Andrew Astleford	Charlotte Bellis BJ '07	Brittany Darwell
Ben Fredman BJ '07	Lorenzo Hall	Christopher Hrabe
Derek Kravitz BJ '07	Ikuru Kuwajima	Jason Lamb
Ryan Luby	Sean Powers	Megan Rolland BJ '07
Jacob Stokes	Cristof Traudes BJ '07	John Tully

Missouri School of Journalism Places First Overall in 2007-2008 Hearst Competition, Wins $37,900 in Prizes

Senior Jason Lamb Wins National Broadcast News Championship and $6,000 in Prizes

Brian Brooks Journalism Studies Associate Dean

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Columbia, Mo. (June 18, 2008) -- The Missouri School of Journalism placed first overall in the 2007-2008 Hearst Journalism Awards Program, an elite national collegiate journalism competition that culminated with finals held in San Francisco from June 1-6.

In total, 16 of the School's students placed in the different writing, photojournalism and broadcast news competitions over the yearlong Hearst awards program, which is often called the "Pulitzers of College Journalism." The points accumulated by the 16 winners led to the School's overall championship. In the major competition divisions, the School placed first in photojournalism and third in writing, resulting in awards of $10,000 and $2,500 respectively.

Missouri also placed fourth in the broadcast news competition, in which senior Jason Lamb won the national championship and received a $5,000 scholarship. He qualified for the national semi-finals in San Francisco when he placed third in the television broadcast news feature competition earlier this year, winning $1,000.

Missouri's photojournalism championship effort was led by seniors John Tully and Ikuru Kuwajima, who competed in the national championship "shoot off" in San Francisco. They were invited to the national finals because of Kuwajima's second-place finish in the picture story/series competition and Tully's third-place finish in the news/sports photo competition. Both Tully and Kuwajima were runners-up in the national finals, where they each earned a $1,500 scholarship.

Cristof Traudes, BJ '07, and Megan Rolland, BJ '07, both seniors at the time of submission, helped the School take third overall in the writing competition by individually finishing second in personality/profile writing and third in feature writing, respectively. While their pieces won for writing, their stories also featured strong collaborations that involved writing, photography, multimedia and design components.

"To win this elite competition is a thrilling accomplishment for all of our students, who produce top-notch journalism day in and day out in our professional media outlets," said Brian Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration. "The credit goes not only to our talented students, but also to the professional faculty who are behind them each step of the way."

Since 1950, the Hearst Awards have recognized excellence in collegiate journalism in three categories: writing, photojournalism and broadcast news. Students active in campus media submit their work to different competitions within each category, and practicing journalists review the submissions and name the finalists. More than 100 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism participate in the contest each year. The Hearst program matches each scholarship won by students in the monthly competitions with an equal amount for the schools they represent.

This year's Hearst Award winners and their scholarship amounts are:

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