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Thirteen Merrill Students Honored as Capital News Service Wins 15 MDDC Awards
COLLEGE PARK – The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Capital News Service won 15 awards and had 13 individual students recognized in this year’s Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Press Association contest. CNS, staffed by Merrill College students and led by faculty members, competed against professional news organizations in the annual contest. All work was entered in Division O, for online-only news organizations.
Scripps Howard Foundation Announces Summer 2022 Class of Roy W. Howard Fellows
CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is continuing its commitment to emerging investigative journalists through its newest class of Roy W. Howard fellows. Four investigative journalists were selected to participate in the yearlong fellowship. They will work closely with reporters and editorial leaders in their assigned newsrooms.
Povich Center, CDCE, Washington Post Poll Finds Most Americans Oppose Allowing Transgender Women to Play Competitive Women’s Sports
COLLEGE PARK -- The latest poll conducted by the University of Maryland’s Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism, The Washington Post and the UMD Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement revealed that most Americans oppose allowing transgender female athletes to play sports against other girls and women at the professional, college and high school l