February 28, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - A Western Kentucky University student has won the second photojournalism competition in the 2007-08 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
Phillip Andrews, a junior from Annandale, Va., placed first in the News and Sports category. Andrews and WKU’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting received matching $2,000 awards. Andrews will submit additional photos for the semifinal round of judging in May.
After two of three photo contests, WKU is in fourth place behind Missouri, Florida and San Francisco State. WKU has won the Hearst Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition 16 times in the past 18 years. Final winners will be announced in April.
Three other WKU students also have placed in the top 20 in photojournalism and writing competitions in the 48th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
Mandy McConaha, a senior from Williamsburg, Ind., placed 12th in the News and Sports photo competition. In the in-depth writing contest, Corey Paul, a Bowling Green junior, tied for 15th place and Dunja Zdero, a Louisville sophomore, tied for 18th.
Often called the “Pulitzers of College Journalism,” the Hearst program holds yearlong competitions in writing, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia with championship finals in all divisions except multimedia. The program awards more than $500,000 in scholarships and grants annually.
WKU’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting has finished in the top four overall nationally in the Hearst competition for nine consecutive years, including No. 1 finishes in 2005, 2001 and 2000.
The Hearst Journalism Awards Program is conducted under the auspices of accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, and fully funded and administered by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. For more on the Hearst program, visit http://www.hearstfdn.org/hearst_journalism/index.php
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For information, contact School of Journalism and Broadcasting at (270) 745-4143.
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