Become #MerrillMade
We prepare YOU for the career of your dreams.
Practice innovative real-world journalism from day one, with guidance from our all-star, Pulitzer- and Peabody-winning faculty. All at one of the nation's top public universities, on the doorstep of the journalism capital of the world.
Why Merrill?
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism prepares you for the real world. Our students report from Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Annapolis and College Park through our Capital News Service. They investigate issues of national importance at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism and learn to look beyond the box score at The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. Data reporting is weaved through every inch of our curriculum and practiced in our signature programs. Our graduates are hired and desired by the top news outlets in the country.
There are a few standout journalism colleges in the country. But Merrill is the only one standing in the media capital of the world, which serves as its laboratory.
Howard Center
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism allows students to work with news organizations and universities across the country to report stories of national and international importance.
Povich Center
The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism prepares students to be innovators and leaders in all facets of sports media. Its experiential curriculum and public programs elevate and amplify discussion of race, gender, politics and the world.
Capital News Service
Overseen by professional journalists, Capital News Service is the University of Maryland’s student-powered news organization with bureaus and news teams in Annapolis, Baltimore, Washington and College Park.
National Association of Black Journalists
NABJ, headquartered in Knight Hall, is an organization of journalists, students and media professionals providing quality programs and services to, and advocating on behalf of, Black journalists.
More Centers and Organizations
The Philip Merrill College of Journalism hosts and supports a number of signature centers and organizations in Knight Hall, a state-of-the-art facility just a few miles from Washington, D.C.
Cutting-Edge Research
The college's faculty and graduate students are active researchers, serving the public and the profession by producing rigorous scholarly work that seeks to improve journalism.
Truly one of the great journalism schools.
#MerrillMade Alumni
Connie Chung
News
Merrill College's Capital News Service Wins 27 MDDC Press Association Awards
COLLEGE PARK — Capital News Service, the student-powered news outlet operated by the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, won 27 awards with 20 individual students and multiple bureaus recognized in this year’s Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Press Association contest.
Povich Center’s ‘Creating Camden Yards’ to Air on Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
COLLEGE PARK — “Creating Camden Yards,” an oral history documentary produced by The Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, will make its broadcast premiere on Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) this June.
Merrill College, UMD Student Journalists Win Eight SPJ Mark of Excellence Regional Awards
COLLEGE PARK — Student journalists from the University of Maryland and Philip Merrill College of Journalism had a strong showing when the Society of Professional Journalists announced its Region 2 2025 Mark of Excellence Awards.