WKU Student Honored In Hearst Writing Competition

March 27, 2008

Bowling Green, Ky. - A Western Kentucky University student has been honored in the personality profile writing competition in the 2007-08 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Tavia Green, a fall 2007 graduate from Hopkinsville, placed seventh in the competition and received a $500 award. WKU’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting will receive a matching award.

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.