Become #MerrillMade
Learn from the best. Become one of the best.
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 Student Angela Roberts '21 Wins Second Place In Hearst Explanatory Reporting Award Competition
COLLEGE PARK -- Angela Roberts ’21, a senior journalism and criminal justice double major at the University of Maryland, placed second in the Explanatory Reporting Award competition as part of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s 61st annual Journalism Awards Program.
Merrill College's DeNeen Brown at Heart of Upcoming National Geographic Documentary on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Geographic Documentary Films announced it is partnering with acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter ("The Way I See It," "Good Trouble: John Lewis") and Trailblazer Studios on a feature documentary that sheds new light on a century-old period of intense racial conflict.
Merrill Adjunct Lecturer Edward Alwood Named to UMD Harriet Tubman Department Affiliate Faculty
COLLEGE PARK -- Edward Alwood, an adjunct lecturer at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been named an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS).