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HEARST NATIONAL BROADCAST NEWS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the ten college broadcast journalism students from around the country who have been selected to compete in the 48th annual National Broadcast News Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Currently, there are 108 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools that participate in the program, which is often called the Pulitzers of college journalism. Funded and administered for 48 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 2008 Broadcast News Championship finalists – five in radio and five in television – who were selected from two competitions and qualify for the Championship Finals are:

RADIO:
LAUREN BROOKMEYER, Hofstra University
SARA CARMICHAEL, Syracuse University
MILES DORAN, University of Florida
BRIAN HARDZINKSI, University of Oklahoma
WALTER R. STORHOLT, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

TELEVISION:
MAIKA D. BAUERLE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
BONNIE BOLT Arizona State University
JASON LAMB, University of Missouri
ADAM J. MILLER, Northwestern University
G. AARON PATTERSON, Pennsylvania State University

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 1 – 5, 2008. Also competing in the national Championships will be writing and photo finalists.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are: 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.

Contact:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  SEMI-FINALISTS  ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the twelve college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 48^th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They were the top four winners from the three monthly photojournalism competitions and qualify for the National Championship Photojournalism Semi-Finals this June.  They are:

JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
PHILIP  ANDREWS, WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
AARON  BORTON,  Western Kentucky University
JEFF  GIRALDO, Western Kentucky University
TIM  HUSSIN,  University of Florida
IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri
ROBERT  LEISTRA, Ball State University
JUSTIN  MAXON,  San Francisco State University
MICHAEL J. MULLADY, San Francisco State University
MICHAEL  PAULSEN,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University
JOHN  TULLY, University of Missouri

These twelve winners will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging.  The judges will then select six to compete in the program’s National PhotojournalismChampionships, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.  The finalists will compete for additional awards in the National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 1 – 6, 2008.

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

There are 108 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often called the “Pulitzers of college journalism.”  Funded and administered for 48 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the program awards up to $500,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4560
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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 2007-2008 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 for journalism undergraduates. A new Multimedia Competition was added to the program this year. Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners.

The 2008 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:

$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
$ 5,000 Second Place NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
$ 5,000 Second Place WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

BROADCAST NEWS:

$10,000 First Place UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL
$ 5,000 Second Place SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
$ 2,500 Third Place PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 4, 2008.

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

Writing medallions are awarded to: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, Fifth Place; UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, Eighth Place; INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Fourth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, Fifth Place; BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA – LINCOLN, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Eighth Place; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Fourth Place; HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, Fifth Place; ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place; NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Eighth Place; BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place; WEST VIRGINIA 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, 108 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 $700 million in grants and programs.

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415-908-4561
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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 48^th  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 approximately 600 entries submitted.  They will participate in various assignments – competing for additional awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 in the Program’s National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 2 – 6, 2008.

Also competing in the National Championships will be six photo, five radio and five television broadcast news finalists, selected from more than 350 student entrants in those categories:

The 2008 National Writing Championship finalists:

MATTHEW  BAKER, Northwestern University
NICHOLAS  JAMES  COMPTON, University of Iowa
JOHN  W.  COX, University of Florida
TIARA  ETHERIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
ANGELA  S.  HAUPT, Pennsylvania State University
ANDREW  R.  McGILL, Pennsylvania State University
EPHRAIM  PAYNE, University of Oregon
JENNIFER  J.  TRAMM, University of Arizona

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Arthur S. Brisbane, Former Senior Vice President, Knight Ridder, Inc., Monte Sereno, CA; Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL; and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.

Presently, 108 colleges and universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools participate in the program, often called the Pulitzers of college journalism.  Funded and administered for 48 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Journalism Program awards more than $500,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends annually.

CONTACT:
Jan Watten, Program Director
415-908-4564
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST MULTIMEDIA WINNERS NAMED

San Francisco – The top 20 winners in college multimedia were announced today in the 48th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  This was the first annual Multimedia Competition in which 68 entrants from 39 undergraduate journalism programs at colleges and universities across the nation participated.

First Place has been awarded to TIM  HUSSIN, of the University of Florida.  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship.  The University of Florida will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:
WILSON  ANDREWS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, second place, $1,500 scholarship
WAI  KI  “RICKY”  LEUNG, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, third place, $1,000 scholarship
HAROLD  ANDREW  BURTON,  Syracuse University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
TAYLOR  HAYDEN, Western Kentucky University, fifth place, $600 scholarship
KRISTA  SCHINAGL, Western Kentucky University, sixth place, $500 scholarship
ANNALYN  CENSKY, Arizona State University, seventh place, $500 scholarship
LINDSAY  ADLER, Syracuse University, eighth place, $500 scholarship
McKENNA  EWEN, University of Minnesota, ninth place, $500 scholarship
NICK  DENTAMARO, Michigan State University, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill was first place in the Multimedia Competition with the highest accumulated student points in this competition.  They are followed by:  Western Kentucky University;  University of Florida;  Syracuse University;  University of Minnesota;  Arizona State University;  University of Kansas;  San Francisco State University;  Michigan State University: Central Michigan University.

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 $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the Multimedia competition this year were:  Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL;  Christopher Lavin, General Manager/Arts & Lifestyles, The San Diego Union Tribune;  Pim Van Hemmen,  Assistant Managing Editor/Photography, The Star Ledger.

Students who placed among the top 20 and will receive certificates of merit are:

JESSICA  KNOWLES, Northwestern University, eleventh place
GABY  BRUNA, University of Miami, twelfth place-tie
JEREMIAH  STANLEY, University of Florida, twelfth place-tie
TERESA  PRINCE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, twelfth place-tie
YEVGENIY  SVERDLIK, San Francisco State University, fifteenth place
HAILEY  R.  BRANSON, University of Oklahoma, sixteenth place
JACQUELINE  CIESLAK, University of Iowa, seventeenth place-tie
KEVIN  KENEALY, Eastern Illinois University, seventeenth place-tie
JOSEPH  HALVORSON, University of Minnesota, seventeenth place-tie
STEPHEN  PETERITAS, University of Kansas, twentieth place-tie
NICOLE  HUSKEY, Louisiana State University, twentieth place-tie

For samples of winning work, please check the monthly winners section of the Journalism Awards’ website, www.hearstawards.org, which is updated shortly after each competition.

Contact:
Jan C. Watten, Program Director
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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TOP  20  HEARST  SPOT  NEWS  WRITING  FINALISTS  NAMED
San Francisco, CA – ANDREW  R.  McGILL, a sophomore from Pennsylvania State University, has won first place in the Spot News Writing Competition of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s 48^th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  72 students from 43 universities across the nation participated in this competition.

Andrew’s spot news story from The Daily Collegian is titled, “Life Behind Bars.”  He will receive a $2,000 scholarship and the opportunity to compete in the National Writing Championships in San Francisco this June.  The College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

The Hearst Journalism Awards, conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, is fully-funded and administered by the W. R. Hearst Foundation.  The program 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).

Presently, 108 accredited schools of undergraduate journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

The other top finalists in the Spot News Writing Competition, and their awards are:

KIM  WILMATH,  University of Florida,  second place, $1,500
EMILEIGH  BARNES,  University of Iowa, third place, $1,000
EMILY  GLAZER,  Northwestern University, fourth place, $750
ERIK  MYERS,  Colorado State University, fifth place, $600
JILL  LASTER,  University of Kentucky, sixth place, $500
KELLIE  WOODHOUSE,  University of Maryland, seventh place, $500
JONATHAN  KEALING,  University of Kansas, eighth place, $500
MEGAN  E.  HARIS,  University of Memphis, ninth place, $500
NATHAN  GILL,  University of Kansas, tenth place, $500
Certificates of merit are awarded to students who placed in the top 20:

KATIE  NIELAND,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, eleventh place
SARA  GANIM, Pennsylvania State University, twelfth place
NIKKI  BUSSEY,   University of Memphis, thirteenth place
JULIANN  VACHON,   University of Kentucky, fourteenth place-tie
HOLLY  BROWN,  Western Kentucky University, fourteenth place-tie
MASON  K.  KERNS,  University of Iowa, sixteenth place-tie
CHRISTY  MULLINS,  Winthrop University, sixteenth place-tie
SARAH  D.  WIRE,  University of Missouri, eighteenth place
ANDY  HARPER,  Middle Tennessee State University, nineteenth place-tie
MICHELLE  CASADY,  Texas Tech University, nineteenth place-tie
Judging the writing competition this year are:  Arthur S. Brisbane, Former Senior Vice President, Knight Ridder, Inc., Monte Sereno, CA; Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL; and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.

The University of Kansas placed first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the six writing competitions.  They are followed by: Northwestern University;University of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon;University of Montana; University of Iowa; Indiana University; Louisiana State University.  The top three winners will receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.
The Spot News Competition is the last writing competition of this academic year.  Monthly writing competitions resume again in October 2008.  To see examples of the winning work, please check the monthly winners section of our website which is updated shortly after each competition.

CONTACT:
Jan Watten
415-908-4565
jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTOJOURNALISM  SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the twelve college photojournalism students who have been selected as semi-finalists in the 48^th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  They were the top four winners from the three monthly photojournalism competitions and qualify for the National Championship Photojournalism Semi-Finals this June.  They are:

JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
PHILIP  ANDREWS, Western Kentucky University
AARON  BORTON,  Western Kentucky University
JEFF  GIRALDO, Western Kentucky
TIM  HUSSIN,  University of Florida
IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri
ROBERT  LEISTRA, Ball State University
JUSTIN  MAXON,  San Francisco State University
MICHAEL J. MULLADY, San Francisco State University
MICHAEL  PAULSEN,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University
JOHN  TULLY, University of Missouri

These twelve winners will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging.  The judges will then select six to compete in the program’s National Photojournalism Championships, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.  The finalists will compete for additional awards in the National Championships, held in San Francisco, June 1 – 6, 2008.
The photojournalism judges are:  Janet Reeves, Director of Photography, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO; Mary Shanahan, Creative Director, Town & Country Magazine, New York,NY; and Pim Van Hemmen, Assistant Managing Editor/Photography, The Star-Ledger, Newark,NJ.

There are 108 universities with accredited undergraduate journalism schools eligible to participate in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often called the “Pulitzers of college journalism.” Funded and administered for 48 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the program awards up to $500,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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HEARST  PHOTOJOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

Twenty college photographers have been named finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2007-2008 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.  This was the third and final photojournalism competition of this academic year, entered by 43 students nationwide.

The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the previous two competitions, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging this May.  Of those, six photojournalists will be chosen to compete in the program’s national photojournalism Championships in San Francisco, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.

The annual photojournalism competitions are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduatejournalism programs.

The top four finalists are:

First Place, $2,000 award,  JESSICA  PONS, San Francisco State University
Second Place, $1,500 award,  IKURU  KUWAJIMA, University of Missouri
Third Place, $1,000 award,  JOHN  W.  ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Fourth Place, $750 award,  JEFF  GIRALDO, Western Kentucky University

Other award winners are:

Fifth Place, $600 award,  BEN  FREDMAN, University of Missouri
Sixth Place, $500 award,  JARRETT  P.  BAKER, University of Florida
Seventh Place, $500 award,  COURTNEY  HERGESHEIMER, Western Kentucky University
Eighth Place, $500 award,  ALEXANDER  STAWINSKI, Central Michigan University
Ninth Place, $500 award,  CRYSTAL  STREET, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Tenth Place, $500 award,  JASON  JOHNSON, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Other students who placed among the top 20 in the and will receive award certificates are:

DEANNA  DENT, Arizona State University, eleventh place
NEIL  BLAKE, Central Michigan University, twelfth place
KASIA  BROUSSALIAN, University of Colorado, thirteenth place
LAUREN  POND, Northwestern University, fourteenth place
TERESA  PRINCE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifteenth place
WHITNEY  WRIGHT, University of Iowa, sixteenth place-tie
W.  SIERRA  HOFFMAN, Ball State University, sixteenth place-tie
JEFF  ENLOW, San Francisco State University, eighteenth place
DAVID  BOND, Ball State University, nineteenth place
CHRIS  VANKAT, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, twentieth place

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, which is now in its 48^th year, added photojournalism to the competitions in 1970.  Scholarship awards, ranging from $1,500 to $5,000, are presented to the finalists following the National Championships.  In addition to the photojournalismcompetitions, the program also includes six writing, four broadcast news competitions and one multimedia competition.  Annually, up to $500,000 in student scholarships and matching grants to the students’ schools are distributed.

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

University of Missouri placed first in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the three photo competitions.  They are followed by:Western Kentucky University; San Francisco State University; University of Florida; University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ball State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University ofKentucky; Iowa State University; and Central Michigan University.

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HEARST  JOURNALISM  WINNERS  NAMED

The top 20 winners in college Personality Profile Writing have been announced in the 48^th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.  101 students from 60 schools nationwide participated.  The Hearst Journalism Awards are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.
The first place winner is ANGELA  HAUPT, from the Pennsylvania State University.  Angela will receive a $2,000 scholarship for her story in The Lion’s Roar  titled “Faculty Member Champions Academic Freedom.”  Pennsylvania State University will receive a matching grant, as do the journalism departments of all scholarship winners.

Other scholarship winners are:

CRISTOF  TRAUDES, University of Missouri, second place, $1,500 scholarship
CAITLIN  FROST, University of Oregon, third place, $1,000 scholarship
WESLEY  MARTIN, Florida A&M University, fourth place, $750 scholarship
ANDREW  M.  STEWART, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, fifth place, $600 scholarship
BRIAN  JANOSCH, Indiana University, sixth place, $500 scholarship
TAVIA  GREEN, Western Kentucky University, seventh place, $500 scholarship
EPHRAIM  PAYNE, University of Oregon, eighth place, $500 scholarship
JORDAN  WEISSMANN, Northwestern University, ninth place, $500 scholarship
GEREMY  BASS, University of Maryland, tenth place, $500 scholarship

University of Kansas is in first place in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated school points from the first five (out of six) writing competitions.  It is followed by: University ofMissouri; Northwestern University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; University of Oregon; University ofMontana; Pennsylvania State University; Indiana University; University of Georgia; University of Iowa.  The final winners will be named in April following the last writing competition of this academic year.
Students who placed among the top 20 and will receive certificates of merit are:
ANNA  WIEGENSTEIN, University of Iowa, eleventh place
SARA  WILLIAMS, Kent State University, twelfth place-tie
TODD  SOUTH, University of Georgia, twelfth place-tie
SARAH  NEFF,  University of Kansas, fourteenth place-tie
DEBORAH  NEFFA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, fourteenth place-tie
DOMINICK  TAO, University of  Florida, sixteenth place
NATALIE  AVON, Indiana University, seventeenth place-tie
KRYSTAL  BICK, University of Nevada, seventeenth place-tie
ROMAN  STUBBS, University of Montana, seventeenth place-tie
MELANIE  HICKEN, Syracuse University, seventeenth place-tie
 

The 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 writing competitions, three photojournalismcompetitions, two radio and two television broadcast news competitions, and one multimedia competition with championship finals in all divisions (except multimedia).

Currently, 108 undergraduate accredited schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards up to $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Judging the writing competition this year are:  Arthur S. Brisbane, Former Senior Vice President,Knight Ridder, Inc., Monte Sereno, CA; Stephen Buckley, Managing Editor, The St. Petersburg Times, FL; and Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President and Editor, Houston Chronicle, TX.
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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 January 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 26 radio and 54 television entries submitted.  These winners, along with the top five finalists from both categories in Competition One, will submit additional tapes 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,  WALTER  STORHOLT,  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Second Place, $1,500 award,  BETH  CROUGHAN, Syracuse University
Third Place, $1,000 award,  SARA  CARMICHAEL,  Syracuse University
Fourth Place, $750 award,  BRIAN  BOHL,  Hofstra University
Fifth Place, $600 award,  ELIZABETH  NICOLE  ERWIN,  Murray State University

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

First Place, $2,000 award,  JENNIFER  CARPENTER,  U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Second Place, $1,500 award,  MAIKA  BAUERLE,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Third Place, $1,000 award,  G.  AARON   PATTERSON,  Pennsylvania State University
Fourth Place, $1,000 award,  BONNIE  BOLT,  Arizona State University
Fifth Place, $600 award,  MICHELLE  ASHWORTH,  Arizona State University

Other award winners in radio:

Sixth Place, $500 award,  ANDY  SCHWABENBAUER,  Pennsylvania State University
Seventh Place, $500 award,  ALEXANDRA  HILL,  University of Florida
Eighth Place, $500 award,  ADAM  RHEW,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ninth Place, $500 award,  ERIC  SCHAFFER,  University of Maryland
Tenth Place, $500 award,  ROBERT  ARCAMONA,  Pennsylvania State University

Other award winners in television:

Sixth place, $500 award, BRETT  DENHAM,  Brigham Young University
Seventh Place, $500 award, THERESA  BOWMAN,  Northwestern University
Eighth Place, $500 award,  SHELLY  SCHWARTZ,  Syracuse University
Ninth Place, $500 award,  LOREN  CICALESE, Pennsylvania State University
Tenth Place, $500 award,  JESSICA  DRNEK,  San Jose State University

The schools of these award winning finalists receive matching grants.

These students placed among the top 20 in radio and will receive award certificates:

DANA  GRANILLO,  Arizona State University, eleventh place
MARCO  VILLARREAL,  Brigham Young University, twelfth place-tie
CHRISTOPHER  HRABE,  University of Missouri, twelfth place-tie
LINDSAY  ALVESTAD,  University of Montana, twelfth place-tie
JENNIFER  BORGET,  Brigham Young University, fifteenth place
SEAN  POWERS, University of Missouri, sixteenth place
KYLE  SEIG,  University of Florida, seventeenth place-tie
ANDREA  KLERIDES,  Hofstra University, seventeenth place-tie
MEGAN  BOWERS,  West Virginia University, nineteenth place
SAM  ESHELMAN,  Arizona State University, twentieth place
These students placed among the top 20 in television and will receive award certificates:

RANDY  GYLLENHAAL,  Elon University, eleventh place-tie
ANDREW  MARSON,  University of South Carolina, eleventh place-tie
MATHEW  MENDEZ,  University of Southern California, thirteenth place-tie
LORENZO  HALL,  University of Missouri, thirteenth place-tie
ANGELICA  DURIA,  University of Illinois, fifteenth place
JAMES  EVERETTS,  Kent State University, sixteenth place
STEVE  BUTERA,  West Virginia University, seventeenth place-tie
RYAN  S.  LUBY, University of Missouri, seventeenth place-tie
TESSA  MENTUS,  Syracuse University, seventeenth place-tie
MEGAN  ALBRIGHT,  University of Florida, twentieth place

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill placed first in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two radio and television competitions.  It is followed by: Syracuse University; Pennsylvania StateUniversity; University of Missouri; Hofstra University; Arizona State University;Northwestern University; University of Florida; Brigham Young University; West VirginiaUniversity. The top three winners will receive $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500 respectively.

The judges, all professionals in radio and television, are:  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 2007-2008 broadcast news competitions are held in 108 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 48 years has included writing, photojournalism, and multimedia, and now offers awards totaling up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends.

Contact:

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