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UNC Hussman School wins overall Hearst photojournalism competition, individual students place second and fourth in picture story/series category

March 31, 2016

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media placed first overall in the 2015-16 Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from both photo competition categories.

Callaghan O'Hare, a 2015 alumna from San Antonio, Texas, placed second in the “Picture Story/Series” category that focuses on a picture story/series with up to fifteen images on any subject. O'Hare is now a photography intern at The Denver Post.

Tegan Johnston, a senior from Mount Vernon, Illinois, placed fourth in the competition. Johnston is a freelance photojournalist and works with publications including The News & Observer and Grantland.com.

Winners from the category were selected from 73 entries submitted from 45 schools nationwide.

Other Hussman School 2015-16 Hearst Journalism Award winners include:
 

Broadcast Competition

Overall:

  • First Place: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Television I: Features:

  • First Place: Jaclyn Lee, junior
  • Fourth Place: Benjamin Smart, senior

Radio: News and Features:

  • Sixth Place: Louis Fernandez, senior
  • 14th Place: Elise McGlothian, senior

Television II: News:

  • First Place: CB Cotton, senior
  • Sixth Place: Sharon Nunn, junior
     

Multimedia Competition

Features:

  • First Place: Emily Rhyne, 2015 graduate
     

Photojournalism Competition

Overall:

  • First Place: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Photo News and Feature:

  • First Place: Dillon Deaton, senior
  • Seventh Place: Callaghan O'Hare, 2015 graduate

Photo Picture Story/Series:

  • Second Place: Callaghan O'Hare, 2015 graduate
  • Fourth Place: Tegan Johnston, senior
     

Writing Competition

Sports Writing:

  • Sixth Place: Zoe Schaver, junior

     

The Hearst Journalism Awards aim to support, encourage and assist students journalists at the university level. The Hearst competition is open to journalism students attending ACEJMC-accredited colleges or universities. Categories include five monthly writing competitions, two photojournalism competitions, three broadcast news competitions (one in radio and two in television) and four multimedia competitions — with championship finals in all divisions. Winners and finalists receive scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000.

For more information, visit the Hussman School's Hearst Journalism Awards page.