SANFRANCISCO – Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships were announced on June 6, 2009 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.
The Hearst Championships are the culmination of the 2008-2009 Journalism Awards Program, which are held in 110 member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.
From June 2nd through the 6th, 24 finalists – all winners from the monthly competitions –
participated in the 49th annual Hearst Championships in San Francisco where they demonstrated their writing, photography, radio and television skills in rigorous on-the-spot assignments.The assignments were decided by media professionals who judged the finalists’ work throughout the year and at the Championships. Winners were announced during the final awards ceremony on June 6th. The following are the first, second and third place winners and the scholarships they received:
NationalWRITINGChampionship
First Place, KELLYM.HOUSE, MichiganStateUniversity, $5,000 award
Second Place, MARKDENT, University of Kansas, $4,000 award
Third Place, RUSTINC.DODD, University of Kansas, $3,000 award
NationalPhotojournalismChampionship
First Place, TIMHUSSIN, University of Florida, $5,000 award
Second Place, BRIANL.FRANK, San FranciscoStateUniversity, $4,000 award
Third Place, JOHNW.ADKISSON, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, $3,000 award
NationalRadioBroadcastNewsChampionship
First Place, COLTONSHONE, ArizonaStateUniversity, $5,000 award
Second Place, ADAMCAVALIER, MarshallUniversity, $4,000 award
Third Place, RYANJAYFISHMAN,SyracuseUniversity, $3,000 award
NationalTelevisionBroadcastNewsChampionship
First Place, RANDYGYLLENHAAL, ElonUniversity,$5,000 award
Second Place, MATHEWMENDEZ, University of Southern California, $4,000 award
Third Place, MILESDORAN, University of Florida, $3,000 award
Five finalists in the Writing Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):TREYBUNDY, San FranciscoStateUniversity;MATTHEWERICKSON, University of Kansas;MATTHEWHARRIS, University of Missouri;BRIANHUGHES, University of Georgia;BETHRANKIN, KentStateUniversity.
The $1,000 Award for Best Reporting Technique went to MATTHEWERICKSON, University of Kansas, for his article in The University Daily Kansan titled "Facing the Music." The Article of the Year Award of $1,000 went to TREYBUNDY, San FranciscoStateUniversity, for his feature article in The San Francisco Weekly titled “Higher Education.”
Three finalists in the Photojournalism Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):BRYANANSELM, WesternKentuckyUniversity;CARLKIILSGAARD, WesternKentuckyUniversity;JAKESTEVENS, WesternKentuckyUniversity.
The $1,000 Award for Best Single Photograph went to BRIANL.FRANK, San FranciscoStateUniversity; and the Best Picture Story/Series Award of $1,000 went to CARLKIILSGAARD, WesternKentuckyUniversity
Two finalists in the Radio Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):JILLK.GALUS, ArizonaStateUniversity;ALEXANDRAHILL, University of Florida.Two finalists in the Television Broadcast News Championship, who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship, are (listed in alphabetical order):AMBERDIXON, Arizona State University;ELIZABETHMCKERNAN, ArizonaStateUniversity.
The $1,000 Award for Best Use of Radio For News Coverage went to ADAMCAVALIER, MarshallUniversity.The Best Use of Television For News Coverage Award of $1,000 went to MATHEWMENDEZ,University of Southern California.
Each semi-finalist in the Photojournalism Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:LANECHRISTIANSEN,University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale;LAURENCOWART; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill;COURTNEYDUDLEY, University of Texas, Austin;JONATHANGOERING, University of Kansas;JASONJOHNSON, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale;STEPHENMATUREN, University of Minnesota;NICOLETUNG, New York University;CHENWANG, University of Florida.
Each semi-finalist in the Radio Broadcast News Championshipreceives a $1,000 scholarship. They are listed in alphabetical order:ANDYBOYLE,University of Nebraska-Lincoln; JOSEPH (J.W.) COX, Arizona State University,JOELGODETT, Syracuse University;JOHNSANTUCCI,Hofstra University;BROOKSSTALEY,University of Maryland.
Each semi-finalist in the Television Broadcast News Championship receives a $1,000 scholarship.They are listed in alphabetical order:JAMIEHERSCH,University of Southern California;SALVATOREMANEEN, SyracuseUniversity;HENRYROSOFF, NorthwesternUniversity;LANDONSEARS, SyracuseUniversity;CARLYSWAIN, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Awards Ceremony was held at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden GatePark.The keynote speech was delivered by William Randolph Hearst III, President of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Journalism Awards Program.
The writing judges were: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.
The photojournalism judges were:Janet Reeves, Former 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.
The broadcast news judges were:Fred Young, former 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 William Randolph Hearst Foundation was established by its namesake in 1948 under California non-profit laws, exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.Since then, the Hearst Foundations have contributed $735 million to numerous educational programs, health and medical care, human services and the arts in every state.
