Four Missouri Photojournalism Students Win in the National Hearst Journalism Awards Program

Patrick Fallon	John Hook
Anjali Pinto	John Tully

Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2009) -- Four Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism students placed in the 2008-2009 Hearst Journalism Awards Program competition.

Overall the School placed in the top five of the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition. The winners garnered points from Hearst's three photojournalism categorical competitions for the School's overall placement.

The Portrait/Personality and Personal Vision category drew 81 entries from 47 schools nationwide. The Missouri Journalism winners are:

The Picture Story/Series category attracted 47 entries from 30 schools nationwide. Winning from Missouri is:

Sample photos taken by Hearst-winning Missouri Photojournalism students Patrick Fallon (left) and Anjali Pinto (right).

A total of 69 entries from 41 schools nationwide were submitted to the News and Sports category. The School's winners is:

The School also placed second overall in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the Hearst awards program, with five students receiving top rankings. This competition is often called the "Pulitzers of College Journalism."

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. There are 110 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs that are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.

The Missouri photojournalism program is the world's first such program. It is home to the Angus and Betty McDougall Center for Photojournalism Studies, named for the renowned photography innovator and educator and his wife. The Center preserves collections of photographs by newspaper, magazine and documentary photographers and makes the images available for archival, research, exhibition and educational use.

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