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UMD Howard Center Publishes Investigative Collaboration on OSHA's Failures to Protect Workers During the Pandemic
COLLEGE PARK -- The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland published its latest collaborative project Wednesday: “Essential and Exposed,” a deep dive into how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has failed to protect essential workers amid the pandemic...View Article Details for UMD Howard Center Publishes Investigative Collaboration on OSHA's Failures to Protect Workers During the Pandemic -
Eleven Merrill Students Honored as Capital News Service Wins 12 MDDC Awards
COLLEGE PARK -- The University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Capital News Service won 12 awards and had 11 individual students recognized in this year’s Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Press Association contest. CNS, staffed by Merrill College students and led by facul...View Article Details for Eleven Merrill Students Honored as Capital News Service Wins 12 MDDC Awards -
Dr. Kathleen Kelly, former Merrill College staff member and University of Florida professor emerita, dies at 77
Dr. Kathleen Kelly, a University of Maryland alumna who worked at UMD, died at age 77 on April 28 in St. Augustine, Florida, after a long struggle with COPD. During her time at Maryland, Kelly served as the development director at the then-College of Journalism and held various other positions on c...View Article Details for Dr. Kathleen Kelly, former Merrill College staff member and University of Florida professor emerita, dies at 77 -
Brendan Hartlove to Serve as Merrill's Spring 2021 Student Commencement Speaker
COLLEGE PARK -- Graduating senior Brendan Hartlove will be the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Spring 2021 student commencement speaker, Dean Lucy A. Dalglish announced Tuesday. Hartlove was selected in a vote by Merrill’s graduating seniors. Merrill College’s virtual ...View Article Details for Brendan Hartlove to Serve as Merrill's Spring 2021 Student Commencement Speaker -
Merrill Students Amanda Hernandez, Gabriel Pietrorazio Awarded Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarships
WASHINGTON — Amanda Hernandez and Gabriel Pietrorazio, students at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, have been selected to receive financial assistance for the 2021-22 academic year from the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation (SDX/DC). Hernandez will be receiving an SDXDC sch...View Article Details for Merrill Students Amanda Hernandez, Gabriel Pietrorazio Awarded Sigma Delta Chi Foundation Scholarships -
Merrill College Sends Nation-High Seven Students to DJNF Class of 2021
PRINCETON, N.J. — Eighty-six college students will work this summer in paid internships at news organizations around the country through the Dow Jones News Fund. The annual program, which provides pre-internship training in business and data reporting, digital media and editing, will place emerging ...View Article Details for Merrill College Sends Nation-High Seven Students to DJNF Class of 2021 -
Merrill College Dean Lucy Dalglish Wins Scripps Howard/AEJMC Award for Administrator of the Year
COLLEGE PARK -- Lucy A. Dalglish, dean of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, on Wednesday won a prestigious Scripps Howard Award in the Administrator of the Year category, the Scripps Howard Foundation and The E.W. Scripps Company announced. A team of primarily journal...View Article Details for Merrill College Dean Lucy Dalglish Wins Scripps Howard/AEJMC Award for Administrator of the Year -
UMD Student Journalists Win 16 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism were well-represented as the Society of Professional Journalists recently honored the best collegiate journalism in Region 2 with its 2020 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. Angela Roberts UMD students won 16 a...View Article Details for UMD Student Journalists Win 16 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards -
Merrill College’s Amelia Jarecke, Bethany Swain Win BEA Awards
COLLEGE PARK -- Amelia Jarecke ’22, a student at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and Merrill College Lecturer Bethany Swain have been honored with awards from the Broadcast Education Association. Amelia Jarecke Jarecke won a first-place award in the Student News c...View Article Details for Merrill College’s Amelia Jarecke, Bethany Swain Win BEA Awards -
How Merrill College Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism took some time to reflect on how we rose to the challenge of the pandemic and grew from it, beginning with thoughts from Dean Lucy Dalglish. After a year of remote classes, COVID tests, heightened anxiety, online commencements and more Zoom time than any hu...View Article Details for How Merrill College Rose to the Challenge of the Pandemic -
Povich Center Announces Sports and Politics Poll Collaboration With Washington Post, UMD Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement
COLLEGE PARK — The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism on Wednesday announced it will conduct as many as two sports and politics polls per year in collaboration with The Washington Post and the UMD Center for Democracy and Ci...View Article Details for Povich Center Announces Sports and Politics Poll Collaboration With Washington Post, UMD Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement -
Povich Center Names Late Philadelphia Sportswriter John Smallwood '87 Winner of Lacy-Smith Award
COLLEGE PARK -- John Smallwood '87, whose distinguished career as a reporter and sports columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer spanned three decades, has posthumously been named the winner of the 2021 Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award. The Shirley Povich Center for Sport...View Article Details for Povich Center Names Late Philadelphia Sportswriter John Smallwood '87 Winner of Lacy-Smith Award