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#merrillmade alum Andrea is challenging our community to come up with at least 240 donors, and we're halfway there! Andrea will donate up to $15,000 if we can surpass that total! GIVE TODAY: go.umd.edu/GivingDay23

On Wednesday, more than 210 members of our community came together to donate nearly $87,000 for the next generation of #merrillmade journalists! Your generosity will make a huge difference for our students. THANK YOU to everyone who made this #GivingDayUMD such a success!

More than any other state in the nation, Mississippi depends on writers to tell its story. Writers explain this place to Mississippi. Writers explain Mississippi to the world. Greenfield Farm is an investment in Mississippi’s community of artists. youtu.be/rqb3r_v6ut4

Our latest: FOIAengine: Requests Pointed to SBF’s Shaky World Long Before FTX Imploded lawstreetmedia.com/insights/foiae… via Law Street

Congratulations to Jerry Zremski, leader of our The Local News Network, on being named a faculty champion by the University of Vermont Center for Community News! #fearlessjournalism MORE: go.umd.edu/3yCr4MB (1/2)

Wonderful news — congratulations to our Associate Professor Ira Chinoy on this much-deserved honor! #fearlessjournalism

Clash of the Titans: Elon Musk Battles a FOIA Activist lawstreetmedia.com/insights/clash… via Law Street

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Latest from #FOIAengine and #PoliScio: Big Bet on Brain Implants: Elon Musk, Cyborgs, and FOIA lawstreetmedia.com/insights/big-b… via Law Street

Explore and dive-deep into current Wall Street Journal investigativereporting based on insights from our new product FOIAengine. buff.ly/3Kn42zW The Wall Street Journal #FOIA

Exciting news! Fastcase is merging with vLex BEFORE: Our goal has been "Democratize the [U.S.] law!" AFTER: Our new goal: "Democratize the [World's] law!" Fastcase + vLex + #SALI (free, open) = Well-structured, worldwide #legal #data! SALI Alliance™ lawnext.com/2023/04/in-maj…

Latest from PoliScio Analytics: #FOIA Requests Presaged the Post-Roe Fight Over Abortion Rights #Dobbs lawstreetmedia.com/uncategorized/… via Law Street

We are thrilled to share that #UMD has chosen Rafael Lorente to be our next dean! @ProfLorente, a #merrillmade alum, will succeed Dean Lucy Dalglish on July 1. He has been our associate dean for eight years. Congratulations, Rafael! MORE: go.umd.edu/DeanLorente

@ProfLorente Provost Jennifer King Rice: “Over the past 20 years, Rafael has proven his commitment to everything our university values and strives for: creating a diverse and inclusive community, providing our students unparalleled opportunities, and pursuing excellence in everything we do.”

Provost Rice (cont.): “Under his leadership, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism will teach the next generation of journalists to research, investigate and contextualize the grand challenges of our time.” #fearlessjournalism

Foreign Bribery Investigations Loom for @Pfizer lawstreetmedia.com/insights/forei… via Law Street #FCPA

Whistleblower, or Opportunist? A Short Seller Helps the Government lawstreetmedia.com/uncategorized/… via Law Street

An introductory message from our new dean, Rafael Lorente. #merrillmade #fearlessjournalism