Congrats to Jessica Pons, who is the top finalist in the Picture Story/Series Competition of the Hearst Photojournalism Awards Program this year and is one of four who will compete for a semi-final round of judging in May. This was the third and final photojournalism competition of this academic year, entered by 43 students nationwide. Hats off also to SFSU student Jeff Enlow, who placed among the top 20 finalists.
 
            Jessica and the other three top finalists in the Picture Story/Series Competition, along with the top four finalists in the previous two competitions, will submit additional photos for the semi-final round of judging this May.  Of those, six photojournalists will be chosen to compete in the program's national photojournalism Championships in San Francisco, along with winners in the writing and broadcast news competitions.
 
            The photojournalism judges are:  Janet Reeves, Director of Photography, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO; Mary Shanahan, Creative Director, Town & Country Magazine, New York, NY; and Pim Van Hemmen, Assistant Managing Editor/Photography, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ.