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Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Eight SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards
COLLEGE PARK — Student journalists from the University of Maryland and Philip Merrill College of Journalism had a strong showing when the Society of Professional Journalists announced its Region 2 2025 Mark of Excellence Awards.UMD students won eight awards and added 10 finalists across 13 categorie...View Article Details for Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Eight SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards -
Merrill College’s Sean Mussenden Named Director of UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
COLLEGE PARK — Sean Mussenden, principal lecturer at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been named director of the college's award-winning Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, Dean Rafael Lorente announced Wednesday.Mussenden had been interim director since...View Article Details for Merrill College’s Sean Mussenden Named Director of UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism -
Merrill College Alums Kara Newhouse, Aidan Hughes Join UMD Howard Center as Data Journalists
COLLEGE PARK — The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism has hired two new data journalists to its team, alums and former Howard fellows Kara Newhouse and Aidan Hughes, Interim Director Sean Mussenden announced Wednesday.Newho...View Article Details for Merrill College Alums Kara Newhouse, Aidan Hughes Join UMD Howard Center as Data Journalists -
Merrill College’s Sean Mussenden Named Howard Center Interim Director
COLLEGE PARK — Sean Mussenden, principal lecturer at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism and data editor at the award-winning UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, has been named the Howard Center’s interim director, Dean Rafael Lorente announced Wednesday.The...View Article Details for Merrill College’s Sean Mussenden Named Howard Center Interim Director -
Meet the 2025-26 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows
Learn about the terrific group of 14 master's students in the 2025-26 cohort of Howard Center for Investigative Journalism fellows at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.Our returning fellows — Liam Bowman, Cat Murphy, Ijeoma Opara, Haley Parsley and Tiasia Saunders — a...View Article Details for Meet the 2025-26 Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Fellows -
Scripps Howard Foundation Invests $5.5 Million to Extend UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is extending its support for the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism with two grants totaling $11 million over the next three years. The funding will allow the Howard Centers at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University to continue tea...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Invests $5.5 Million to Extend UMD Howard Center for Investigative Journalism -
UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing Investigation into Railroad Safety, Transportation of Hazardous Materials
COLLEGE PARK — More than two years have passed since the damaging 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. But the serious questions raised by the disaster remain.The latest collaborative investigation led by the University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism — “Off the Ra...View Article Details for UMD Howard Center Begins Publishing Investigation into Railroad Safety, Transportation of Hazardous Materials -
Scripps Howard Foundation Selects Five Merrill College Journalists to Roy W. Howard Fellowship Program
CINCINNATI – Five journalists who graduated from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism will receive hands-on investigative reporting experience working at major media outlets as the new class of Roy W. Howard Fellows. The yearlong fellowships are funded by the Scripps How...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Selects Five Merrill College Journalists to Roy W. Howard Fellowship Program -
Kathy Best, Founding Director of UMD Howard Center, to Retire at End of December 2025
A message from Rafael Lorente, dean of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism:It is with excitement for her future, sadness because we will miss her, and deep, deep gratitude for what she has meant to Merrill College that I relay to you that Howard Center Director Kathy Be...View Article Details for Kathy Best, Founding Director of UMD Howard Center, to Retire at End of December 2025 -
Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Six SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards
COLLEGE PARK — Student journalists from the University of Maryland and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism performed well as the Society of Professional Journalists recently honored the best collegiate journalism in Region 2 with its 2024 Mark of Excellence Awards.UMD students won six awards an...View Article Details for Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Six SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards -
Scripps Howard Foundation Provides Grants to UMD, ASU to Train International Investigative Journalists
CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is providing nearly $500,000 to help the award-winning Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism launch online training programs that will make in-depth investigative journalism training accessible to professional journalists in the U.S. and around the wo...View Article Details for Scripps Howard Foundation Provides Grants to UMD, ASU to Train International Investigative Journalists -
Howard Centers, AP, FRONTLINE Named Pulitzer Finalist for ‘Lethal Restraint’ Investigation into Police Use of Force
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism earned Pulitzer Prize recognition for the first time in its history Monday when the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism's “Lethal Restraint” collaboration was named a finalist for the Pulitzer for Investigative ...View Article Details for Howard Centers, AP, FRONTLINE Named Pulitzer Finalist for ‘Lethal Restraint’ Investigation into Police Use of Force