HEARST
  JOURNALISM  AWARDS  PROGRAM

NEWS  RELEASE

HEARST  NATIONAL  PHOTO  FINALITST  ANNOUNCED

            The William Randolph Hearst Foundation has announced the six college photojournalists from around the country who have been selected to compete in the 47^th annual National Photojournalism Championships of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

 
                Currently, there are 107 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 47 years by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Program awards more than $400,000 a year in scholarships, grants and stipends, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.

 
        The six 2007 Photo finalists were selected during a portfolio review on Monday June 4^th from a field of twelve.  They were notified the same day and fly to San Francisco on June 5^th for the championships.  They are:

                        BEN  FREDMAN, University of Missouri

                        BRIAN  LEHMANN,  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

                        EDWARD  LINSMIER, Western Kentucky University

                        MORGAN  PETROSKI, University of Florida

                        BRANDON  THIBODEAUX,  University of North Texas

                        JONATHAN  D.  WOODS, Western Kentucky University

           The finalists will participate in spot assignments - competing for awards ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 in the program's Championships, held in San Francisco, June 5 - 9, 2007.  Also competing in the Championships will be writing and broadcast finalists.  The winners of the Photo Cahmpionship will be announced on Saturday, June 9th.

        The photojournalism judges are:  Leslie A. White, Director of Photography, The Dallas Morning News, Texas; Pim Van Hemmen, Assistant Managing Editor/Photography, The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey; and Janet Reeves, Director of Photography, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado.

Contact:  Jan Watten
                 Program Director
                 Hearst  Journalism Awards Program
                415-543-6033

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