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Merrill Ph.D. Students, Faculty, Alums Honored and Present Research at 2025 AEJMC National Conference
Students, faculty and alums from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism had a far-reaching presence at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s annual conference this summer, participating in dozens of panels and research presentations. Their wo...View Article Details for Merrill Ph.D. Students, Faculty, Alums Honored and Present Research at 2025 AEJMC National Conference -
UMD Researchers Developing AI-Powered Health Warning System to Predict Disease Tied to Extreme Weather Events
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland will lead an eight-country research consortium to develop an artificial intelligence-powered early warning system to help communities prepare for and respond to diarrheal disease risks — and potentially other conditions — worsened by extreme weather events.A...View Article Details for UMD Researchers Developing AI-Powered Health Warning System to Predict Disease Tied to Extreme Weather Events -
Scripps Howard Foundation Invests $5.5 Million to Extend UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is extending its support for the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism with two grants totaling $11 million over the next three years. The funding will allow the Howard Centers at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University to continue tea...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Invests $5.5 Million to Extend UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism -
Professor Deborah Nelson Becomes 1st Merrill Faculty Member to Win UMD Kirwan Prize for Research
COLLEGE PARK — Deborah Nelson, a professor at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, has been named the recipient of UMD’s 2025 Kirwan Faculty Research and Scholarship Prize.The award recognizes a faculty member for a hi...View Article Details for Professor Deborah Nelson Becomes 1st Merrill Faculty Member to Win UMD Kirwan Prize for Research -
UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing Investigation into Railroad Safety, Transportation of Hazardous Materials
COLLEGE PARK — More than two years have passed since the damaging 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the serious questions raised by the disaster remain.The latest collaborative investigation led by the University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism — “Off the Ra...View Article Details for UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing Investigation into Railroad Safety, Transportation of Hazardous Materials -
Scripps Howard Foundation Selects Five Merrill College Journalists to Roy W. Howard Fellowship Program
CINCINNATI – Five journalists who graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism will receive hands-on investigative reporting experience working at major media outlets as the new class of Roy W. Howard Fellows. The yearlong fellowships are funded by the Scripps How...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Selects Five Merrill College Journalists to Roy W. Howard Fellowship Program -
Kathy Best, Founding Director of UMD Howard Center, to Retire at End of December 2025
A message from Rafael Lorente, dean of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism:It is with excitement for her future, sadness because we will miss her, and deep, deep gratitude for what she has meant to Merrill College that I relay to you that Howard Center Director Kathy Be...View Article Details for Kathy Best, Founding Director of UMD Howard Center, to Retire at End of December 2025 -
Six Merrill Students, Capital News Service Newscast Win 2024 CAPBA Awards
COLLEGE PARK — Six Capital News Service students and the CNS broadcast bureau at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism were honored with 2024 Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards this month.CNS swept all of the awards in the college TV bracket and a...View Article Details for Six Merrill Students, Capital News Service Newscast Win 2024 CAPBA Awards -
Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Six SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards
COLLEGE PARK — Student journalists from the University of Maryland and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism performed well as the Society of Professional Journalists recently honored the best collegiate journalism in Region 2 with its 2024 Mark of Excellence Awards.UMD students won six awards an...View Article Details for Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Six SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards -
Merrill Faculty Members Mel Coffee, Alexander Pyles Promoted to Senior Lecturer
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. Mel Coffee Coffee, who has split his four-decade journalism career between newsrooms...View Article Details for Merrill Faculty Members Mel Coffee, Alexander Pyles Promoted to Senior Lecturer -
Merrill Students Shine in 2024-25 Hearst Awards Program: Podgorski Takes 2nd in National TV Championship
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 “Pul...View Article Details for Merrill Students Shine in 2024-25 Hearst Awards Program: Podgorski Takes 2nd in National TV Championship -
Merrill College to Launch Media, Technology and Democracy Minor in Fall 2025
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.The college’s first undergraduate minor will deepen students’ understanding of how media and technology influence society, and prepa...View Article Details for Merrill College to Launch Media, Technology and Democracy Minor in Fall 2025