2015 – 2016 Radio Broadcast News Winners
This year, one radio competition was held in the News & Features category. The top winners from those 50 entrants qualified to participate in the Hearst National Radio Broadcast News Championship in San Francisco. The radio finalists were assigned to tell a story about the homelessness crisis in the city. The finalists’ radio packages were to include an
anchor lead-in, a recorded wrap and a completed script to be presented as a piece for a radio network’s morning drive segment. The judges expected to receive a news piece,
ranging between one to two minutes in addition to a shorter 40-second piece.
The judges received the completed entries by Thursday morning for review. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony that evening. The first-through-third place winners were awarded scholarships of $5,000, $4,000, and $3,000 respectively. The two finalists earned $1,500 scholarships each. An additional $1,000 award for Best Use of
Radio for News Coverage was selected from the monthly competition submissions.
Winners
Finalists
Additional Award
for News Coverage
Arizona State University
$1,000 award
