Broadcast news senior Karilynn Galiotos placed sixth in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Galiotos, a native of Evans City, Pa., earned her award in the “Hard News” category for her stories on a firefighter shortage in Morgantown and overcrowding in West Virginia jails. Both pieces ran on the student-produced newscast, “WVU News,” which is available on WVU’s YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/westvirginiau. Galiotos received a $500 dollar award and a matching grant for the School.
In addition, West Virginia University placed in the top 10 overall in the Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition.
The Hearst Awards Program is the premier competition for college journalism. Awards are presented annually under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with full funding by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The program’s mission is to encourage and support excellence in journalism and journalism education in America’s colleges and universities.