Philip Merrill College of Journalism Professor Michael Gurevitch died Saturday morning in a London hospital. He was 77.

Read the College release and tributes to Prof. Gurevitch here.

Students of the Merrill College were among some of the most lauded in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards. Including the awards to the independent student newspaper, The Diamondback, Maryland students won 10 first place, 14 second and nine third place honors. The awards were presented at the regional conference on Saturday at Washington & Lee University.

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Anju Kaur, a reporter in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism’s Capital News Service, has been named a finalist in the 2007 Investigative Reporters and Editors contest for her stories on the state’s abysmal record of disciplining attorneys.

Kaur becomes the seventh CNS reporter since 2000 to win a finalist spot in the student category of the annual IRE contest, which is open to students nationwide.
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Geremy Bass, a Diamondback sports reporter, won 10th place in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program for his personality profile of Terrapin basketball player Bambale Osby. Bass will receive a $500 scholarship for the story, which was selected from 101 entries submitted by 60 schools nationwide. The personality profile writing award is part of the annual program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation among the nation’s accredited journalism schools. The awards are often considered the Pulitzer Prizes of collegiate journalism.

Read the award winning story, “Story Behind Boom” on The Diamondback Web site.