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Merrill College Establishes Annual Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, to Host 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner at UMD in March
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has established the Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, a new annual award central to the college’s press freedom mission.
Merrill College to Host Dow Jones News Fund Data Journalism Training Camp in June 2024
COLLEGE PARK — The Dow Jones News Fund, known for its nationally competitive journalism internship training and placement program, has selected the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism to host a data-driven reporting training camp in June 2024.
Jon Franklin '70, Merrill College Professor Emeritus and Two-Time Pulitzer Winner, Dies at Age 82
Jon Franklin, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and an author and teacher who fomented the late-20th century revolution of literary journalism in American newspapers, died Jan. 21 in Annapolis, Maryland. He was 82.