Directory | Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Administration
Administrators at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism include experts in areas such as journalism, student personnel services, computers and development. They run programs essential to furthering the college's academic mission, including those involving academic advising, recruitment, orientation, internships, technology, outreach to high schools, and alumni.

Kevin Klose
Dean and Professor
A former editor, and national and foreign correspondent with The Washington Post, Klose is an award-winning author and worldwide broadcasting executive. He joins the Merrill College from National Public Radio where he served as president and president emeritus. Prior to joining NPR, Klose served successively as director of U.S. international broadcasting, overseeing the U.S. Government's global radio and television news services (1997-98) and president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), broadcasting to Central Europe and the former Soviet Union (1994-97)

Olive Reid
Associate Dean, Director of Undergraduate Programs
Olive Reid oversees undergraduate recruitment, orientation and advising at the College. She serves on a number of campus-wide committees, including the Provost's Commission on Advising and the Training Task Force. She teaches UNIV 100, which orients first-semester freshmen to the university and the journalism major.

Steve Crane
Assistant Dean
An alumnus of the College, Steve Crane now serves as the College's assistant dean. Previously he was Washington bureau director for the College's Capital News Service. Crane is a former deputy metro editor and statehouse reporter for The Washington Times. He also worked as a reporter for The Parkersburg (W.Va.) Sentinel and The South Prince George's (Md.) Independent.

Marchelle Payne
Assistant Dean, Executive Director of Maryland-District of Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Marchelle Payne-Gassaway has a joint appointment with the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and the University's Division of Letters & Sciences. In journalism she is the executive director of the Maryland-District of Columbia Scholastic Press Association. In Letters & Sciences, she serves as liaison for the Division of Letters and Sciences and assists students interested in becoming journalism majors.

Frank Quine
Assistant Dean
Frank Quine joined the University of Maryland’s College of Journalism in 1988 after 18 years with the executive staff of the American Press Institute (API), the newspaper industry’s management training center in Reston, Va. He has served as chief development officer of the College and is vice president of American Journalism Review, the national magazine on press and media performance published by the Merrill College.

Matthew C. Sheehan
Director of Public Affairs and Assistant to the Dean
Matt Sheehan is the director of public affairs for Merrill. He was an assistant news editor at The Washington Post, and now holds an M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at Maryland. An alumnus of the Merrill College, he served as editor of The Diamondback and was a Scripps Howard Top 10 scholar. Today he serves as the communication director for the school, facilitates special projects and alumni outreach and coordinates special events.

Clint Bucco
Director of Computer Services
Clint Bucco oversees the College's computer laboratories and the computers used in offices in the Journalism Building, and he provides software and technical support to the College's faculty and staff. He also maintains the local journalism servers and networks, including those for UMTV, American Journalism Review, Capital News Service and the College's affiliated journalism centers.

Penny Bender Fuchs
Director of Career Development and Internships
Penny Bender Fuchs heads the administration of student internships, career placement and scholarships. Fuchs, who has many industry contacts from her long journalism career, also teaches newswriting and handles the college's assessment program. Prior to joining the college, she spent 10 years covering Capitol Hill, primarily for Gannett News Service, the national wire for Gannett's 100 daily newspapers.