Two University of Montana broadcast journalism students, Clark Hodges and Emily Foster, received honors from the national Hearst College Journalism Awards.
Clark Hodges, a senior from Billings, earned third place in the radio news and features. Hodges’ entry was a compilation of three radio stories he reported, wrote, voiced and edited for the UM School of Journalism’s Advanced Audio course. The stories included a first-person audio diary, a story on designer drugs and a story highlighting campus diversity issues.
By placing in third place, Hodges is guaranteed of a berth at the Hearst Awards national finals this June in San Francisco. The top five finalists in the category will compete in a live news coverage competition. Hodges will have the chance to win thousands of dollars on top of the $1,500 he already won in the preliminary round.
Emily Foster, a senior from Whitehall, earned ninth place in the television features category with stories on topics ranging from the Undie Run charity event on campus to the Brain Zone neuroscience learning center at SpectrUM Discovery Area.
Foster’s stories originally aired on “UM News,” a weekly television news program produced by journalism students highlighting happenings on the UM campus. The program airs on KPAX-TV in Missoula and other Montana News Station outlets.
The Hearst Awards, often referred to as the “College Pulitzers,” accepts contest submissions from students at nationally accredited journalism programs. The program annually awards more than $500,000 in prizes, stipends and grants.
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