Jeanne Cummings, an adjunct professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, will be inducted into the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism Hall of Fame. The 2025 Hall of Fame class was selected by a Hall of Fame committee that consists of members of the Board of Visitors, as well as students and faculty. Induction into the Hall of Fame recognizes an alum honoree’s lifetime professional achievement in their chosen field, and a faculty honoree’s contributions to Merrill College.
Cummings served as a deputy bureau chief in Washington for The Wall Street Journal from 2015 until 2024. She was responsible for daily news and analysis coverage and managing recruitment and hiring. Prior to this position, Cummings served as the Journal’s political editor, overseeing coverage of the 2016 presidential race and 2018 midterm elections. In her first tour at the Journal, she spent 10 years covering Congress and the White House and won the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award for excellence in covering the presidency in 2020.