CoJMC students win third place in Hearst Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 2:30pm

by Molly Roe

The top 10 winners in the 2018-2019 college multimedia team reporting/news were recently announced in the 59th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program. There were 80 team entries from 49 schools received in this last multimedia competition of the year.

The CoJMC team was awarded fifth place and will receive a $1,000 award. Team members included Gabriella Parson, Merika Andrade, Emily Case, Marcella Mercer, Elsie Stormberg, Matthew Walsh and Bill Wendl. Their winning project told the story of residents of Puerto Rico and their journey to recovery from Hurricane Maria. View their winning story at http://projects.newsnetnebraska.org/globaleyewitness/in-the-dark/.

 The journalism departments of all scholarship winners will receive a matching grant.  There is no Championship component to this team competition.

 Additionally, the top 10 winners of the 2018-2019 Hearst Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition were recently announced. The CoJMC was awarded third place and a $2,000 award.

 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was awarded first place and $10,000 with the highest accumulated student points from the four multimedia competitions held this year.

The top three winners will receive their awards at the Intercollegiate Awards Presentation in San Francisco during the National Championships in June.  The fourth-through-tenth place winners receive trophies for their placement.

The Multimedia judges are: Danese Kenon, director of video and photography, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania; Mark Morris, independent visual consultant, California; Brian Storm, founder & executive producer, MediaStorm.

The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 59th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010.  The program also includes five writing, one radio, two television and two photojournalism competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. 104 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

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The Journalism Awards Program, now in its 59th year, added multimedia to the competitions in 2010.