SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s winners of the Intercollegiate Writing, Photojournalism, Audio and Television and Multimedia Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program share $89,000 in awards.
The 2023-2024 prizes are awarded to the top universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst trophies. Often called “The Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photojournalism, audio, television and multimedia for journalism undergraduates. The points earned by individual students in these monthly competitions determine each discipline’s Intercollegiate ranking. The winners are those schools with the highest accumulated student points in each category.
The Overall Intercollegiate winners are the schools with the highest accumulated student points from the 1,315 entries submitted this year in the writing, photojournalism, audio, television and multimedia competitions. The Overall Intercollegiate First Place Winner is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Hussman School of Journalism and Media receives a $25,000 award.
The 2024 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:
INTERCOLLEGIATE WRITING:
$10,000 First Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$4,000 Second Place, University of Florida
$2,000 Third Place, Arizona State University
INTERCOLLEGIATE PHOTOJOURNALISM:
$10,000 First Place, University of Iowa
$4,000 Second Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$2,000 Third Place, University of Missouri
INTERCOLLEGIATE AUDIO & TELEVISION:
$10,000 First Place, Syracuse University
$4,000 Second Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$2,000 Third Place, University of Missouri
INTERCOLLEGIATE MULTIMEDIA:
$10,000 First Place – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$4,000 First Place – Western Kentucky University
$2,000 Third Place, Syracuse University
INTERCOLLEGIATE OVERALL:
$25,000 First Place, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Second Place, University of Florida
Third Place, Syracuse University
Intercollegiate Writing trophies are awarded to: Pennsylvania State University, fourth place; Drake University, fifth place; Indiana University, sixth place; San Francisco State University, seventh place; University of Oregon, eighth place; University of Maryland, ninth place; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, tenth place.
Intercollegiate Photojournalism trophies are awarded to: Western Kentucky University, fourth place; Michigan State University, fifth place; San Francisco State University, sixth place; Ohio University, seventh place; University of North Texas, eighth place; Iowa State University, ninth place; University of Kentucky, tenth place.
Intercollegiate Audio and Television trophies are awarded to: University of Florida, fourth place; Pennsylvania State University, fifth place; Arizona State University, sixth place; University of Maryland, seventh place; Kent State University, eighth place; Ohio University, ninth place; Western Kentucky University, tenth place.
Intercollegiate Multimedia trophies are awarded to: University of Florida, fourth place; University of Nevada, Reno, fifth place; University of Missouri, sixth place; Pennsylvania State University, seventh place; Arizona Francisco State University, eighth place; Stony Brook University, ninth place; Florida International University, tenth place.
Intercollegiate Overall trophies are awarded to:
University of Missouri, fourth place; Arizona State University, fifth place; Western Kentucky University, sixth place; Pennsylvania State University, seventh place; Michigan State University, eighth place; University of Iowa, ninth place; University of Maryland, 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. Presently, 105 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 64 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.
The Intercollegiate Awards have been acknowledged since the inception of the program, and in 1990 monetary awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget.
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 over one billion dollars in grants and programs.
