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.
