Justin Murphy
justinmurphywriter.com
Justin Murphy joined the Democrat and Chronicle as a reporter in 2012 and quickly established himself as a must-read for his penetrating and enterprising reporting on Rochester’s troubled public school system. Years of pulling thread on the topic, and winning numerous journalism awards in the process, eventually led to his first book, “Your Children Are Very Greatly In Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York.” Published last year, the book is perhaps the most extensive and engaging history ever written of the city’s school district. The book not only drives home the obvious — that the school system is segregated and unequal — but is a call to action to achieve what Murphy calls “the joy of learning that is possible when children from different backgrounds meet the classroom on equal terms.”
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