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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 editor...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Announces Summer 2022 Class of Roy W. Howard Fellows -
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...View Article Details for Povich Center, CDCE, Washington Post Poll Finds Most Americans Oppose Allowing Transgender Women to Play Competitive Women’s Sports -
Meet the 2022-23 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows
Here are the bios for the terrific group of 14 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism fellows at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Our existing fellows — Marianeli De Leon, Emmett Gartner, Destiny Herbers, Victoria Ifatusin, Tatyana Monnay, Greg Morton and Eve S...View Article Details for Meet the 2022-23 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows -
Merrill College Hires Award-winning Photojournalist Alanna Delfino as Broadcast Lecturer
COLLEGE PARK – The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has hired award-winning photojournalist Alanna Delfino as a broadcast lecturer, Dean Lucy Dalglish announced Wednesday. A multiplatform photojournalist and editor for TEGNA’s national VERIFY team, Delfino is a 2015 Mer...View Article Details for Merrill College Hires Award-winning Photojournalist Alanna Delfino as Broadcast Lecturer -
A Message From Dean Lucy Dalglish Remembering Late Merrill Student Enzo Alvarenga
Dear Merrill College students, faculty and staff members, and friends, I write with deep sadness to tell you that one of our rising sophomores, Enzo Alvarenga, was killed in an accident Wednesday while bicycling near his home in Bethesda. He was 18. To those in our Merrill College community who pe...View Article Details for A Message From Dean Lucy Dalglish Remembering Late Merrill Student Enzo Alvarenga -
Povich, Howard Centers Win Drake Group Student Investigative Journalism Award for Title IX Project
COLLEGE PARK – The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism have been awarded The Drake Group's 2022 Student Journalism Prize for Investigative Reporting on Intercollegiate Athlet...View Article Details for Povich, Howard Centers Win Drake Group Student Investigative Journalism Award for Title IX Project -
Merrill's Dr. Rob Wells Appointed to Rank of Associate Professor with Tenure
COLLEGE PARK – Dr. Rob Wells, a visiting associate professor at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been appointed to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure, University President Darryll Pines announced this week. In the fall, Wells will replace retiring facu...View Article Details for Merrill's Dr. Rob Wells Appointed to Rank of Associate Professor with Tenure -
Merrill College Spring 2022 Commencement: When, where, how to watch and more
The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism is planning to hold its Spring 2022 college commencement ceremony in person. No tickets are required for the Merrill commencement ceremony. When: Thursday, May 19, at 10 a.m. Where: Ritchie Coliseum (7675 Baltimore Ave.), University o...View Article Details for Merrill College Spring 2022 Commencement: When, where, how to watch and more -
Merrill Abell Professor Sandy Banisky to Retire at End of Summer 2022
COLLEGE PARK – Sandy Banisky, the Abell Professor in Baltimore Journalism for the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, will retire at the end of the summer. Banisky joined Merrill College in 2008 after a distinguished career at The Baltimore Sun. She was Merrill’s first Ab...View Article Details for Merrill Abell Professor Sandy Banisky to Retire at End of Summer 2022 -
Stewart Bainum Jr., Anuoluwapo A. Adefiwitan to Serve as Merrill's Spring 2022 Commencement Speakers
COLLEGE PARK – Stewart Bainum Jr., founder of The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, and graduating senior Anuoluwapo A. Adefiwitan will serve as the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Spring 2022 commencement speakers, Dean Lucy Dalglish announced. Merrill Colleg...View Article Details for Stewart Bainum Jr., Anuoluwapo A. Adefiwitan to Serve as Merrill's Spring 2022 Commencement Speakers -
Merrill Ph.D. Candidate Carolina Velloso Wins 2021 Ray Hiebert History of Journalism Student Paper Award
COLLEGE PARK -- Ph.D. candidate Carolina Velloso has been awarded the 2021 Ray Hiebert History of Journalism Student Paper Award for the best work of journalism history presented at an academic conference by any student or faculty member at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Jour...View Article Details for Merrill Ph.D. Candidate Carolina Velloso Wins 2021 Ray Hiebert History of Journalism Student Paper Award -
'Imagining the Indian,' Documentary Co-Produced by Merrill's Kevin Blackistone, Appearing on Film Festival Circuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – "Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting" -- co-produced by Kevin Blackistone, Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism -- won the Best Documentary prize at the Boston International Film Festival, and ...View Article Details for 'Imagining the Indian,' Documentary Co-Produced by Merrill's Kevin Blackistone, Appearing on Film Festival Circuit