Julian Berger
Race & Equity ReporterJulian Berger is a Race & Equity Reporter at WFAE, Charlotte’s NPR affiliate. His reporting focuses on Charlotte's Latino community and immigration policy. He is an award-winning journalist who has earned Regional Edward R. Murrow and RTDNAC awards for his coverage of heightened immigration enforcement.
Before joining WFAE, Berger worked in both print and television news. At La Noticia, a Spanish-language newspaper serving North Carolina, he covered immigration, education and community issues affecting Latino families. He later worked as a production assistant at NBC News, supporting network coverage by editing video, writing scripts and assisting in the studio.
Berger is president of the Charlotte chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
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The arraignment of a Honduran man accused of stabbing a fellow passenger on Charlotte's light rail last December has been postponed until January. -
More than 16,000 Hispanic voters cast ballots in Mecklenburg County during the early voting period, surpassing the total number of Hispanic voters who participated in the 2022 midterm elections. -
Time Out Youth is celebrating 35 years of supporting LGBTQ young people in Charlotte with an open house and birthday party on Friday. -
Hector Vaca, immigrant justice director at Action NC, met Huerta in Charlotte in 2015. Vaca said she was visiting as part of a tour involving the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the National Immigration Law Center. -
With Election Day just one week away, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper is making his final push to reach voters. -
Latino voters in Mecklenburg County have cast far more early ballots in this year’s midterm election than at the same point in 2022. -
Elected officials and immigrant advocacy organizations want answers after ICE held at gunpoint and detained a U.S. citizen in east Charlotte on Wednesday, in a targeted operation to arrest the undocumented passenger in the truck. -
Atilio Portillo says ICE agents pointed a gun at his face, broke his truck windows and detained him during an arrest in east Charlotte on Wednesday.
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A Charlotte photographer’s portraits highlight the humanity of the local Latino community. The project, “Latinx Portraits,” opens in east Charlotte on Saturday. -
Mecklenburg County election officials say they have no confirmed reports that federal law enforcement agents plan to appear at local polling places.
