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Merrill College, UMD iSchool Team to Launch From-Anywhere Data Journalism Master’s Program
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism and College of Information Studies (iSchool) will begin offering a new from-anywhere data journalism master's degree in the Fall 2022 semester, and will begin accepting applications this fall. The two UMD colleges will...View Article Details for Merrill College, UMD iSchool Team to Launch From-Anywhere Data Journalism Master’s Program -
Merrill’s Howard Center and Povich Center Publish First Collaboration, on College Football Deaths from Exertion-Related Illnesses
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism have teamed up for the first time to publish “Pushed Too Far,” an investigation into the 22 Division I college football player deaths from exertion-related illnesse...View Article Details for Merrill’s Howard Center and Povich Center Publish First Collaboration, on College Football Deaths from Exertion-Related Illnesses -
UMD Howard Center, NPR Partner to Launch Fellowship Program
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and NPR have launched the NPR Howard Fellow program, which will allow one student from the Howard Center to work on the NPR investigative team every summer. Allison Mollenkamp The Howard Center, housed at the UM...View Article Details for UMD Howard Center, NPR Partner to Launch Fellowship Program -
Merrill College's Ira Chinoy to Receive American Journalism Historians Association Teaching Award
Dr. Ira Chinoy has been selected to receive the 2021 American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) National Award for Excellence in Teaching. Chinoy is an associate professor at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism. The annual AJHA Teaching Award honors a college or u...View Article Details for Merrill College's Ira Chinoy to Receive American Journalism Historians Association Teaching Award -
Merrill Ph.D. Students, Faculty to Present 16 Papers at AEJMC National Conference
COLLEGE PARK -- Several Ph.D. students and faculty from the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism have been invited to present their peer-reviewed research at the national virtual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) this week...View Article Details for Merrill Ph.D. Students, Faculty to Present 16 Papers at AEJMC National Conference -
Meet the 2021-22 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows
Here are the bios for our terrific group of 14 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows. Our existing fellows — Trisha Ahmed, Nick McMillan, Allison Mollenkamp and Kara Newhouse — are joined by Marianeli De Leon, Emmett Gartner, Destiny Herbers, Victoria Ifatusin, Rachel Logan, Tatyana Mon...View Article Details for Meet the 2021-22 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows -
Merrill College's Naeemul Hassan Awarded Supplemental NSF Grant For Collaborative Project
COLLEGE PARK -- Dr. Naeemul Hassan, an assistant professor jointly appointed at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism and College of Information Studies, has been awarded a $16,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This is a supplement to an $899,000 NSF gr...View Article Details for Merrill College's Naeemul Hassan Awarded Supplemental NSF Grant For Collaborative Project -
Merrill College Launches Athlete-Branding Course, Which Begins After Passage of Name, Image and Likeness Laws
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism will offer a new course this summer to help students better understand the relationship between athlete brands and media. JOUR 459W: Sports Media & Branding starts just two weeks after the NCAA announced new name, ...View Article Details for Merrill College Launches Athlete-Branding Course, Which Begins After Passage of Name, Image and Likeness Laws -
The Washington Post Launches Academic Year Internship Program With Merrill College, Howard University
The Washington Post has announced the launch of its new Academic Year Internship Program, an immersive experience created to develop the next generation of journalists. Partnering with Howard University’s Cathy Hughes School of Communications and the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College o...View Article Details for The Washington Post Launches Academic Year Internship Program With Merrill College, Howard University -
Scripps Howard Foundation Announces Summer 2021 Class of Roy W. Howard Fellows
CINCINNATI – The summer 2021 class members of Roy W. Howard Fellows will begin their yearlong assignments in July at nonprofit news organizations with deep commitments to investigative journalism. The fellowships are an extension of the Scripps Howard Foundation’s commitment to the success of the ...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Announces Summer 2021 Class of Roy W. Howard Fellows -
Merrill Student Kate DeBlasis '21 Places Third at National Hearst Journalism Championships
COLLEGE PARK -- Kate DeBlasis ’21, a spring graduate from the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, placed third in the National Hearst Journalism Championships' multimedia competition, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation announced. DeBlasis won a $5,000 scholarship. The...View Article Details for Merrill Student Kate DeBlasis '21 Places Third at National Hearst Journalism Championships -
Howard Center’s Homelessness Project Wins SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award for Collaborative Journalism
COLLEGE PARK -- “Nowhere to Go,” an extensive homelessness investigation led by the University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, won the 2020 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Collaborative Journalism, the Society of Professional Journalists announced. The Howard Center wanted to ta...View Article Details for Howard Center’s Homelessness Project Wins SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award for Collaborative Journalism