Become #MerrillMade
We prepare YOU for the career of your dreams.
Practice innovative real-world journalism from day one, with guidance from our all-star, Pulitzer- and Peabody-winning faculty. All at one of the nation's top public universities, on the doorstep of the journalism capital of the world.
Why Merrill?
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism prepares you for the real world. Our students report from Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Annapolis and College Park through our Capital News Service. They investigate issues of national importance at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and learn to look beyond the box score at The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. Data reporting is weaved through every inch of our curriculum and practiced in our signature programs. Our graduates are hired and desired by the top news outlets in the country.
There are a few standout journalism colleges in the country. But Merrill is the only one standing in the media capital of the world, which serves as its laboratory.
Howard Center
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism allows students to work with news organizations and universities across the country to report stories of national and international importance.
Povich Center
The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism prepares students to be innovators and leaders in all facets of sports media. Its experiential curriculum and public programs elevate and amplify discussion of race, gender, politics and the world.
Capital News Service
Overseen by professional journalists, Capital News Service is the University of Maryland’s student-powered news organization with bureaus and news teams in Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington and College Park.
National Association of Black Journalists
NABJ, headquartered in Knight Hall, is an organization of journalists, students and media professionals providing quality programs and services to, and advocating on behalf of, Black journalists.
More Centers and Organizations
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism hosts and supports a number of signature centers and organizations in Knight Hall, a state-of-the-art facility just a few miles from Washington, D.C.
Cutting-Edge Research
The college's faculty and graduate students are active researchers, serving the public and the profession by producing rigorous scholarly work that seeks to improve journalism.
Truly one of the great journalism schools.
#MerrillMade Alumni
Connie Chung
News
Merrill College's Shuning Lu Awarded Do Good Campus Fund Grant for Local News Project
COLLEGE PARK — Dr. Shuning Lu, assistant professor in media, democracy and technology at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been awarded a $21,500 grant from the UMD Do Good Campus Fund for her project, “Catalyzing Storytelling for Local Ethnic Communities.”
Kevin Klose, Former Merrill College Dean, Passes Away at Age 85
Kevin Klose, former dean and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and former NPR president, died Wednesday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85.Klose served as dean from 2009-12, during which time the college completed and relocated to its state-of-the-art Knight Hall. He later taught journalism as literature, ethics and leadership courses at Merrill College and in the university’s honors program until he retired in 2020.
Merrill College’s Local News Network Joins Media Insight Project From API, NORC
The Media Insight Project, a collaboration of the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research since 2014, announced today the addition of two new partners — Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, and the Local News Network at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism&