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Is Journalism Living Up to Its Responsibility?

Christoph Mergerson Ph.D. ‘22, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, explores the impact of the news media in the South. “If journalism is . . . poorly serving, or excluding, or even harming Black, Latino, LGBTQ, and other historically neglected communities—then that isn’t good if we value social equity and democracy,” Mergerson said.