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Merrill College to Hold Zoom Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 22 at 10 a.m.
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism announced Friday it will hold its December 2021 commencement via a live Zoom ceremony at the time of the originally scheduled in-person ceremony. The University of Maryland canceled all in-person commencement activities...View Article Details for Merrill College to Hold Zoom Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 22 at 10 a.m. -
Tom Rosenstiel, Angela Mecca to Serve as Merrill College's Winter 2021 Commencement Speakers
COLLEGE PARK – New Visiting Professor Tom Rosenstiel and graduating senior Angela Mecca will serve as the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Winter 2021 commencement speakers, Dean Lucy Dalglish announced. Rosenstiel, the former executive director of the American Press In...View Article Details for Tom Rosenstiel, Angela Mecca to Serve as Merrill College's Winter 2021 Commencement Speakers -
Povich Center Partners with Sports Business Journal to Send Student Jacob Richman to Cover Super Bowl LVI
COLLEGE PARK – The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism is partnering with Sports Business Journal to send one student to Los Angeles to cover Super Bowl LVI in February 2022. Jacob Richman The Povich Center considered app...View Article Details for Povich Center Partners with Sports Business Journal to Send Student Jacob Richman to Cover Super Bowl LVI -
Merrill College Announces Hall of Fame to Honor Alumni and Faculty
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism has established the Merrill College Hall of Fame to honor its most celebrated alumni and faculty, with the first class to be inducted during the Spring 2022 semester, Dean Lucy Dalglish announced Wednesday. The inducte...View Article Details for Merrill College Announces Hall of Fame to Honor Alumni and Faculty -
Merrill College Makes Three Major Hires to Faculty and Staff
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism has made three exciting additions to its faculty and staff, Dean Lucy Dalglish announced Tuesday. The college named veteran journalist and educator Ron Harris its next Capital News Service Annapolis bureau chief, Aaron G...View Article Details for Merrill College Makes Three Major Hires to Faculty and Staff -
Frank Quine, Beloved Former Merrill Assistant Dean and Development Director, Dies at 84
COLLEGE PARK -- Frank Quine, who spent 24 years working at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism after 18 years with the American Press Institute, died Saturday at age 84. After coming to Merrill in 1988, he served as the college’s development director and assistant dean a...View Article Details for Frank Quine, Beloved Former Merrill Assistant Dean and Development Director, Dies at 84 -
Merrill Awards Inaugural CNN Richard Davis Fellowship to Master’s Student Valeria I. González Montero
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism has awarded the inaugural CNN Richard Davis Endowed Distinguished Graduate Fellowship in Journalism to master’s student Valeria I. González Montero. Valeria I. González Montero The fellowship is funded by a $300,000 g...View Article Details for Merrill Awards Inaugural CNN Richard Davis Fellowship to Master’s Student Valeria I. González Montero -
16th Annual Povich Symposium Will Remember Curt Flood, Look at How Free Agency Changed Baseball
The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism presents its 16th Annual Povich Symposium, which will center on groundbreaking former baseball player Curt Flood approaching the 50th anniversary of Flood v. Kuhn. The landmark Supreme ...View Article Details for 16th Annual Povich Symposium Will Remember Curt Flood, Look at How Free Agency Changed Baseball -
UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing 'Printing Hate' Project on Historic Role of Newspapers in Fueling Racial Hate, Violence
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism on Monday began publishing its latest collaborative project, “Printing Hate,” a thorough exploration of the racist pasts of newspapers. From the end of Reconstruction to 1940, newspapers were the most powerful ...View Article Details for UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing 'Printing Hate' Project on Historic Role of Newspapers in Fueling Racial Hate, Violence -
Five Merrill Projects Win 2020-21 NATAS Student Production Awards
COLLEGE PARK -- Five projects by students at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism earned 2020-2021 Student Production Awards from the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. NATAS is the organization that awards t...View Article Details for Five Merrill Projects Win 2020-21 NATAS Student Production Awards -
Merrill Ph.D. Student Shannon Scovel Wins Robert K. Barney Graduate Student Essay Award
Shannon Scovel, a third-year Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, won the Robert K. Barney Graduate Student Essay Award from the Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research, which publishes the Journal of Olympic Studies. The award is given annu...View Article Details for Merrill Ph.D. Student Shannon Scovel Wins Robert K. Barney Graduate Student Essay Award -
Merrill’s Adrianne Flynn to Retire at End of 2021, CNS’ Karen Denny to Lead College Career Center
COLLEGE PARK -- Senior Lecturer Adrianne Flynn, who has run the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s internship and career development program for almost a decade, will retire on Jan. 1, 2022. Adrianne Flynn Senior Lecturer Karen Denny, who has been the director of the C...View Article Details for Merrill’s Adrianne Flynn to Retire at End of 2021, CNS’ Karen Denny to Lead College Career Center