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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 -
Journalist Alison Burns ’93 to Join Merrill College Broadcast Faculty as Lecturer in Fall 2021
COLLEGE PARK -- Broadcast journalist Alison Burns ’93 will join the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s professional-track broadcast faculty as a lecturer starting in Fall 2021, Dean Lucy A. Dalglish announced. Burns has worked for four semesters as the director of Merrill...View Article Details for Journalist Alison Burns ’93 to Join Merrill College Broadcast Faculty as Lecturer in Fall 2021 -
Sports Writing in the Pandemic
This essay was an assignment in Mark Hyman's Sports and Society course All I wanted to do for months was write about sports. I wanted nothing more than to go to a game, feel the energy, watch an entertaining matchup and have the satisfaction of finding the perfect lede after an exhaustingly back-an...View Article Details for Sports Writing in the Pandemic -
Merrill's Vanessa Nichols-Holmes Wins UMD OMSE Excellence in Service Award for Outstanding Staff Member
COLLEGE PARK -- Vanessa Nichols-Holmes, the assistant dean for business operations at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Service Award for Outstanding Staff Member by the UMD Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education...View Article Details for Merrill's Vanessa Nichols-Holmes Wins UMD OMSE Excellence in Service Award for Outstanding Staff Member -
Sports Writing in the Pandemic
This essay was an assignment in Mark Hyman's Sports and Society course Working as a sports journalist is difficult enough. What about when you’re in the middle of a worldwide pandemic? Almost impossible. So, how am I, a sports journalist, succeeding amidst the coronavirus pandemic? Hard work and pe...View Article Details for Sports Writing in the Pandemic -
Merrill's Capital News Service Launches Maryland COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard
Capital News Service, the nonprofit, student-powered news organization run by the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, on Thursday launched a website to help Marylanders navigate the sometimes-confusing process of getting vaccinated for the coronavirus.View Article Details for Merrill's Capital News Service Launches Maryland COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard -
Merrill College Dean Lucy Dalglish Named Finalist for Scripps Howard Award
COLLEGE PARK -- Lucy A. Dalglish, dean of the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, has been named one of two finalists for a prestigious Scripps Howard Award in the Administrator of the Year category, the Scripps Howard Foundation and The E.W. Scripps Company announced. A te...View Article Details for Merrill College Dean Lucy Dalglish Named Finalist for Scripps Howard Award -
Merrill's Ira Chinoy Wins AEJMC Award for Excellence in Teaching Media History
COLLEGE PARK -- The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) History Division has named Dr. Ira Chinoy, an associate professor at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, one of five winners of the Jinx Coleman Broussard Award for Excellence in t...View Article Details for Merrill's Ira Chinoy Wins AEJMC Award for Excellence in Teaching Media History -
Merrill Student Kate DeBlasis '21 Places in Hearst Multimedia Innovative Storytelling Award Competition
COLLEGE PARK -- Kate DeBlasis ’21, a senior journalism major at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, took second place in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Multimedia Innovative Storytelling competition, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation announced. DeBlasis won...View Article Details for Merrill Student Kate DeBlasis '21 Places in Hearst Multimedia Innovative Storytelling Award Competition