SoJ Web Report | Feb. 20, 2011
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Sean Morrison received sixth place and Rachel Stark eighth in the college sports writing contest, the fourth of six of the competition’s writing rounds. Jayson Jenks of the University of Kansas won first place. First through fifth place winners receive scholarships.
The program includes six writing contests, three broadcast news competitions, three photojournalism and two multimedia competitions offering up to $500,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. The top five winning schools receive matching grants. The contests are staged over several months, with the school with the highest cumulative points winning a medallion. Final awards are announced in April.
IU students also have collected prizes in other categories in the series so far.
- James Brosher, BAJ’10, won third place and Peter Stevenson won 10th place in news and sports photojournalism.
- Danielle Paquette earning sixth place and Jessica Haney taking eighth place in the in-depth writing category, one of the six of the Intercollegiate Writing Competition.
- Journalism student Caitlin Johnston took first place honors in the college opinion writing competition.
- In December, journalism students Biz Carson and Kelly Cochran finished sixth and ninth, respectively, in the feature writing category.
Last year, IU finished first in the Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Writing Competition after its student journalists accumulated the most points over the series of contests. Rachel Stark finished in the top 10 in the individual contest and competed for a national title in New York in June.
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