Bowling Green, Ky. -Western Kentucky University’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting has placed third overall in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program, the school’s eighth consecutive top four finish in the national competition.

Often called the “Pulitzers of College Journalism,” the Hearst program holds yearlong competitions in writing, photojournalism and broadcast news. WKU won the overall title in 2005, 2001 and 2000.

The top 10 in the 2006 Overall Intercollegiate Competition are North Carolina, Arizona State, WKU, Nebraska, Northwestern, Syracuse, Maryland, Missouri, Penn State and Florida.

In the year’s final writing contest, WKU sophomore Corey Paul of Bowling Green won the spot news competition and will receive a $2,000 scholarship. Paul will be one of eight competitors in the national writing championship June 7-10 in San Francisco.

WKU photojournalism students Will DeShazer, a Bowling Green senior, and Allen Bryant, an Owensboro senior, will submit additional photos for the semifinal round of judging in the Hearst competition. Six finalists will be selected to compete for national honors in San Francisco.

WKU won the Hearst photojournalism competition for the 15th time this year and finished seventh in the broadcast news competition. Awards will be presented June 9 in San Francisco.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program operates under the auspices of the accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication. The program is funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.

More than 100 schools participate in the program, which awards more than $400,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

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For information, contact the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at (270) 745-4143.

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