Ray Hiebert | Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Ray Hiebert
Professor Emeritus
BA Stanford, MS Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, MA, PhD University of Maryland

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Ray E. Hiebert is a specialist in international communication, government-media relations, mass media in society and public relations, and he has professional experience in newspapers, radio, television and public relations. From 1991 to 1995, he was director of the American Journalism Center in Budapest, and has been specializing in media developments in Hungary and Eastern Europe. He is the author of a number of books on journalism and mass media, and is the editor of Public Relations Review, a quarterly journal. Hiebert was the founding dean of the College, where he continues to teach part-time. He holds degrees from the University of Maryland, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University. He was given the University of Maryland's Landmark Award for International Service in 2000.