WKU Students Honored In Hearst Multimedia Competition

May 09, 2008

Bowling Green, Ky. - Two Western Kentucky University students have been honored in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s first-ever multimedia competition.

Taylor Hayden, a senior from Dewitt, Mich., placed fifth and received a $600 scholarship. Krista Schinagl, a Bowling Green senior, placed sixth and received a $500 scholarship.

WKU’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting, which will receive matching awards, placed second in the multimedia competition behind the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Other schools in the top 10 were University of Florida; Syracuse University; University of Minnesota; Arizona State University; University of Kansas; San Francisco State University; Michigan State University; and Central Michigan University.

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.

In the spot news writing competition, the last of six writing contests, WKU’s Holly Brown, a senior from Nashville, Tenn., tied for 14th place.

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. WKU has won the photojournalism title 16 times in the past 19 years, including a second-place finish this year.

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.