CoJMC students take national and regional journalism awards

Monday, April 23, 2018 - 12:15pm

by Molly Chapple

Several CoJMC students recently won various national and regional awards. Two CoJMC students won Hearst Journalism Awards, in which 105 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. In the Sports Writing Competition, senior journalism and ADPR double-major Cody Nagel took 10th place. There were a total of 122 entries in the competition from 66 schools.

In the Multimedia-III Enterprise Competition, senior ADPR and journalism double-major Tess Williams tied for 17th place. There were 64 entries from 37 schools submitted in the third multimedia competition of the 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. The 14 monthly competitions consist of five writing, two photojournalism, one radio, two television and four multimedia, with championship finals in all divisions. The program awards up to $700,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

In addition, senior broadcasting major Kellan Heavican won first place awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Society of Professional Journalists Region 7 conference. Heavican won for news reporting and sports play-by-play. He also won an Award of Merit in Minneapolis for an additional broadcast sports entry.

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Senior broadcasting major Kellan Heavican won first place awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Society of Professional Journalists Region 7 conference.