HEARST  PERSONALITY/PROFILE  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college personality/profile writing have been announced in the 49^thannual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program, in which 110 undergraduatejournalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation are eligible to participate.

First place has been awarded to MATTHEW J.  HARRIS, a senior at the University of Missouri.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article, “Back to Basics” from The Columbia Missourian.  The University ofMissouri will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Matthew has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

SEAN  ROSE, University of Kentucky, second place, $1,500 scholarship

MARK  DENT, University of Kansas, third place, $1,000 scholarship

BRITTANY  ABEIJON, University of Illinois, Fourth place, $750 scholarship

JAMES  KINDLE, Arizona State University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

EVAN  JURKOVICH, Drake University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

BRYCE  BAUER, University of Iowa, seventh place, $500 scholarship

JEFF  DETERS, University of Kansas, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JAMES  PUSEY, Iowa State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

KEVIN  HUDSON, University of Oregon, tenth place, $500 scholarship

The University of Kansas remains in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the five completed writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  University of Missouri; Arizona State University; Northwestern University; University of Kentucky;University of Illinois (tie); University of Georgia (tie); Iowa State University; University of Oregon; San FranciscoState University.  The final winners will be named in April following the Spot News 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 106 students from 61 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s fifth 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  BROADCAST  NEWS  FINALISTS  NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student radio and television broadcast finalists selected in the Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition. The category for Competition Two was News.

The top five winners in both radio and television were selected from among 24 radio and 51 television entries submitted.  These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition One, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging.  Following the semi-final round of judging, five in radio and five in television will be chosen to compete in the program’s National Broadcast News Championships in San Francisco, along with winners of the writing and photojournalism competitions.

The top five radio finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals:

First Place, $2,000 award,  BROOKS STALEY,  University of Maryland

Second Place, $1,500 award,  ANDY  BOYLE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Third Place, $1,000 award,  JOHN  SANTUCCI,  Hofstra University

Fourth Place, $750 award, RYAN  JAY  FISHMAN,  Syracuse University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  JILL GALUS,  Arizona State University

Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  ELENA  DIFIORE,  Arizona State University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  JASON  KAHN,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Eighth Place, $500 award,  ALEX  SILVERMAN,  Syracuse University

Ninth Place, $500 award,  JOSEPH  A.  TARAVELLA, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tenth Place, $500 award,  ASHLEY  KORSLIEN,  University of Montana

The top five television finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals:

First Place, $2,000 award,  MILES  DORAN,  University of Florida

Second Place, $1,500 award,  MATHEW  MENDEZ,  University of Southern California

Third Place, $1,000 award,  RANDY  GYLLENHAAL,  Elon University

Fourth Place, $750 award, LANDON  SEARS,  Syracuse University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  AMBER  DIXON,  Arizona State University

Other award winners in television:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  HILARY  WHITTIER,  Texas Christian University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  KATIE  KIM, University of Southern California

Eighth Place, $500 award,  VICTORIA  WELLS,  Syracuse University

Ninth Place, $500 award,  MCKENNA  EWEN,  University of Minnesota

Tenth Place, $500 award,  ANNA  M.  BROWN,  Louisiana State University

The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants.

Syracuse University placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competitionwith the highest accumulated student points from the two broadcast competitions.  It is followed by: Arizona State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Universityof Southern California; University of Florida; Pennsylvania State University; University ofMontana (tie); Elon University (tie); University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and HofstraUniversity.  The top three winners earned awards of $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are:  Fred Young, 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 2008-2009 broadcast news competitions are held in 110 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.  The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to the Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program that for 49 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $550,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

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

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HEARST  SPORTS  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – The top 10 winners in college sports 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 RUSTIN  DODD, a senior at the University of Kansas.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article, “For the love of the game” from The University Daily Kansan.  The Universityof Kansas will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Rustin has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

BRIAN  HUGHES, University of Georgia, second place, $1,500 scholarship

ANDREW  ASTLEFORD, University of Missouri, third place, $1,000 scholarship

JEREMY  WERNER, University of Illinois, Fourth place, $750 scholarship

MARK  DENT, University of Kansas, fifth place, $600 scholarship

JONATHAN  GREENFIELD  SMITH, University of Kentucky, sixth place, $500 scholarship

MICHAEL  FRANK  BROWNLEE, University of Iowa, seventh place, $500 scholarship

ANDY  McCULLOUGH, Syracuse University, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JOSEPH  TERRY, Michigan State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

BENJAMIN  LARRISON, Northwestern University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

The University of Kansas remains in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first four writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by: University of Missouri; Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Georgia; San FranciscoState University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Pennsylvania State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Montana.  The final winners will be named in April following the Spot News 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 87 students from 52 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s fourth writing competition.  For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named finalists in the January 2009 photojournalism competition of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  Entries in the second of three photojournalism competitions were in the categories of News and Sports.

The winners were selected from among 69 entries submitted from 41 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.

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 who qualify for the semi-final are:

First Place, $2,000 award, STEPHEN  MATUREN,  University of Minnesota

Second Place, $1,500 award, JOHN  W.  ADKISSON,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,000 award, JONATHAN  GOERING,  University of Kansas

Fourth Place, $750 award, BRYAN  J.  ANSELM,  Western Kentucky University

The fifth through tenth place winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, THOMAS  SIMONETTI,  Western Kentucky University

Sixth Place, $500 award, ELLIOTT  HESS,  University of Kentucky

Seventh Place, $500 award, BETTINA  HANSEN,  Arizona State University

Eighth Place, $500 award, MATTHEW  MEAD,  University of Minnesota

Ninth Place, $500 award, JEFFREY  LOWMAN,  Arizona State University

Tenth Place, $500 award, CHRISTOPHER  McGUIRE,  San Francisco State University

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 is in first place after the first two photo competitions in theIntercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of Florida; University of Minnesota; University of Kentucky; tie: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and University of Missouri; Arizona State University; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Kansas; San Francisco State University.  The final Intercollegiate winners are announced in April.

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

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HEARST  IN-DEPTH  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

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

First Place has been awarded to MATT  ERICKSON, a senior at the University of Kansas.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article, “Facing the Music” from The Daily Kansan.  The University of Kansaswill receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Matt has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco this June.

Other scholarship winners are:

MEGAN  HIRT, University of Kansas, second place, $1,500 scholarship

RYAN  KNUTSON, University of Oregon, third place, $1,000 scholarship

ANDY  BOYLE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fourth place, $750 scholarship

PETER  JACKSON, Northwestern University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

SARAH  M.  PANUSKA, University of Missouri, sixth place, $500 scholarship

REBECCA  DELANEY, University of Missouri, seventh place, $500 scholarship

MIMI  ABEBE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, eighth place, $500 scholarship

ANDREW  MCGILL, Pennsylvania State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

OLIVIA  HUBERT-ALLEN, Elon University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

The University of Kansas received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first three writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  Northwestern University; Arizona State University; University of Missouri; University of Nebraska-Lincoln;San Francisco State University; Iowa State University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PennsylvaniaState University; University of Oregon.  The final winners will be named in April following the final 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 92 students from 55 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s third writing competition of this academic year.  For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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

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HEARST  EDITORIAL  WRITING  WINNERS  NAMED

The top 10 winners in college Editorial 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 BETH  RANKIN, a December graduate of Kent State University.  She will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her winning article from the Daily Kent Stater.  Kent State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.  Beth has qualified to participate in the Hearst National Writing Championship in San Francisco next June

Other scholarship winners are:

JOSHUA  HILLMAN, Iowa State University, second place, $1,500 scholarship

ANDREW  STILES,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, third place, $1,000 scholarship

JONATHAN  XAVIER,  San Jose State University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

SOMMER  INGRAM, Baylor University, fifth place, $600 scholarship

HAILEY  BRANSON, University of Oklahoma, sixth place, $500 scholarship

LINDSEY  ALLGOOD, University of Oklahoma, seventh place, $500 scholarship

PATRICK  LUIZ  SULLIVAN  DE  OLIVEIRA, University of Kansas, eighth place, $500 scholarship

SOPHIE  LYNNE  PRELL, Iowa State University, ninth place, $500 scholarship

CHRISTOPHER  DANZIG, Northwestern University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of Kansas received first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first two writing competitions of the academic year.  They are followed by:  San Francisco State University; Iowa State University; Arizona State University; University ofNorth Carolina; University of Oklahoma; Northwestern University; Indiana University; Florida A&M University and University of Montana.  The final winners will be named in April following the final writing competition.

The 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 98 students from 54 universities and colleges who participated in the program’s second writing competition of this academic year.  For samples of 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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HEARST  BROADCAST  NEWS  FINALISTS  NAMED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the student radio and television broadcast finalists selected in the Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition.  The category for Competition One was Features.

The top five winners in both radio and television were selected from among 44 radio and 56 television entries submitted.  These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition Two, will submit additional entries for a semi-final round of judging.  Following the semi-final round of judging, five in radio and five in television will be chosen to compete in the program’s National Broadcast News Championships in San Francisco, along with winners of the writing and photojournalism competitions.

The top five radio finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals:

First Place, $2,000 award,  JOEL  GODETT,  Syracuse University

Second Place, $1,500 award,  JOSEPH  (JW)  COX,  Arizona State University

Third Place, $1,000 award,  ADAM  CAVALIER,  Marshall University

Fourth Place, $750 award, COLTON  SHONE,  Arizona State University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  ALEXANDRA  HILL,  University of Florida

Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  JASON  SPARKS,  Brigham Young University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  DANIEL  CHERRY, University of Alabama

Eighth Place, $500 award,  NATALIE  NEUMANN,  University of Montana

Ninth Place, $500 award,  AMANDA  KENNEY,  Hofstra University

Tenth Place, $500 award,  ALINA  SELYUKH,  University of Nebraska

The top five television finalists, qualifying for the semi-finals:

First Place, $2,000 award,  ELIZABETH  McKERNAN,  Arizona State University

Second Place, $1,500 award,  CARLY  SWAIN,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Third Place, $1,000 award,  JAMIE  HERSCH, University of Southern California

Fourth Place, $750 award, HENRY  ROSOFF,  Northwestern University

Fifth Place, $600 award,  SALVATORE  MANEEN,  Syracuse University

Other award winners in television:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  MEGHAN  LISSON,  Syracuse University

Seventh Place, $500 award,  PHILLIP  MILANI, University of Colorado

Eighth Place, $500 award,  MILES  DORAN,  University of Florida

Ninth Place, $500 award,  STEPHEN  BUTERA, West Virginia University

Tenth Place, $500 award,  BETHANY  TUGGLE,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants. 

Arizona State  University placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the first radio and television competitions.  It is followed by:Syracuse University; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Southern California (tie);Brigham Young University (tie); University of Florida; Northwestern University; Elon University;Pennsylvania State University; and West Virginia University.  The final winners (the top three of whom will collect $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively) will be named in April following Competition Two/News.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are:  Fred Young, 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 2008-2009 broadcast news competitions are held in 110 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalismprograms.  The Broadcast News Competition was added in 1988 to the Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program that for 49 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $550,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

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

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

San Francisco – Ten college photographers have been named finalists in the November 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 81 entries submitted from 47 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 June.  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, JAKE  STEVENS,  Western Kentucky University

Second Place, $1,500 award, CHEN  WANG, University of Florida

Third Place, $1,000 award, COURTNEY  DUDLEY,  University of Texas, Austin

Fourth Place, $750 award, TIM  HUSSIN,  University of Florida

The fifth through tenth place winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award, ED  MATTHEWS,  University of Kentucky

Sixth Place, $500 award, JOHN  HOOK,   University of Missouri

Seventh Place, $500 award, DIJANA  MUMINOVIC, Western Kentucky University

Eighth Place, $500 award, LANE  CHRISTIANSEN,  Southern Illinois University,Carbondale

Ninth Place, $500 award, JASON  JOHNSON, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Tenth Place, $500 award, BENJAMIN  NORMAN,  New York University

These finalists’ 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 is in first place after this first competition in theIntercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points.  It is followed by: University of Florida; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Missouri; University of Kentucky; University of Texas, Austin; Central Michigan University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; New York University; Ball State University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill are tied in tenth place.  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 our website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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Jan Watten
415.908.4560
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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

First Place has been awarded to TREY  BUNDY, a junior from San Francisco State University.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship for his winning article titled “Higher Education” published in the SF Weekly. Trey will also have the opportunity to compete in the National Writing Championship in San Francisco next June.  San Francisco State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other top ten scholarship winners are:

THOR  NYSTROM, University of Kansas, $1,500 scholarship

RYAN  KOST, Arizona State University, third place, $1,000 scholarship

JESSE  GUNTHER,  Brigham Young University, fourth place, $750 scholarship

DOMINICK  ELIJAH  TAO, University of Florida, fifth place, $600 scholarship

BRIAN SPEGELE, Indiana University, sixth place, $500 scholarship

EBONIE  LEDBETTER, Florida A&M University, seventh place, $500 scholarship

STEPHANIE  GOMES, University of Illinois, eighth place, $500 scholarship

JENNIFER  LUNA, University of Nevada, ninth place, $500 scholarship

ERINN  CONNOR, Syracuse University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

San Francisco State University 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: Arizona State University; University of Kansas; University of Montana; Brigham Young University; University of Florida; Indiana University, Florida A&M University; University of Illinois; University of Georgia.

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, 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:  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 a record 138 students from 78 universities and colleges 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 the website which is updated shortly after each competition.

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Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org
www.hearstawards.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  CHAMPIONSHIP  WINNERS  NAMED

SAN  FRANCISCO – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships were announced on June 5, 2008 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards Program.

The Hearst Championships – the culmination of the 2007-2008 Journalism Awards Program, with 108 undergraduate colleges and universities competing under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication –  were held in San Francisco, May 31-June 5, 2008.

Finalists were brought to San Francisco to demonstrate their writing, photography, radio and television skills in rigorous on-the-spot assignments.  Assignments were decided by media professionals, also brought in to judge the students’ work.  The following are the first, second and third place winners and the scholarships they received:
NATIONAL  WRITING  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, JOHN  W.  COX, University of Florida, $5,000 scholarship

Second Place, ANDREW  R.  MCGILL, Pennsylvania State University, $4,000 scholarship

Third Place, MATTHEW  BAKER, Northwestern University, $3,000 scholarship

NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, JEFF GIRALDO, Western Kentucky University, $5,000 award

Second Place, MICHAEL  PAULSEN, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $4,000 award

Third Place, JUSTIN  MAXON, San Francisco State University, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  RADIO  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, LAUREN  BROOKMEYER, Hofstra University, $5,000 award

Second Place, SARA  CARMICHAEL, Syracuse University, $4,000 award

Third Place, WALTER  R.  STORHOLT,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, $3,000 award

NATIONAL  TELEVISION  BROADCAST  NEWS  CHAMPIONSHIP

First Place, JASON  LAMB,  University of Missouri,  $5,000 award

Second Place, ADAM  MILLER, Northwestern University, $4,000 award

Third Place, MAIKA  D.  BAUERLE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, $3,000 award

Five runners-up in the Writing Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  NICHOLAS  J.  COMPTON, University of Iowa;  TIARA ETHERIDGE, University of Oklahoma;  ANGELA  S.  HAUPT, Pennsylvania State University; EPHRAIM  C.  PAYNE, University of Oregon;  JENNIFER  J.  TRAMM, University of Arizona.

The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to TIARA  ETHERIDGE, University ofOklahoma, for her feature article in The Oklahoma Daily titled “Taking Mind.”  The Article of the Year Award of $1,000 went to NICHOLAS  COMPTON, University of Iowa, for his sports article inThe Daily Iowan titled “Running to the Future.”

Three runners-up in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri; JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University;  JOHN  TULLY, University of Missouri.

The $1,000 award for Best Single Photograph went to JUSTIN MAXON, San Francisco StateUniversity; and the Best Picture Story/Series Award of $1,000 went to JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University.

Each semi-finalist in the Photojournalism Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:  JOHN  ADKISSON,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; PHILIP  ANDREWS, Western Kentucky University;  AARON  BORTON, Western Kentucky University;  ROBERT  LEISTRA, Ball State University;  TIM  HUSSIN, University of Florida: Michael Mullady II, San Francisco State University.

Two runners-up in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):  MILES  DORAN, University of Florida;  BRIAN HARDZINSKI,  University of Oklahoma.  Two runners-up in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order): BONNIE  BOLT, Arizona State University;  G.  AARON PATTERSON, Pennsylvania State University.

The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to SARA  CARMICHAEL,Syracuse University.  The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went toADAM  MILLER,  Northwestern University.

Each semi-finalist in the Radio Broadcast News Championship  receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:  BRIAN  BOHL,  Hofstra University; ELIZABETH  NICOLE ERWIN,  Murray State University;  KIMBERLY J.  SALTMARSH,  Hofstra University;  JULIA  L. RITCHEY,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;  BETH  CROUGHAN,  Syracuse University.

Each semi-finalist in the Television Broadcast News Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship.  They are listed in alphabetical order:  BRITTANY  JONES-COOPER,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln;  MICHELLE  ASHWORTH,  Arizona State University;  THOMAS  HENDRICK, University of Colorado,;  ELEXANDER   MICHAELSON, University of Southern California; JENNIFER  CARPENTER, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

The Awards Ceremony was held at the Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception in San Francisco.  The keynote speech was delivered by William Randolph Hearst III, President of the Board.

Judging the writing competition this year were:  Arthur S. Brisbane, Consultant, ASB Consulting,Los Gatos, CA;  Stephen Buckley, Publisher, Tampabay.com, FL;  and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.

The photojournalism judges were:  Janet Reeves, Senior Editor for Photography and Multimedia,The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO; Mary Shanahan, Creative Director, Town & Country Magazine, New York, NY; and Pim Van Hemmen, Managing Editor for Digital News, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ.

The Broadcast News judges were:  Barbara Cochran, President, RTNDA, Washington, DC; Michael Luckoff, President and General Manager, KGO AM Radio, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and Fred Young, Senior Vice President of News, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York, NY.

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 $700 million to numerous educational programs, including this one, and to health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.

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