Paula M. Poindexter is a professor of journalism at University of Texas at Austin. In addition to publishing six books, she has been a news reporter, producer, and a Los Angeles Times executive. As the 2014 president of AEJMC, she founded News Engagement Day. Her Ph.D. degree is from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

• Who is Gen Z and What Events and Issues Have Contributed to Defining this Generation? – Social Media and News in the Lives of Gen Z – How Social Media and Smartphones Disrupted the News Engagement Socialization Process and Redefined How Upcoming Generations Get News and Feel about Being Informed – Gen Z Report Card on News, Journalism, Coverage of Their Generation –The Gen Z Voter – Barriers to a News Smart Gen Z – The Future of Journalism, the U.S., and Democracy Depend on an Informed Gen Z and a Nationwide Belief That Being Informed is Essential and a Responsibility.

Paula M. Poindexter is a professor of journalism at University of Texas at Austin. In addition to publishing six books, she has been a news reporter, producer, and a Los Angeles Times executive. As the 2014 president of AEJMC, she founded News Engagement Day. Her Ph.D. degree is from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

• Who is Gen Z and What Events and Issues Have Contributed to Defining this Generation? – Social Media and News in the Lives of Gen Z – How Social Media and Smartphones Disrupted the News Engagement Socialization Process and Redefined How Upcoming Generations Get News and Feel about Being Informed – Gen Z Report Card on News, Journalism, Coverage of Their Generation –The Gen Z Voter – Barriers to a News Smart Gen Z – The Future of Journalism, the U.S., and Democracy Depend on an Informed Gen Z and a Nationwide Belief That Being Informed is Essential and a Responsibility.

Paula M. Poindexter is a professor of journalism at University of Texas at Austin. In addition to publishing six books, she has been a news reporter, producer, and a Los Angeles Times executive. As the 2014 president of AEJMC, she founded News Engagement Day. Her Ph.D. degree is from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

• Who is Gen Z and What Events and Issues Have Contributed to Defining this Generation? – Social Media and News in the Lives of Gen Z – How Social Media and Smartphones Disrupted the News Engagement Socialization Process and Redefined How Upcoming Generations Get News and Feel about Being Informed – Gen Z Report Card on News, Journalism, Coverage of Their Generation –The Gen Z Voter – Barriers to a News Smart Gen Z – The Future of Journalism, the U.S., and Democracy Depend on an Informed Gen Z and a Nationwide Belief That Being Informed is Essential and a Responsibility.