April 24, 2001

Two WKU Students To Compete In Hearst National Finals

Bowling Green, Ky. - Two Western Kentucky University students will compete in the national finals of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards Program.

Caroline Lynch, a Louisville junior, won first place in spot news writing, the last of six writing competitions, for a story in the Lexington Herald-Leader on the cave rescue of Chris Groves. The first-place finish sends Lynch to the national writing competition in June. Lynch and the WKU School of Journalism and Broadcasting will receive matching awards of $2,000.

Aimee Reed, a Columbia senior, is one of six finalists in broadcasting. Her Hearst entry included radio stories on a 70-year-old man's memories of his two-room schoolhouse in Casey County and on Martin Luther King III's visit to WKU.
Amber T. Woolfolk, a Los Angeles junior, is a national semifinalist in photo and will submit a portfolio in May before learning whether she is one of six finalists chosen.

The national finals are June 8-11 in San Francisco. Western has won the overall Hearst competition for two consecutive years. This year Western finished first in broadcasting, second in photojournalism and seventh in writing.

For more information, contact the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at (270) 745-4143. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.