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Kevin Klose, Former Merrill College Dean, Passes Away at Age 85
Kevin Klose, former dean and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and former NPR president, died Wednesday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 85.Klose served as dean from 2009-12, during which time the college completed and relocated to its state-of-the-art Knight Hall. He later taught journalism as literature, ethics and leadership courses at Merrill College and in the university’s honors program until he retired in 2020.
Merrill College’s Local News Network Joins Media Insight Project From API, AP-NORC
The Media Insight Project, a collaboration of the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research since 2014, announced today the addition of two new partners — Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, and the Local News Network at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism
‘Creating Camden Yards’: Povich Center Publishes Oral History on Making of Orioles’ Ballpark
COLLEGE PARK — “Creating Camden Yards,” a new oral history project from The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, tells the compelling story of the people and events that shaped an iconic ballpark.Student journalists conducted interviews with more than 60 key figures in the ballpark story. The project, which took more than a year to complete, includes a five-episode video series, text articles, archival photos and videos, and more.