Students at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism get the unique opportunity to learn from an exceptional, nationally recognized faculty that has combined to win an astounding 11 Pulitzer Prizes and five Peabody Awards. With this instruction, many #MerrillMade graduates have also gone on to win the top awards in journalism.
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Faculty Award Winners
Five Merrill faculty members have won Pulitzers: Deborah Barfield Berry, Marty Kaiser (three), Deborah Nelson (three), Dana Priest (two) and James Risen (two).
Three Merrill faculty members have won Peabodys for multimedia storytelling: Tom Bettag (two), Dr. Mark Feldstein (two) and Priest.
Learn more about our Pulitzer- and Peabody-winning faculty members and their work by reading their bios below.
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Deborah Barfield Berry
Director, Capital News Service Annapolis Bureau
Marty Kaiser
Managing Director, Capital News Service
Deborah Nelson
Professor of Investigative Journalism
Dana Priest
Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism; Professor
James Risen
Visiting Professor on Press Freedom
Peabody Award Winners
Tom Bettag
Lecturer
Mark Feldstein
Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism
Dana Priest
Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism; Professor
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Alumni
Deborah Barfield Berry (’85)
at Newsday
Kelley Benham French (M.A. ’02)
at The Washington Post
Sarah Cohen (’92)
at The Washington Post
Meredith Cohn ('91)
at The Baltimore Sun
Ryan Little (M.J. ’20)
at ProPublica
Jon Franklin (’70)
at The (Baltimore) Evening Sun
Jane Healy (’71)
at the Orlando Sentinel
Joe Palazzolo (M.A. '06)
at The Wall Street Journal
Kevin Rector ('07)
at The Baltimore Sun
Maria Reeve (M.J. ’92)
at the Minnesota Star Tribune
Talia Richman ('17)
at The Baltimore Sun
Robert Salonga (M.A. '05)
at the East Bay Times (Oakland, California)
Patrick Sloyan (’62)
at Newsday
Linda So ('05)
at Reuters
William Wan (M.J. ’03)
at The Washington Post
Chris Weaver (M.J. ’08)
at The Wall Street Journal
Pamela Wood ('00)
at The Baltimore Sun
Gerald Fischman ('79)
earned a special citation at the Capital Gazette
John McNamara ('83)
earned a special citation at the Capital Gazette
Danielle Ohl ('17)
earned a special citation at the Capital Gazette
Rachael Pacella ('13)
earned a special citation at the Capital Gazette