About

GEN-ZiNE is a global grassroots media community for young voices rewriting the future. We believe that young people are not just the consumers of ideas, but they are also the creators of them.

 

We are writers, artists, activists, and change-makers. 

We are creative, curious, critical thinkers, and compassionate. 

We are here to disrupt and rewrite the narratives we live by.

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GEN-ZiNE strives to educate readers on a variety of social issues and provide them with language and tools necessary to take critiques from text into action. We believe in the power of storytelling, and that open discourse is an initial step in driving change.

Our readers are high school and college students who have come of age during tumultuous times, and who do not accept norms at face value. We value community above all else and believe that we can build something profound when we listen, collaborate, and learn from one another’s experiences.

 

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How we started

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Starting as a print-only zine in 2018, GEN-ZiNE was founded on the basis of designing media for social change. We’ve always strived to make activism accessible, appealing and digestible for the regular young person. GEN-ZiNE was created with the knowledge that while not everyone will dedicate their lives to public service, we must encourage young minds to think critically to expand the breadth of table topics for conversation. 

Since then, we’ve evolved into a multimedia collective, with an extensive online and offline community - a nod to the gap in and desire for a representative youth media network.

Meet the team

 

Editor-in-Chief & Founder

Anushka
Joshi

Managing Editor

Nikki
Cohen

Creative Director

Nicole
Klein

Digital Editor

Morgan
Grimm

 

Digital Editor

Emily
Richey 

Podcast Editor

Natalie Bettendorf

Community Editor

Sese
Omogbai

Community Editor

Tatiana
Brochin

 
 

Designer

Cecilia
Liu

Social Media Manager

Lucy
Pham