Application Deadline Extended

The application deadline for master's students has been extended until March 1.

Prospective students applying to start in summer or fall 2012 must submit all supporting materials by that deadline through an online application form. The old deadline was Feb. 1.


Multimedia Certificate Program

The Philip Merrill College of Journalism offers this weekend program to update the skills of professionals in a field-- news and communication-- where technology is changing so fast that it is hard to stay current.

Sign Up for Capital News Service Classes for Spring 2012

Merrill's award-winning, student-powered news organization, Capital News Service, is looking for students to join us in our Annapolis, Washington and two College Park bureaus for the Spring 2012 semester.  Fulfill an academic requirement while gaining valuable real-world experience.  Learn about the benefits and how to join.

Merrill Video Tour

For students at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, freedom means the opportunity to gain experience in one of the nation's most exciting media markets and to develop multimedia journalism skills in a new, state-of-the-art facility, working under the direction of some of the world's most accomplished professional journalists.  Watch our video brochure.

The Source Latest from Merrill's Students, Faculty, Programs and Centers

Faculty in the News

Prof. Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton professor of broadcast journalism was given another prestigious award for his book "Poisoning The Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture."

Gary Williams Talks with Merrill Students

 

Former Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams talked with sports journalism students in Shirley Povich Visiting Professor George Solomon's sports reporting class this month.

Latest from American Journalism Review

Breaking News from Capital News Service

The latest Maryland political and policy news from Merrill student reporters in our Annapolis, Washington and College Park news bureaus.

Students: Join CNS for Spring 2012!
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Merrill Radio: Terp Weekly Edition

Terp Weekly Edition is a weekly, student reported-and-produced radio newsmagazine presented in cooperation with the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland and the campus radio station, 88.1 WMUC-FM. The show airs every Monday at 6pm on WMUC radio.

Listen to the latest show online.

Student Journalism Projects

Chesapeake: Bay on the Brink

A struggle is under way for the future of the Chesapeake Bay. Will this majestic estuary survive as a flourishing body of water, or become a shadow of what it once was? This innovative multimedia package was produced by Merrill students as part of the Carnegie-Knight News21 project, led by professors Leslie Walker and Chris Harvey. 

Baltimore Urban Affairs Reporting Projects

Students in the college's Urban Affairs Reporting class use Baltimore as a laboratory to cover issues of importance to cities.  The class is taught by Sandy Banisky, Merrill's Abell Professor in Baltimore Journalism, a former deputy managing editor of The (Baltimore) Sun. The most recent project looked at low-income residents' lack of access to healthy food. 

Langley Park: the Crossroads at a Crossroad

Prince George's County has big plans for Langley Park. But there is a deep divide over what those ambitions mean for one of the largest Latino communities in the Washington area. This multimedia package was produced by students in Merrill's Carnegie seminar under the direction of professor Deborah Nelson, a Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter.

See more student work.

 

Terrapin TimeOut

Terrapin TimeOut is Merrill's student-produced sports magazine show, overseen by Merrill adjunct broadcast professor Andy Siegel, executive producer of Comcast SportsNet. Watch more episodes.