Márton Gergely

Márton Gergely (*1976) studied history and media studies in Budapest and Hamburg. He wrote his thesis on the German student revolts of 1968. Since 2000 he has worked for various Hungarian online and print publications. Gergely’s range of topics includes environmental protection, sports politics, and European peace movements. In particular, he works on developments in the Balkans and in the German-speaking world. In 2002 Gergely was employed in the Berlin office of the taz. As the Budapest correspondent, he continues to write for the taz and in 2011 took part in the taz media congress, speaking about the political background and emergence of the new government’s restrictive media laws. Since 2008 he has been editor in chief of the online version of Hungary’s most widely circulated national daily newspaper, Népszabadság.