HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named finalists in the November 2009 photojournalism competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Entries in the first of three photojournalism competitions were in the categories of portrait/personality, feature and “personal vision.”

The winners were selected from among 86 entries submitted from 52 schools nationwide.  The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the next two competitions and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging next April.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing and broadcast finalists.

110 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

The top four finalists are:

First Place, $2,000 award, JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Second Place, $1,500 award, SCOTT  MCINTYRE, Western Kentucky University

Third Place, $1,000 award, RYAN  C.  HENRIKSEN, Ohio University

Fourth Place, $750 award, DAN  KRAUSS, Ohio University

The fifth through tenth place winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, TYLER  CACEK, Western Kentucky University

Sixth Place, $500 award, COURTNEY  POTTER, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Seventh Place, $500 award, NEIL  A.  BLAKE, Central Michigan University

Eighth Place, $500 award, KASIA  BROUSSALIAN, University of Colorado

Ninth Place, $500 award, BRITNEY  MCINTOSH, University of Kentucky

Tenth Place, $500 award, CHEN  WANG, University of Florida

These finalists’ schools receive matching grants.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 50^th year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970.  The program also includes six writing contests, four broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition offering more than $550,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The photojournalism judges are:  Ken Geiger, Senior Editor, Technology/Illustrations, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Michael C. Norseng, Photo Editor, Esquire Magazine,New York, NY; Geri Migielicz, Story4, Ben Lomond, CA.

Ohio University is in first place after this first competition in the Intercollegiate PhotojournalismCompetition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: Western KentuckyUniversity; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Kentucky; University of Florida;Central Michigan University; University of Colorado; University of Missouri; Ball State University(tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln (tie).  The final Intercollegiate winners are announced after the third photo competition.

To view the top four finalists’ winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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Jan Watten
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San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college feature writing were announced today in the 50^thannual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First Place has been awarded to BRAD  LUTTRELL, of University of Kentucky.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “The State of Coal” published in The KentuckyKernel.  University of Kentucky will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Brad Luttrell graduated in the spring of 2009, and consequently is not eligible to participate in the Championship.  As a result, the second place winner, LISA GARTNER, from Northwestern University, who will receive a $1,500 scholarship for her article titled “Living the Dream” from Texasmonthly.com, qualifies for the National Writing Championship which will take place in New York City in June 2010.

Other top ten scholarship winners are:

BRIAN  SPEGELE, Indiana University, third place, $1,000 scholarship

AUBREY  WHELAN, Pennsylvania State University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

KENDALL  WRIGHT, Arizona State University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

PAUL  SCHRODT, Northwestern University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

JESSE  TRIMBLE, University of Kansas, seventh place, $500 scholarship

JILL  LASTER, University of Kentucky, eighth place, $500 scholarship

KEVIN  BRONK, University of Oregon, ninth place, $500 scholarship

KELSEY  ALLEN, University of Missouri, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of Kentucky received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first competition of the academic year.  They are followed by:  Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Oregon; IndianaUniversity; Pennsylvania State University; Kent State University; University of Kansas; Universityof Illinois (tie); University of Missouri (tie).

The Hearst 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 monthly writing competitions, three photojournalism competitions, four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with Championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards more than $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor,Houston Chronicle, TX;  Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR; and Jennifer Sizemore, Vice President/Editor in Chief, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer, NBC News.

There were a record 142 students from 75 universities who participated in the program’s first competition of this academic year.  Samples of winning work can be viewed in the monthly winners section of our website, www.hearstawards.org, which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560
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HEARST  NATIONAL  CHAMPIONSHIP  WINNERS  NAMED

SAN  FRANCISCO – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalismand Broadcast News Championships were announced on June 6, 2009 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2008-2009 Journalism Awards Program, which are held in 110 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.

From June 2^nd through the 6^th, 24 finalists – all winners from the monthly competitions –

participated in the 49^th annual Hearst Championships in San Francisco where they demonstrated their writing, photography, radio and television skills in rigorous on-the-spot assignments.  The assignments were decided by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships.  Winners were announced during the final awards ceremony on June 6^th.  The following are the first, second and third place winners and the scholarships they received:

NATIONAL  WRITING  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, KELLY  M.  HOUSE, Michigan State University, $5,000 award

Second Place, MARK  DENT, University of Kansas, $4,000 award

Third Place, RUSTIN  C.  DODD, University of Kansas, $3,000 award
NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, TIM  HUSSIN, University of Florida, $5,000 award

Second Place, BRIAN  L.  FRANK, San Francisco State University, $4,000 award

Third Place, JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  RADIO  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, COLTON  SHONE, Arizona State University, $5,000 award

Second Place, ADAM  CAVALIER, Marshall University, $4,000 award

Third Place, RYAN  JAY  FISHMAN,  Syracuse University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  TELEVISION  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, RANDY  GYLLENHAAL,  Elon University,  $5,000 award

Second Place, MATHEW  MENDEZ, University of Southern California, $4,000 award

Third Place, MILES  DORAN, University of Florida, $3,000 award

Five finalists in the Writing Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  TREY  BUNDY, San Francisco State University;  MATTHEW ERICKSON, University of Kansas;  MATTHEW  HARRIS, University of Missouri;  BRIAN HUGHES, University of Georgia;  BETH  RANKIN, Kent State University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to MATTHEW  ERICKSON,University of Kansas, for his article in The University Daily Kansan titled “Facing the Music.”  TheArticle of the Year Award of $1,000 went to TREY  BUNDY, San Francisco State University, for his feature article in The San Francisco Weekly titled “Higher Education.”

Three finalists in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  BRYAN  ANSELM, Western Kentucky University; CARL  KIILSGAARD, Western Kentucky University;  JAKE  STEVENS, Western KentuckyUniversity.

The $1,000 Award for Best Single Photograph went to BRIAN  L.  FRANK, San FranciscoState University; and the Best Picture Story/Series Award of $1,000 went to CARL  KIILSGAARD,Western Kentucky University

Two finalists in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  JILL  K.  GALUS, Arizona State University; ALEXANDRA  HILL, University of Florida.  Two finalists in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): AMBER  DIXON, Arizona State University;  ELIZABETH  MCKERNAN, Arizona State University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to ADAM  CAVALIER,Marshall University.  The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went toMATHEW  MENDEZ,  University of Southern California.

Each semi-finalist in the Photojournalism Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:  LANE  CHRISTIANSEN,  University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale;  LAUREN  COWART; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;  COURTNEY DUDLEY, University of Texas, Austin;  JONATHAN  GOERING, University of Kansas;  JASON JOHNSON, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale;  STEPHEN  MATUREN, University of Minnesota;  NICOLE  TUNG, New York University;  CHEN  WANG, University of Florida.

Each semi-finalist in the Radio Broadcast News Championship  receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:  ANDY  BOYLE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln;  JOSEPH (J.W.) COX, Arizona State University,  JOEL  GODETT, Syracuse University; JOHN  SANTUCCI,  Hofstra University;  BROOKS  STALEY,  University of Maryland.

Each semi-finalist in the Television Broadcast News Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship.  They are listed in alphabetical order:  JAMIE  HERSCH,  University of Southern California;  SALVATORE  MANEEN, Syracuse University;   HENRY  ROSOFF, NorthwesternUniversity;  LANDON  SEARS, Syracuse University;  CARLY  SWAIN, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The Awards Ceremony was held at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.  The keynote speech was delivered by William Randolph Hearst III, President of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Journalism Awards Program.

The writing judges were:  Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA; Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX; and Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR.

The photojournalism judges were:  Janet Reeves, Former Senior Editor/Photography and Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado; Ken Geiger, Senior Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Michael C. Norseng, Photo editor, Esquire Magazine,New York, NY.

The broadcast news judges were:  Fred Young, former Senior Vice President of News,Hearst-Argyle Television, New York, NY;  Barbara Cochran, President, RTNDA, Washington, DC; and Ursula Reutin, News Director, News Talk 97.3 KIRO Radio, Seattle, WA.

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation was established by its namesake in 1948 underCalifornia non-profit laws, exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.  Since then, the Hearst Foundations have contributed $735 million to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

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Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
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NATION’S  JOURNALISM  SCHOOLS  WIN  $52,500  IN  HEARST  PRIZES

SAN FRANCISCO – Eight universities shared prizes totaling $52,500 as this year’s winners in the Intercollegiate Writing, Photography and Broadcast News Competitions of the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

The 2008-2009 prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 are awarded to the top three colleges and universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst medallions.  These awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget in 1990.

Often called “The Pulitzers of College Journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photography and broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates.  Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners.

The 2009 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:

$10,000 First Place                     UNIVERSITY  OF  KANSAS

$ 5,000 Second Place                 UNIVERSITY  OF MISSOURI

$ 2,500 Third Place                     NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000 First Place                     WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

$ 5,000 Second Place                 UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA

$ 2,500 Third Place                     UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

BROADCAST  NEWS:

$10,000 First Place                     SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY

$ 5,000 Second Place                 ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

$ 2,500 Third Place                     UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships inSan Francisco at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Friday, June 5, 2009.

In the OVERALL  INTERCOLLEGIATE  COMPETITION, which is the accumulation of points from all four divisions, including the multimedia competition, ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY scored the highest.  It is followed by:  UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Second Place;  SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY, Third Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA,  CHAPEL  HILL, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI, Sixth Place;  WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place;  NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY, Eighth Place;  SAN  FRANCISCO  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Tenth Place.

Writing medallions are awarded to:  ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF KENTUCKY, Fifth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Sixth Place;  SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS, Eighth Place (tie);  UNIVERSITY OF  GEORGIA, Eighth Place (tie);   UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to:  SAN  FRANCISCO  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI, Fifth Place;  SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE, Sixth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  KENTUCKY, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MINNESOTA, Eighth Place; OHIO  UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to:  UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA, Fifth Place;  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Seventh Place (tie);  ELON  UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place (tie); UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA  –  LINCOLN, Ninth Place;  HOFSTRA  UNIVERSITY, 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.  It is fully funded and administered by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation.  Currently, 110 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards more than $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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 more than $735 million in grants and programs.

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Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4561
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HEARST  MULTIMEDIA  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college multimedia were announced today in the 49^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  This was the second annual Multimedia Competition in which 78 entrants from 47 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation participated.

First Place has been awarded to TRACY  KENNEDY, a freshman from Virginia CommonwealthUniversity.  She will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her entry “Distracted Delegates” posted on Capital News Service.  Virginia Commonwealth University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalismdepartments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

TIM  HUSSIN, University of Florida, second place, $1,500 scholarship

KRISTA  SCHINAGL, Western Kentucky University, third place, $1,000 scholarship

ALI  TABATABAI,  San Francisco State University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

PHILIP  ANDREWS, Western Kentucky University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

ALEX  BLACKWELDER, Middle Tennessee State University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

KHARI  JOHNSON, San Francisco State University, seventh place, $500 scholarship

McKENNA  EWEN, University of Minnesota, eighth place, $500 scholarship

ASHLEY  P.  LAU, Northwestern University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

MICHAEL  CALCAGNO, University of Oregon, tenth place, $500 scholarship

Western Kentucky University was first place in the Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in this competition.  They are followed by:  San Francisco State University; University of Florida (tie); Virginia Commonwealth University (tie);  Syracuse University;  MiddleTennessee State University (tie);  Northwestern University (tie);  University of Oklahoma; TempleUniversity (tie); University of Minnesota (tie).

The Hearst 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 monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards more than $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the multimedia competition this year were:  Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA;  Janet Reeves, Former Senior Editor/Photography and Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News,Denver, CO;  Fred Young, Former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York,NY.

For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website.

Contact:

Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  BROADCAST  NEWS  FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the ten college broadcast journalismstudents from around the country who have been selected to compete in the 49th annual National Broadcast News Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Currently, there are 110 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalismschools that are eligible to participate in the program.  Funded and administered for 49 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Program awards more than $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The 2009 Broadcast News Championship finalists – five in radio and five in television – who were selected from two monthly competitions and a semi-final round and qualify for the Championship Finals are:

RADIO:
ADAM CAVALIER, Marshall University
RYAN J. FISHMAN, Syracuse University
JILL KATHLEEN GALUS, Arizona State University
ALEXANDRA HILL, University of Florida
COLTON SHONE, Arizona State University

TELEVISION:
AMBER DIXON, Arizona State University
MILES DORAN, University of Florida
RANDY GYLLENHAAL, Elon University
ELIZABETH MCKERNAN, Arizona State University
MATHEW MENDEZ, University of Southern California

The finalists will participate in spot assignments – competing for additional awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the program’s National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 2 – 6, 2009.  Also competing in the National Championships will be writing and photo finalists.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are:  Fred Young, former Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York, NY;  Barbara Cochran, President, RTNDA, Washington, DC;  and Ursula Reutin, News Director, News Talk 97.3 KIRO Radio,Seattle, WA.

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Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4565
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HEARST NATIONAL WRITING FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the eight undergraduate college journalism students from around the country who will compete in the 49th annual National Writing Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program this June in San Francisco.

The finalists include six winners in monthly writing competitions and two who had the highest scores from among the 600 entries submitted in this year’s writing competitions. The finalists will participate in various spot assignments, competing for additional scholarship awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the Program’s National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 3 – 7, 2009.

Also competing in the National Championships will be six photo, five radio and five television broadcast news finalists.

The 2009 National Writing Championship finalists are:
TREY BUNDY, San Francisco State University
MARK DENT, University of Kansas
RUSTIN COLIN DODD, University of Kansas
MATT ERICKSON, University of Kansas
MATTHEW J. HARRIS, University of Missouri
KELLY M. HOUSE, Michigan State University
BRIAN HUGHES, University of Georgia
BETH RANKIN, Kent State University

Judging the writing competition this year are: Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA; Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX; and Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR.

Presently, 110 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Funded and administered for 49 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards more than $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.
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Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
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HEARST  SPOT  NEWS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college Spot News writing have been announced in the 49^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First place has been awarded to KELLY HOUSE, a junior at Michigan State University.  She will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her winning article “Cedar Fest a Mess” from The State News. Michigan State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Kelly has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

KIMBALL  BENNION, University of Montana, second place, $1,500 scholarship

KERRY  KLECIC, University of South Florida, third place, $1,000 scholarship

CARRIE  PORTER, Northwestern University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

KIM  WILMATH, University of Florida, fifth place, $600 scholarship

AUDREY  SPALDING, University of Missouri, sixth place, $500 scholarship

MELANIE  HICKEN, Syracuse University, seventh place, $500 scholarship

SUSAN  ELGIN, University of Iowa, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JOHN  CLAYTON, Syracuse University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

DAVIDMcSWANE, Colorado State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

The University of Kansas won first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the six writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  University of Missouri; Northwestern University; Arizona State University;University of Kentucky; University of Montana; Syracuse University; University of Georgia (tie);University of Illinois (tie); University of Iowa.  The top three winning schools receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively as the winners of the Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition.

The 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 W.R. Hearst Foundation.  It consists of six monthly writing, three photojournalism and four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition, with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia.  The program awards up to $550,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Arthur S. Brisbane, ASB Consulting, East Dennis, MA; Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX; and Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, OR.

There were 79 students from 46 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s sixth and final writing competition.  For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website.

Contact:
Jan Watten, program director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST NATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the fourteen college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. They are the top four winners in the three photo competitions and two finalists with the highest scores earned from placement in two competitions:

JOHN W. ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BRYAN J. ANSELM, Western Kentucky University
LANE CHRISTIANSEN, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
LAUREN COWART, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
COURTNEY DUDLEY, University of Texas, Austin
BRIAN L. FRANK, San Francisco State University
JONATHAN GOERING, University of Kansas
TIM HUSSIN, University of Florida
JASON JOHNSON, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
CARL KIILSGAARD, Western Kentucky University
STEPHEN MATUREN, University of Minnesota
JAKE STEVENS, Western Kentucky University
NICOLE TUNG, New York University
CHEN WANG, University of Florida

These fourteen winners will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging. On June 1, the judges will select six finalists to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championships. The finalists arrive in San Francisco the next day to compete for additional awards of up to $5,000 in the National Championships, held June 2 – 7, 2009. In addition to the 6 photo finalists, there will be writing and broadcast news finalists competing at the Championship.

The photojournalism judges are: Janet Reeves, Senior Editor/Photography and Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado; Ken Geiger, Senior Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C.; Michael C. Norseng, Photo editor, Esquire Magazine, New York, NY.

There are 110 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 49th year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970, and is funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The program awards up to $550,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, and is under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560
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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  The March competition was the third and final photojournalism competition of the academic year.

The winners were selected from among 47 entries submitted from 30 schools nationwide.  The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the other two photo competitions and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photographs for the semi-final round of judging this June.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing and broadcast finalists.

There are 110 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs that are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

The top four finalists who qualify for the semi-final are:

First Place, $2,000 award, CARL  KIILSGAARD,  Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $1,500 award, BRIAN  L.  FRANK,  San Francisco State University

Third Place, $1,000 award, NICOLE  TUNG,  New York University

Fourth Place, $750 award, LAUREN  COWART,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The fifth through tenth place winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, MATT  EICH,  Ohio University

Sixth Place, $500 award, ANJALI  PINTO,  University of Missouri

Seventh Place, $500 award, TYLER  BISSMEYER,  Western Kentucky University

Eighth Place, $500 award, RYAN  JONES  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ninth Place, $500 award, JOSH  PECKLER,  Ball State University

Tenth Place, $500 award, JOSH  BIRNBAUM,  University of Illinois

These finalists’ journalism schools receive matching grants.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 49^th year, added photojournalism to the competition in 1970. The program also includes six writing contests, four broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition offering more than $550,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

The photojournalism judges are:  Janet Reeves, Senior Editor/Photography and Multimedia, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado; Ken Geiger, Senior Editor, National Geographic Magazine, Washington,D.C.; Michael C. Norseng, Photo editor, Esquire Magazine, New York, NY.

Western Kentucky University won first place in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points in the three photo competitions.  It is followed by: University of Florida;University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; San Francisco State University; University of Missouri; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Kentucky; University of Minnesota; Ohio University; ArizonaState University.  The top three winning schools receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively as the winners of the Hearst Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition.

To see examples of the winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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