Students from my @merrillcollege.bsky.social Sports Reporting and Writing class covering the @nationals.com last weekend. Getting #MerrillMade Thank you Nationals.
April 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Students from my @merrillcollege.bsky.social Sports Reporting and Writing class covering the @nationals.com last weekend. Getting #MerrillMade Thank you Nationals.
Without doubt, two of the best. Congrats to #MerrillMade #PovichAdvisoryBoard members #JohnOurand #ScottVanPelt
@ourand.bsky.social @povichcenter.bsky.social
@ourand.bsky.social @povichcenter.bsky.social
The 2024 Awfulies: Best media personalities of the year
As 2024 comes to a close, we take a look at the best media personalities of the year with our annual Awfulies awards.
awfulannouncing.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Without doubt, two of the best. Congrats to #MerrillMade #PovichAdvisoryBoard members #JohnOurand #ScottVanPelt
@ourand.bsky.social @povichcenter.bsky.social
@ourand.bsky.social @povichcenter.bsky.social
🎶 Welcome to New York...
The #PovichCenter traveled with six #merrillmade students to New York City to connect with sports media professionals! The students had the opportunity to speak with Major League Soccer, SiriusXM, the WNBA and The Athletic at The New York Times!
The #PovichCenter traveled with six #merrillmade students to New York City to connect with sports media professionals! The students had the opportunity to speak with Major League Soccer, SiriusXM, the WNBA and The Athletic at The New York Times!
May 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🎶 Welcome to New York...
The #PovichCenter traveled with six #merrillmade students to New York City to connect with sports media professionals! The students had the opportunity to speak with Major League Soccer, SiriusXM, the WNBA and The Athletic at The New York Times!
The #PovichCenter traveled with six #merrillmade students to New York City to connect with sports media professionals! The students had the opportunity to speak with Major League Soccer, SiriusXM, the WNBA and The Athletic at The New York Times!
Have you heard the news? Merrill College's Fall Merch Store has been extended!
The FINAL closing date is Wednesday (Sept. 30) at 11:59 p.m.
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The FINAL closing date is Wednesday (Sept. 30) at 11:59 p.m.
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🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Sweatshirts
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🍁 PJ pants
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September 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Have you heard the news? Merrill College's Fall Merch Store has been extended!
The FINAL closing date is Wednesday (Sept. 30) at 11:59 p.m.
Get your #merrillmade merch like:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Sweatshirts
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Rain gear
and more!
ORDER WHILE YOU CAN: merrillcollege.itemorder.com
The FINAL closing date is Wednesday (Sept. 30) at 11:59 p.m.
Get your #merrillmade merch like:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Sweatshirts
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 PJ pants
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and more!
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Among the co-authors of this important study were our Sarah Oates, Wei-Ping Li and Naeemul Hassan. #merrillmade #fearlessjournalism
Our latest study finds that ethnic and Indigenous newsrooms are often on the frontlines in the fight against disinformation in the U.S. The report, produced with ASU and UMD, highlights strategies used by these media outlets across the country. Read the report: www.icfj.org/news/us-ethn...
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Among the co-authors of this important study were our Sarah Oates, Wei-Ping Li and Naeemul Hassan. #merrillmade #fearlessjournalism
Merrill students 🤝 White House Correspondents' Dinner 📰 🎤 😮
WHCA scholarship winners & #merrillmade students Caleb Winters, Sara Rooney, Marijke Friedman & Ava Thompson visited the White House for a news briefing before they attended Saturday's event.
WHCA scholarship winners & #merrillmade students Caleb Winters, Sara Rooney, Marijke Friedman & Ava Thompson visited the White House for a news briefing before they attended Saturday's event.
April 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Merrill students 🤝 White House Correspondents' Dinner 📰 🎤 😮
WHCA scholarship winners & #merrillmade students Caleb Winters, Sara Rooney, Marijke Friedman & Ava Thompson visited the White House for a news briefing before they attended Saturday's event.
WHCA scholarship winners & #merrillmade students Caleb Winters, Sara Rooney, Marijke Friedman & Ava Thompson visited the White House for a news briefing before they attended Saturday's event.
We are proud to announce five #merrillmade journalists will receive hands-on investigative reporting experiences with major nonprofit newsrooms as the Scripps Howard Foundation's NEW class of Roy W. Howard Fellows. 🧵
July 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We are proud to announce five #merrillmade journalists will receive hands-on investigative reporting experiences with major nonprofit newsrooms as the Scripps Howard Foundation's NEW class of Roy W. Howard Fellows. 🧵
ONE DAY LEFT to get your #merrillmade merch!
Show off your favorite journalism school with:
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and more!
The Merrill Fall Merch Store closes TOMORROW, Sept. 30 at 11:59 p.m.!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com
Show off your favorite journalism school with:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Sweatshirts
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Baseball caps
and more!
The Merrill Fall Merch Store closes TOMORROW, Sept. 30 at 11:59 p.m.!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
ONE DAY LEFT to get your #merrillmade merch!
Show off your favorite journalism school with:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Sweatshirts
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Baseball caps
and more!
The Merrill Fall Merch Store closes TOMORROW, Sept. 30 at 11:59 p.m.!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com
Show off your favorite journalism school with:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Sweatshirts
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Baseball caps
and more!
The Merrill Fall Merch Store closes TOMORROW, Sept. 30 at 11:59 p.m.!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com
🦸 Come with #merrillmade grad student Zsana Hoskins (@zsanajoyelle.bsky.social) to her comic book culture & entertainment class taught by The Athletic's David Betancourt (@adcfanboy.bsky.social).
Merrill College offers some amazing courses, even ones that discuss the MCU and DC Comics!
Merrill College offers some amazing courses, even ones that discuss the MCU and DC Comics!
May 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🦸 Come with #merrillmade grad student Zsana Hoskins (@zsanajoyelle.bsky.social) to her comic book culture & entertainment class taught by The Athletic's David Betancourt (@adcfanboy.bsky.social).
Merrill College offers some amazing courses, even ones that discuss the MCU and DC Comics!
Merrill College offers some amazing courses, even ones that discuss the MCU and DC Comics!
Due to popular demand, the Merrill Fall Merch Store has been EXTENDED to Wednesday (Sept. 30) at 11:59 p.m.!
This is the ONLY full merch store we will be offering this academic year, so get your #merrillmade swag while you still can!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com #fearlessjournalism
This is the ONLY full merch store we will be offering this academic year, so get your #merrillmade swag while you still can!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com #fearlessjournalism
September 27, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Due to popular demand, the Merrill Fall Merch Store has been EXTENDED to Wednesday (Sept. 30) at 11:59 p.m.!
This is the ONLY full merch store we will be offering this academic year, so get your #merrillmade swag while you still can!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com #fearlessjournalism
This is the ONLY full merch store we will be offering this academic year, so get your #merrillmade swag while you still can!
Check it out at merrillcollege.itemorder.com #fearlessjournalism
Order your new Merrill merch TODAY at our Spring 2025 Pop-up Store! Thru April 4, visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and more.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Order your new Merrill merch TODAY at our Spring 2025 Pop-up Store! Thru April 4, visit merrillcollege.itemorder.com to get your 🌟official🌟 #merrillmade, #InMyJournalismEra, #HowardCenter and #PovichCenter apparel — and more.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
All college proceeds benefit the Journalism Scholarships Fund.
May 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
#merrillmade summer interns are the best! This week, we're featuring Mara K. Bell, an editorial intern for The Frederick News-Post!
Mara covers breaking, health and science stories from a local perspective, and reported on county changes in school board policies and recycling. #fearlessjournalism
Mara covers breaking, health and science stories from a local perspective, and reported on county changes in school board policies and recycling. #fearlessjournalism
August 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#merrillmade summer interns are the best! This week, we're featuring Mara K. Bell, an editorial intern for The Frederick News-Post!
Mara covers breaking, health and science stories from a local perspective, and reported on county changes in school board policies and recycling. #fearlessjournalism
Mara covers breaking, health and science stories from a local perspective, and reported on county changes in school board policies and recycling. #fearlessjournalism
COMMENCEMENT IS HERE! Watch LIVE as our amazing Class of 2025 becomes #merrillmade: www.youtube.com/live/hPpnKCb...
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
COMMENCEMENT IS HERE! Watch LIVE as our amazing Class of 2025 becomes #merrillmade: www.youtube.com/live/hPpnKCb...
@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social formal petition to add maryland to the "actually i went to journalism school" rivalry #merrillmade
April 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
@edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social formal petition to add maryland to the "actually i went to journalism school" rivalry #merrillmade
FULL BINGO BOARD!!! Amazing job this #GivingDayUMD — y'all are the best! Your generosity today makes a BIG difference for the #merrillmade journalists of tomorrow.
If you haven't had a chance to give, there's still time! TWO HOURS left to support our students at go.umd.edu/GivingDay25
If you haven't had a chance to give, there's still time! TWO HOURS left to support our students at go.umd.edu/GivingDay25
March 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
FULL BINGO BOARD!!! Amazing job this #GivingDayUMD — y'all are the best! Your generosity today makes a BIG difference for the #merrillmade journalists of tomorrow.
If you haven't had a chance to give, there's still time! TWO HOURS left to support our students at go.umd.edu/GivingDay25
If you haven't had a chance to give, there's still time! TWO HOURS left to support our students at go.umd.edu/GivingDay25
A BIG congratulations to Deborah Barfield Berry, our Capital News Service Annapolis bureau chief and a #merrillmade Hall of Famer, for being named a finalist for two 2026 NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards!
June 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A BIG congratulations to Deborah Barfield Berry, our Capital News Service Annapolis bureau chief and a #merrillmade Hall of Famer, for being named a finalist for two 2026 NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards!
Still thinking about our wonderful December #merrillmade grads 🤗
We can't wait to see what you do in the future! #fearlessjournalism
We can't wait to see what you do in the future! #fearlessjournalism
December 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Still thinking about our wonderful December #merrillmade grads 🤗
We can't wait to see what you do in the future! #fearlessjournalism
We can't wait to see what you do in the future! #fearlessjournalism
“Lethal Restraint” is a collaboration that investigated the deaths of people from force by police that isn’t supposed to be lethal. Check out the articles and PBS FRONTLINE documentary. #MerrillMade #Terps
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Lethal Restraint – AP/FRONTLINE investigation
An AP and PBS "Frontline" investigation documenting police use of force.
apnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“Lethal Restraint” is a collaboration that investigated the deaths of people from force by police that isn’t supposed to be lethal. Check out the articles and PBS FRONTLINE documentary. #MerrillMade #Terps
apnews.com/projects/inv...
apnews.com/projects/inv...
So incredibly proud to have played a small role on the Merrill College team that was named a finalist (with Arizona State and the AP) for a 2025 Pulitzer Prize. All credit goes to Kathy Best & Sean Mussenden at the UMD Howard Center and the students who did incredible work. #MerrillMade #Terps
May 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So incredibly proud to have played a small role on the Merrill College team that was named a finalist (with Arizona State and the AP) for a 2025 Pulitzer Prize. All credit goes to Kathy Best & Sean Mussenden at the UMD Howard Center and the students who did incredible work. #MerrillMade #Terps
Our Hall of Fame induction ceremony was so great, we had to show you more photos from it. 🥰
Congrats to the 2026 #merrillmade Hall of Famers once again! #fearlessjournalism
Congrats to the 2026 #merrillmade Hall of Famers once again! #fearlessjournalism
April 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Our Hall of Fame induction ceremony was so great, we had to show you more photos from it. 🥰
Congrats to the 2026 #merrillmade Hall of Famers once again! #fearlessjournalism
Congrats to the 2026 #merrillmade Hall of Famers once again! #fearlessjournalism
Deeply saddened to learn #merrillmade alum Rick Snider passed away. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
www.audacy.com/thefandc/spo...
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Former Audacy DC columnist, on-air guest Rick Snider passes away
The Audacy DC family is saddened to learn that our good friend and former columnist, Rick Snider, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. According to friends, Snider had suffered a stroke on August…
www.audacy.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Deeply saddened to learn #merrillmade alum Rick Snider passed away. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
www.audacy.com/thefandc/spo...
www.audacy.com/thefandc/spo...
Today's #merrillmade intern is Maya Hand, who interned for the Washington Gardener Magazine.
During her internship, she covered garden-related events across the DMV, reviewed a gardening book, wrote show notes for the magazine's podcast, GardenDC Podcast, and even did some gardening herself!
During her internship, she covered garden-related events across the DMV, reviewed a gardening book, wrote show notes for the magazine's podcast, GardenDC Podcast, and even did some gardening herself!
September 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Today's #merrillmade intern is Maya Hand, who interned for the Washington Gardener Magazine.
During her internship, she covered garden-related events across the DMV, reviewed a gardening book, wrote show notes for the magazine's podcast, GardenDC Podcast, and even did some gardening herself!
During her internship, she covered garden-related events across the DMV, reviewed a gardening book, wrote show notes for the magazine's podcast, GardenDC Podcast, and even did some gardening herself!
Get comfy this fall season with #merrillmade merch!
Merrill College's Fall Merch Store is open! Head over to merrillcollege.itemorder.com to find:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Hoodies
🍁 Crewnecks
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 Blankets
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Rain gear
🍁 Tumblers
🍁 Beanies
and more! #fearlessjournalism
Merrill College's Fall Merch Store is open! Head over to merrillcollege.itemorder.com to find:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Hoodies
🍁 Crewnecks
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 Blankets
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Rain gear
🍁 Tumblers
🍁 Beanies
and more! #fearlessjournalism
September 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Get comfy this fall season with #merrillmade merch!
Merrill College's Fall Merch Store is open! Head over to merrillcollege.itemorder.com to find:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Hoodies
🍁 Crewnecks
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 Blankets
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Rain gear
🍁 Tumblers
🍁 Beanies
and more! #fearlessjournalism
Merrill College's Fall Merch Store is open! Head over to merrillcollege.itemorder.com to find:
🍁 T-shirts
🍁 Hoodies
🍁 Crewnecks
🍁 Under Armour
🍁 Blankets
🍁 PJ pants
🍁 Polos
🍁 Rain gear
🍁 Tumblers
🍁 Beanies
and more! #fearlessjournalism