Christoph Mergerson
@mergerson.bsky.social
📍 Journalism professor, University of Maryland
📕 PhD in media studies from Rutgers
🌪️ I study weather media
🌪️ Former NWS intern
🏛️ Also study media history, trust in news, and the well-being of media professionals
🏛️ Formerly at Brookings
📕 PhD in media studies from Rutgers
🌪️ I study weather media
🌪️ Former NWS intern
🏛️ Also study media history, trust in news, and the well-being of media professionals
🏛️ Formerly at Brookings
Also, this is a terrible premise for an article. The premise that there is or needs to be a Democratic Joe Rogan is as flawed as the premise from years ago that there needed to be a Democratic Rush Limbaugh. Stop trying to make it a thing.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
This sweary ‘wine mom’ is the Democrats’ answer to Joe Rogan
Former reality TV star from Oklahoma is emerging as one of Left’s most powerful podcasters
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Also, this is a terrible premise for an article. The premise that there is or needs to be a Democratic Joe Rogan is as flawed as the premise from years ago that there needed to be a Democratic Rush Limbaugh. Stop trying to make it a thing.
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/...
Although in fairness to the poster, you can easily find examples of other journalists who forget that themselves—so perhaps he learned from them. Yet another reason for journalists to model the kinds of practices with information that we want to see from others.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Although in fairness to the poster, you can easily find examples of other journalists who forget that themselves—so perhaps he learned from them. Yet another reason for journalists to model the kinds of practices with information that we want to see from others.
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Actually a travesty. Teen Vogue was a shockingly reputable publication with forward thinking politics that reflected the generations it represented. I've worked with several media companies in my career. Watched multiple go through "reorg" after "reorg" where competent people got axed over politics.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Actually a travesty. Teen Vogue was a shockingly reputable publication with forward thinking politics that reflected the generations it represented. I've worked with several media companies in my career. Watched multiple go through "reorg" after "reorg" where competent people got axed over politics.
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Show me your area’s free media mix — radio, tv — with its local ads and I can pretty much tell you about your local ruling class, your social hierarchy, and labor market. Show me your grocery stores and I can fill in the rest!
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Show me your area’s free media mix — radio, tv — with its local ads and I can pretty much tell you about your local ruling class, your social hierarchy, and labor market. Show me your grocery stores and I can fill in the rest!
Totally understand and very sorry that you're having to deal with all the nonsense in Washington.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Totally understand and very sorry that you're having to deal with all the nonsense in Washington.
I'll be there and would love to say hi!
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I'll be there and would love to say hi!
Here's the link to the article: sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...
Inside Brian Kelly's messy firing at LSU: How it all unraveled so quickly in Baton Rouge
How did Kelly's firing extend to Louisiana's governor? Who's footing the bill for the buyout? LSU's particularly messy situation was a product of several things, but the state's politics and LSU footb...
sports.yahoo.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here's the link to the article: sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...