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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 anno
Merrill College Launches Video Production and Documentary Filmmaking Minor in Spring 2026
COLLEGE PARK — The University of Maryland’s nationally renowned Philip Merrill College of Journalism is launching the Video Production and Documentary Filmmaking minor at the start of the Spring 2026 semester.
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.