Hearst photo winners named

Two of the school’s photojournalism students were named finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the 2008-2009 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Lauren Cowart took fourth place and received a $750 award. Ryan Jones placed eight and won a $500 award.

The top four winners, along with the top four finalists in the other two photo competitions and two overall highest scorers, will submit additional photographs for the semi-final round of judging this June.  Six finalists will be chosen from that round to compete in the program's National Photojournalism Championship, along with writing and broadcast finalists.

The winners were selected from among 47 entries submitted from 30 schools nationwide.  

The annual photojournalism competitions are held in member colleges and universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs.