<p>This is journalism at its most pure: The 100 best student journalists in the country – hard workers, big thinkers and gifted storytellers – nominated by their peers and advisers for their potential to shape the media industry in the years ahead. Filled with energy and idealism, fueled by a hunger for new experiences and ideas, unpolluted by corporate culture or market trends, driven to be heard and make a difference, dispersed across the country and ready to be discovered by you.</p>
<p>With honors and awards, there’s always a great deal of subjectivity and imperfection surrounding the selection process. This is especially true when their best work is ahead of them. We created the UWIRE 100 because we knew we would never be able to just name, say, the top 20, or crown a single student, “the journalist of the year.” Each of these candidates boasts an honor-worthy resume and portfolio, as well as the esteem of colleagues and advisers.</p>
<p>Taken collectively, the 100 tell us something about the state of media today, and show us the faces who will be telling us the news in years to come.
– Ben French, general manager for UWIRE</p>
<p>[UWIRE</a> 100 Top College Journalists of 2008](<a href=“http://www.uwire.com/UWIRE100/uwire100_region.html]UWIRE”>http://www.uwire.com/UWIRE100/uwire100_region.html)</p>