Our Crowdfunding Groups
To keep the momentum going, we've set a stretch goal: Our hope is to raise an additional $5,000 to help us cover even more of the convention costs. We anticipate the coverage of the convention, including student housing and travel, will cost the college nearly $20,000.
We reached our goal for the matching gift challenge! In honor of Maryland Day, former CNSer and current CNN investigative reporter Chris Frates '02 matched contributions up to $500. A huge thank you to Chrism and all of the donors who helped us get $1,000 closer to our stretch goal.
ABOUT CNS
Capital News Service (CNS) is a student-powered news organization run by the Philip Merrill College of Journalism. With bureaus in College Park, Annapolis and Washington edited by professional faculty, CNS delivers news in multiple formats via partner news organizations, a destination Web site, a nightly on-air television newscast and affiliated social media channels. We provide breaking news coverage, in-depth investigative and enterprise journalism, and serve as a laboratory for students to test and develop innovative new methods of reporting and telling stories.
More than 1,000 students have gone through CNS, going on to intern and work at the nation's finest news organizations, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, the Associated Press, Politico, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, ProPublica, National Geographic, NBC News, The Dallas Morning News, The Wall Street Journal and more.
SUPPORT TERP JOURNALISTS
With this campaign, CNS will be raising money to send students to cover major news events, and in particular, the upcoming Republican and Democratic presidential conventions taking place in Cleveland and Philadelphia. The funds will also be used for student stipends, as CNSers often use their own resources to travel across the region covering breaking news stories. Using the funds raised through this campaign, we hope to alleviate out-of-pocket costs for our journalists.
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Gifts in support of the University of Maryland are accepted and managed by the University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc., an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization authorized by the Board of Regents. Contributions to the University of Maryland are tax deductible as allowed by law. Please see your tax advisor for details.
Receive a public thank you on Merrill College's Facebook or Twitter page.
Receive a newly designed CNS laptop sticker.
Receive two different versions of the CNS laptop sticker.
Your name will be included on a donor thank you page on CNS' website for your donation.
Receive an autographed copy of 'All those mornings . . . at the Post: The 20th Century in Sports from Famed Washington Post Columnist Shirley Povich' by George Solomon, Merrill College faculty member and director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $12.
Receive an autographed copy of 'A Gift for Ron: Friendship and Sacrifice On and Off the Gridiron' by Kevin Blackistone, Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $9.
Receive an autographed copy of 'Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State' by Dana Priest, a Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $12.
Receive an autographed copy of 'Poisoning the Press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture' by Mark Feldstein, a Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $26.
Receive an autographed copy of 'The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth about U.S. War Crimes' by Deb Nelson, a Merrill College faculty member and receive two different versions of the CNS laptop stickers. The fair market value of this perk is $3.
Recieve a tour of CNN's Washington Office with CNS alum Chris Frates '02, a correspondent for CNN's Investigations Unit.
Go on a tour of Mashable's Headquarters in New York.
Tour of Vice headquarters in New York with Merrill alum Adam Kerlin '12, Associate Producer of Development, Vice on HBO.
Receive a tour of CNN’s World Headquarters in Atlanta with CNS alum Michelle Krupa ’02, the editor for CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin.
Have lunch with Merrill alum and NBC4 news anchor, Eun Yang '95 at a mutually convenient time.