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Merrill's Povich, Howard Centers Publish Latest Project, ‘Youth Tackle Football: Balancing Risks and Rewards Depends on Race and Place’
COLLEGE PARK — Youth participation in tackle football has been declining for years as medical studies have linked the sport with brain injury and long-term behavioral issues.“Youth Tackle Football: Balancing risks and rewards depends on race and place” — a four-month investigation published Tuesday ...View Article Details for Merrill's Povich, Howard Centers Publish Latest Project, ‘Youth Tackle Football: Balancing Risks and Rewards Depends on Race and Place’ -
Journalism Student-Alum Career Week 2024: Informational Interviews and Panels
Merrill College’s Student-Alumni Career Week is back!During the week of Feb. 26-March 1, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism will host informational interviews with alumni working in journalism- and media-related fields, and a series of events featuring alumni and guests.Students can sign up fo...View Article Details for Journalism Student-Alum Career Week 2024: Informational Interviews and Panels -
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. The awards honor Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner and acclaimed champion of g...View Article Details for Merrill College Establishes Annual Maria Ressa Prizes for Courage in Journalism, to Host 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner at UMD in March -
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. The eight-day training will b...View Article Details for Merrill College to Host Dow Jones News Fund Data Journalism 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. Franklin, a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of...View Article Details for Jon Franklin '70, Merrill College Professor Emeritus and Two-Time Pulitzer Winner, Dies at Age 82 -
Merrill College Names CNN’s Christi Parsons Director of Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has named CNN Enterprise Editor and Assistant Managing Editor Christi Parsons a new faculty member and the new director of Capital News Service’s Annapolis bureau. Capital News Service is the college’s student-powered ...View Article Details for Merrill College Names CNN’s Christi Parsons Director of Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau -
Merrill College Names Education Week’s Stacey Decker Director of Capital News Service Audience Engagement Bureau
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has named longtime Education Week editor Stacey Decker the new director of Capital News Service’s audience engagement bureau. Capital News Service is the college’s student-powered news organization with bureaus and new...View Article Details for Merrill College Names Education Week’s Stacey Decker Director of Capital News Service Audience Engagement Bureau -
Scripps Howard Fund Announces Spring 2024 Class of Roy W. Howard Fellows
CINCINNATI — Five investigative journalists will receive hands-on training working with major nonprofit media outlets as part of the Scripps Howard Fund’s Roy W. Howard Fellowship program.The newsrooms participating in the yearlong program are: Asheville Watchdog, Inside Climate News, National Publi...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Fund Announces Spring 2024 Class of Roy W. Howard Fellows -
Merrill College Launches Documentary Master’s Concentration
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism will launch a documentary master’s concentration beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, Dean Rafael Lorente announced Monday. The Fall 2024 application deadline for the master’s program is Jan. 17. “Documentary films ...View Article Details for Merrill College Launches Documentary Master’s Concentration -
APPLY TODAY: Merrill College's Capital News Service Searching for New Annapolis, Audience Engagement Bureau Directors
We're hiring! The University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism has begun searches for two bureau director positions with Capital News Service, the college's student-powered news organization. Below are job descriptions for CNS Annapolis Bureau Director and CNS Audience Engagement ...View Article Details for APPLY TODAY: Merrill College's Capital News Service Searching for New Annapolis, Audience Engagement Bureau Directors -
Merrill College’s Krishnan Vasudevan on His Full-Length Documentary Debut, ‘One Driver, One Mic’
Dr. Krishnan Vasudevan, the associate professor in visual communication at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, in 2022 premiered his first full-length documentary, “One Driver, One Mic.” Krishnan Vasudevan The film chronicles how a group of immigrant cab drivers in ...View Article Details for Merrill College’s Krishnan Vasudevan on His Full-Length Documentary Debut, ‘One Driver, One Mic’ -
Merrill College’s Capital News Service Launches News App on Apple and Google Play
COLLEGE PARK — Capital News Service, the nonprofit, student-powered news organization run by the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has launched its first news app. The new app features work produced by Capital News Service and its partners — the Local News Network, the...View Article Details for Merrill College’s Capital News Service Launches News App on Apple and Google Play