Student wins Hearst award for editorial

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded Patrick De Oliveira with a Hearst award and $500 scholarship Jan. 7.

De Oliveira, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, senior, placed eighth in the editorial writing competition for his Nov. 3, 2008, editorial “Why maintaining the T is a moral issue.” The editorial encouraged voters to support ballot intiatives increasing sales tax revunes for the Lawrence Transit System.

De Oliveira argued that many Lawrence residents depended on the T

“A lot of people just think about the numbers, but there’s a human element,” De Oliveira said. “It was easy to write after I researched and realized I supported it.”

The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications will also get $500 from the foundation.

According to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program Web site, 98 students from 54 universities across the country entered the competition.

The University of Kansas placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated points in the first two segments of the academic year-long competition. The final university-wide winner will be named in April.

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