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UNC Hussman School wins overall Hearst broadcast competition, individual students place first and sixth in television news category

March 8, 2016

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media placed first overall in the 2015-16 Hearst Journalism Awards Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition. The school finished first last year and has placed in the top 3 for the past 11 years.

CB Cotton, a senior from Jacksonville, N.C., placed first in the “Television II: News” category that focuses on coverage of breaking or developing news stories. Cotton is an intern at WTVD with ABC 11’s Investigative Unit. She is a reporter and former anchor for Carolina Week and an anchor and reporter for Wake Up, Carolina! — the UNC Hussman School’s first morning show, which she co-created.

Sharon Nunn, a junior from Houston, Texas, placed sixth in the competition. Nunn is a Carolina Week reporter and anchor. She also works for WRAL and serves as the president of the Carolina Association of Black Journalists.

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

Photo News and Feature:

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