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COLLEGE PARK — Mel Coffee and Alexander Pyles, faculty members at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, have been promoted to the rank of Senior Lecturer, Dean Rafael Lorente announced.

COLLEGE PARK — Ricky Podgorski ’25 placed second in the prestigious Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s national television championship, leading several students from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism who performed well in this year’s competition.Often called the “Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds yearlong competitions in writing, photojournalism, audio, television and multimedia for journalism undergraduates.

COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s nationally renowned Philip Merrill College of Journalism will launch the Media, Technology and Democracy minor in Fall 2025.