UNC Wins Championship in Collegiate Journalism

The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication finished first overall in the Intercollegiate Competition of the 50th anniversary of the Hearst Journalism Awards, often called the Pulitzers of college journalism.

The first-place finish resulted from students placing in monthly writing, photojournalism, broadcast and multimedia competitions during 2009-10. The school placed second nationally in broadcast news and third in photojournalism in the intercollegiate competition. The school finished second in the multimedia competition.

No other school placed in the top three in three of the four overall Hearst competitions.

“This win represents the broad strengths of Carolina journalism,” said Dean Jean Folkerts. “Our immensely talented students, under the guidance of dedicated faculty members, continue to excel and innovate, and this award recognizes that.”

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, this year’s awards ceremony and individual championships were held at the Hearst Corp. in New York.

Students placing in this academic year’s monthly competitions include:

• John W. Adkisson
  First place, portrait/personality, feature and “personal vision,” photojournalism
  First place, multimedia
• Abbey Caldwell
  Eighth place, editorial writing
• Jessey Dearing
  Eighth place, picture story/series-multimedia, photojournalism
• Will Gorham
  Third place, radio feature, broadcast news
• Powell Latimer
  Tenth place, sports writing
• Ashley Lopez
  Third place, radio multimedia, broadcast news
• Juliann Neher
  14th place, spot news writing
• Courtney Potter
  Sixth place, portrait/personality, feature and “personal vision,” photojournalism
• Emily Stephenson
  11th place, spot news writing
• Arkasha Stevenson
  Third place, picture story/series-multimedia, photojournalism
• Bethany Tuggle
  Fifth place, television news, broadcast news

More online…

• Hard Copy: Journalism has been taught for 100 years at UNC. Suddenly all the news doesn’t fit with print, and the school must relearn while it teaches.
  From the September/October 2009 Carolina Alumni Review, available online to GAAmembers.
• Journalism School Launches Project on Energy, Demographics
  News report from August 2009
• Network Launches Campus Journalism Initiative, UNC Bureau
  News report from June 2008