How does Gen Z find identity in the new America?
It’s become increasingly difficult for young people, who are still developing their values, their careers, their communities, and their hobbies, to make sense of the chaos both around them and inside them.
This magazine captures that FrenZy, an entire generation’s scramble to know who they are in a world full of unreliable strangers telling them who to be.
Our Team
Rana Alsoufi
Rana Alsoufi is a New York-based writer and Magazine & Digital Storytelling student at New York University. She considers herself a generalist, but enjoys writing about lifestyle, social justice and culture, to name a few interests. Her work has appeared in the L.A. Times. To unplug, she likes to read physical magazines and newspapers on the subway, and walk around New York with no headphones and no phone — just alone with her thoughts.
Katie Bradshaw
Katie Bradshaw is an M.A. candidate at New York University studying journalism in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program, with a B.A. from Baylor University. She enjoys writing about fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and anything that has a little glitz and glam to it. To unplug, she enjoys visiting art museums, reading romance novels, and planning tomorrow’s outfit.
Hudson Burrows
Hudson Burrows is in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program at New York University. She graduated from Binghamton University where she majored in psychology and was the arts & culture editor for the school paper. She is currently an intern at Straus News, which has solidified her goals to pursue political reporting. To unplug, she enjoys dissociating on long walks.
Paulina Albarracin
Paulina Albarracin is an M.A. candidate in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Her work has appeared in the Queens Post, QNS and Cooper Squared. She is an intern for QNS and a blogger for Queens Distance Runners. She loves writing about running, politics and happenings in her home borough of Queens. To unplug, she enjoys browsing vinyl records, searching for artsy murals and running through the streets of NYC.
Danielle Ortiz
Danielle Ortiz is an M.A. candidate in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program at New York University. She loves writing about food, art and lifestyle. To unplug, she enjoys getting outside, whether it’s to check out coffee shops or go on a run.
Dean Kopitsky
Dean Kopitsky is a graduate student in New York University’s Literary Reportage program. His writing has appeared in Hell Gate, Atlanta Magazine and the Albany Times Union. At NYU, he’s covering the false promises of cannabis legalization in New York. To unplug, he reads Robert Caro’s ouvre and writes with a fountain pen.
Gaby Aguilar
Gaby Aguilar is a master’s candidate in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program at New York University. A seasoned arts and entertainment reporter, Aguilar has worked as a music writer, red carpet correspondent, and podcasts host in the film and television space since 2021. She has interviewed Academy Award-winning directors, Grammy Award nominees, and notable pop culture icons such as Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, whom she profiled for the cover of RANGE Magazine, a national publication in her home country of Canada. In her spare time, Aguilar enjoys ranting about One Direction, rewatching 30 Rock, and crocheting farmyard animals.
Jacqueline Reynolds
Jacqueline Reynolds is in the Literary Reportage MFA program at New York University. She covers art scenes and other things. Before moving to New York, she was the arts and culture reporter for the Aspen Daily News and the editor of a seasonal magazine. To unplug, she reads books of fiction and poetry and tries to forget the concept of time.
Julia Shanker
Julia Shanker is a Brooklyn-based writer, editor and producer originally from East Lansing, Michigan. She is in the Literary Reportage program at New York University. Her work explores the intersections of health and politics, among other things. To unplug, Julia likes to cook fancy meals while listening to Ella Fitzgerald.
Kelsey Mikena Goldbach
Kelsey Mikena Goldbach is a Master’s candidate in the Magazine and Digital Storytelling program at New York University. Ever the overthinker, she feels most at home composing cultural think-pieces about fashion, film and society. To take a break from doom-scrolling on TikTok, Kelsey can be found scouring the Chelsea T.J.Maxx for a good deal… or impulsively bleaching her eyebrows.
Moe Wang
Moe Wang is a Magazine & Digital Storytelling student at New York University. Being half Japanese and half Chinese, she likes exploring the space where two cultures or worlds intersect, whether it’s art, fashion, digitalism, food or science. To unplug, she sleeps in until 2 p.m. on weekends and draws self-portraits (which always scares her dad) using her newly bought acrylic set.
Olivia Tauber
Olivia Tauber is a New York-based freelance writer and master’s candidate in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program at New York University. She writes a beauty column for PopSugar and has been published in national outlets such as HuffPost, Evie Magazine and the Boston Globe. She also publishes a tri-weekly Substack “Fan Mail” with over 5,000 views. Her career began in corporate publicity, followed by production for “The Pivot,” an Emmy-nominated digital series. Tauber loves books, and reading is perhaps the only time she isn’t staring at a screen (i.e., multiple screens at once).
Rosamelia Sanchez
Rosamelia Sanchez is a Magazine & Digital Storytelling student at New York University. She enjoys writing features and commentaries on arts and culture. You can also find her reviewing books on her Bookstagram, @amelias_biblioteca, or writing on her substack, “Reading Into It.” To unplug, she likes to read print magazines and books.
Ilana Amselem
Ilana Amselem is a New York-based writer, currently writing for the Architect’s Newspaper. She is a master’s candidate in the Magazine & Digital Storytelling program at New York University. Her work is predominantly about architecture, but she also writes about fashion and New York’s countercultural scene. Amselem has tangled wired earbuds directly attached to her veins, making it nearly impossible to unplug.