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— William Randolph Hearst

 

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Program Guidelines

hearst-foundationThere are 14 journalism awards competitions throughout each school year — five writing, two photojournalism, one audio, two television, and four multimedia competitions. Each participating university is eligible to enter two separate students’ entries per competition. Double bylines and/or group entries are not allowed except in the Team Multimedia Storytelling competition and the Team/Individual Investigative Reporting competition. The submissions must have been disseminated – published, aired or posted – while the student was an undergraduate journalism major. An exception is made for photo entrants who do not have to be journalism majors to enter the photo competitions.

HEARST JOURNALISM AWARDS PROGRAM 2017

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The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, was founded in 1960, to provide support, encouragement, and
assistance to journalism education at the college and university level. The program awards scholarships to students for outstanding performance in college-level journalism, with matching grants to the students’ schools. The 65th annual program offering up to $700,000 in awards, consists of four monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, two audio competitions, two television competitions and four multimedia competitions – with championship
finals in all divisions. Participation in the program is open to undergraduate journalism majors currently enrolled in ACEJMC – accredited
domestic universities.

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