HEARST  JOURNALISM  AWARDS  PROGRAM

50^th Anniversary

NATION'S  JOURNALISM  SCHOOLS  WIN  $52,500  IN  HEARST  PRIZES

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

            The 2009-2010 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, broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates.  Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners of the Intercollegiate Competitions.

            The 2010 Intercollegiate Competition winners are:

WRITING:

                $10,000         First Place                    INDIANA  UNIVERSITY 

                $ 5,000         Second Place                NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY 

                $ 2,500         Third Place                    ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

PHOTOJOURNALISM:

                $10,000         First Place                    WESTERN  KENTUCKY  UNIVERSITY

                $ 5,000         Second Place                OHIO  UNIVERSITY 

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

BROADCAST  NEWS:

                $10,000         First Place                    ARIZONA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

                $ 5,000         Second Place                UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

                $ 2,500         Third Place                    PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY

            The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in New York City at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation on Thursday, June 10, 2010.  The Overall Intercollegiate winners, those schools with the highest combined student points from the monthly writing, photo, broadcast news and multimedia competitions, will also be announced at the Awards Presentation.

Writing medallions are awarded to:  UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI, Fourth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  OREGON, Fifth Place;  PENNSYLVANIA  STATE  UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  GEORGIA, Seventh Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Eighth Place;  UNIVERSITY OF  KENTUCKY, Ninth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  IOWA, Tenth Place.

Photojournalism medallions are awarded to:  CENTRAL  MICHIGAN  UNIVERSITY, Fourth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA, Fifth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  KENTUCKY, Sixth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Seventh Place; UNIVERSITY  OF  COLORADO, Eighth Place;  UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Ninth Place; SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY, Tenth Place.

Broadcast News medallions are awarded to:  UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA, Fourth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  NEBRASKA  – LINCOLN, Fifth Place;  BRIGHAM  YOUNG  UNIVERSITY, Sixth Place;  SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY, Seventh Place;  NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY, Eighth Place;  UNIVERSITY  OF  MONTANA, Ninth Place (tie);  WEST  VIRGINIA  UNIVERSITY, Ninth Place (tie).

            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 up to $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 $759 million in grants and programs.

Contact:  Jan Watten, program director

415-908-4561

jwatten@hearstfdn.org

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