CALL FOR ENTRIES
Students News Competition

TV Best newscast Hard news reporting Feature reporting

Radio Best newscast Hard news reporting Feature reporting

Newscast entries should run between five and 30 minutes. Individual reporting entries should run between 1:30 and 5:00. Sports entries should go into either the hard news or feature category, depending on the nature of the piece.

There is a $35 dollar entry fee for newscast entries, and a $10 fee for individual entries. Make checks payable to BEA. Winners will receive engraved plaques.

TV entries must be on VHS tape, with radio entries on audio cassette. Entry deadline is December 1. Any newscast or individual report produced between Dec. 1, 2000 and Nov. 30, 2001 is eligible. Only student work will be considered. Shows or reports for which faculty or professionals played more than a supervisory role will not be judged. Hence, stories completed during internships are not eligible, unless shot, written, voiced, and edited by students.

There is no limitation regarding the size of audience, frequency of broadcast, or method of dissemination. All entries will compete head-to-head, regardless of the size of the institution, whether the newscast is live or live to tape, etc. Each college or university is limited to two newscast entries; each individual is limited to two entries per reporting category. Please include a letter detailing how and when the piece was aired, and listing the names of the students involved.

Send television entries to: Dana Rosengard Dept. of Journalism 312 Meeman Bldg. University of Memphis Memphis, TN 38152

Send radio entries to: C. A. Tuggle School of Journalism and Mass Comm. CB#3365 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599