San Francisco State Journalism Department

Awards

Previous years:    

2006-2007

Hearst Journalism Awards Program, Writing Competition

Christine Ferrer: 10th Place, Personality/Profile Writing, $500 Scholarship (with matching grant to school)
Edward Tan: 14th Place, In-Depth Writing

Total Scholarship Awards won by SFSU Writing Students since 2002: $2,600
Total Matching Grants to University for Writing Students' top ten prizes: $2,600

Hearst Journalism Awards Program, Photojournalism Competition

Brian Frank: 5th Place, Photojournalism Competition II, $600 Scholarship (with matching grant to school); Semi-Finalist, Championship, $1000 Scholarship
Kevin Hagen: 10th Place, Photojournalism Competition I, $500 Scholarship (with matching grant to school)
Vivian Johnson: 9th Place, Photojournalism Competition I, $500 Scholarship (with matching grant to school)
Karla Amaya: 18th Place, Photojournalism Competition III

Total Scholarship Awards won by SFSU Photo Students since 2002 (including Champ): $15,600
Total Matching Grants to University for photo students' top ten prizes: $9,100

Associated Collegiate Press

2007 ACP Online Pacemaker Finalist (awards to be announced in October)
2006 ACP Newspaper Pacemaker Winner
2006 ACP Online Pacemaker Finalist

California Newspaper Publishers Association

2006 Best College Newspaper

Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence

2006 Region 11

Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper (published less than 4 times per week)
Third Place: Staff, San Francisco State University, "Golden Gate [X]Press"

Sports Writing
Second Place: Adrienne Hill, San Francisco State University, "Lockett Legacy"

General News Photography
Second Place: Julia Robinson, San Francisco State University, "Singing Praises"

Sports Photography
Third Place: Colleen Cummins, San Francisco State University, "Sweet Science"

Online Feature Reporting
Second Place: Erick Ayapana, San Francisco State University, "Second serve at life"
Third Place: Phil de la Cruz, San Francisco State University, "Threads of time"

Online In-Depth Reporting
Third Place: Mike Wille, San Francisco State University, "Foie Gras: Rendering the issues"

San Francisco State University Journalism Department
1600 Holloway Avenue, Humanities 305
San Francisco, CA 94132
415-338-1689
jour@sfsu.edu