Why is the Philip Merrill College of Journalism one of the best journalism programs in the nation?
• We focus on journalism fundamentals in all media, not other areas of communication such as public relations or advertising • Small class sizes ensure one-on-one interaction with some of the best in journalism education today. • Our faculty has a prestigious mix of journalists and scholars, and includes six Pulitzer Prize winners. • The Merrill College was selected as one of 12 top j-schools as a partner in the prestigious Carnegie-Knight Initiative. The program at Maryland helps to enrich the graduate curriculum through an in-depth Carnegie Seminar and as an incubator school in the News21 program, often called the “digital ivy league.” • Newsroom executives look for Maryland students when hiring. Washington Post recruiter Peter Perl listed Maryland at the top when naming top j-programs.
