Fifth Place, $1,000 award, Hunter Walterman, University of Missouri

The top five winning schools also receive matching grants.

Sixth-through-tenth place finalists:
Sixth Place, certificate, Karina Prieto, Michigan State University
Seventh Place, certificate, Moira Vaughan, Syracuse University
Eighth Place, certificate, Ricky Podgorski, University of Maryland
Ninth Place, certificate, Cole McIntire, Western Kentucky University
Tenth Place, certificate, Alexander Land, University of Florida

In the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition, the University of Missouri is currently in the lead with the highest accumulated student points after the first of four broadcast competitions. Following in the rankings are:
Arizona State University
Western Kentucky University
University of Maryland
University of Florida
Michigan State University
Syracuse University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pennsylvania State University
Baylor University (tie)
Louisiana State University (tie)

The top three universities in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition will earn $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 in prizes, with final results announced in April after the completion of the audio, podcast and second television competition.

The competition’s judges included Candy Altman, retired Vice President of News at Hearst Television; Holly Quan, Reporter/Anchor at KCBS Radio; and Jeff Bartlett, retired President and General Manager of WMUR-TV.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, now in its 65th year, added broadcast journalism competitions in 1988. In addition to the broadcast competitions, the program also includes four writing, two photojournalism, and four multimedia competitions, offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants, and stipends. The program is open to accredited undergraduate journalism programs from 105 universities within the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

San Francisco – Winning college journalists in the 64th National Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia Championships were announced on June 6, 2024 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2023 – 2024 Journalism Awards Program, which were held in 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

The 29 Championship finalists were selected 1,315 entries submitted in the 14 monthly competitions this academic year. From June 1 – 6, 2024, the finalists participated in the National Championship in San Francisco, where they demonstrated their writing, photography, audio, television, and multimedia skills in spot assignments. The assignments were chosen by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships.

Following are the winners and the scholarships they received:

National Writing Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Marissa Meador, Indiana University
Second Place, $7,500 award: Lia Salvatierra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Third Place, $5,000 award: Keetra Bippus, Arizona State University

Writing Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: Elliott Deins, University of Oregon
Finalist, $1,500 award: Sinclair Holian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Finalist, $1,500 award: Lincoln Roch, Drake University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Ashton Slaughter, Oklahoma State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Nick Stonesifer, Pennsylvania State University

National Photojournalism Championship
First Place, $10,000 award: Anna Connors, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, $7,500 award: Owen Ziliak, University of Missouri
Third Place, $5,000 award: Brett Phelps, Western Kentucky University

Photo Championship runners-up listed in alphabetical order:
Finalist, $1,500 award: Benjamin Fanjoy, San Francisco State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Audrey Richardson, Michigan State University
Finalist, $1,500 award: Grace Smith, University of Iowa