Penny Bender Fuchs | Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Penny Bender Fuchs
Director of Career Development and Internships
M.A., Maryland

Office: 3116 Journalism
Phone: 301-405-2796
E-mail: pfuchs@jmail.umd.edu

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. She also has worked at States New Service, The Daily Press in Newport News, Va., the Lynchburg (Va.) News & Advance and the Daily Record in Harrisonburg, Va. A 2000 master's graduate of the Merrill College, Fuchs is working on her doctorate, which she hopes to finish in about a year.

Courses Taught: JOUR 199 -- Journalism Apprenticeship; JOUR 201 -- News Reporting and Writing I; JOUR 399 -- Supervised Journalism Internship

Expertise: Women in media, career planning, newspaper features sections

Campus Committees: College -- PCC; university -- assessment coordinators' committee

Affiliations: AEJMC, AASFE