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Meghan McCain Talks Gen. Y on Larry King
Did you catch Meghan McCain on Larry King on Monday night? I missed it, but the transcript of her interview is now available online. McCain--who refers to herself as a "progressive Republican," and is...
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Gen. Y Story Without the Gen. Y Angle: Entrepreneurship in the Economic Downturn
The New York Times published an article on Friday that examines how the economic downturn has led some people to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors rather than focus on a traditional job search. Many...
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Should Luke Russert be on Twitter?
It was President's Day. I was off work and traipsing around on Twitter. Ok, I guess you can't really traipse there in a literal sense, but I was doing the virtual equivalent. MSNBC was on in the...
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National Journal Examine Millennials' Poltical Involvement
National Journal Magazine has published an article analyzing Gen. Y's political involvement. If you're familiar with Morley Winograd and Michael Hais, then there's nothing especially eye-opening about...
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How Many Millennials Made Forbes' "Web Celeb 25" List?
Depends of course on who you count as a member of Gen. Y!Let's go with people under the age of 30 who are on the list.They are:Perez Hilton - 30 years old (made the top spot)Pete Cashmore of Mashable -...
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NY Times Examines Niche Community That Struggles to Attract Younger Members
The New York Times on Friday published an article that describes the challenges that lesbian communities are facing when it comes to attracting younger members. The article alludes to it, but part of...
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More on the Merits of Gen. Y Blogging
After Lance Haun took a look at my post about the value of being a Gen. Y blogger, he crafted a whole post with his ideas on the topic. There's also some great discussion going on about this on his...
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Thinking Aloud: The Value of the Gen. Y Niche. Does it Help or Hurt?
Ever since I started this blog, I've found my decision to associate it with the Gen. Y blogosphere to be a blessing and a curse.Being a blogger with a Gen. Y niche has been a fantastic vehicle for...
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Which Generation is Most Likely to Shop Online?
Not Generation Y, according to recent findings from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.Apparently Gen. X is most likely to bank, shop and look for health information online. But millennials...
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In Our Own Words
I love the concept of this new blog, "Millennial Voices." According to Lillian Mongeau, the blog's editor, Millennial Voices aims to be "a collection of essays and thoughts from Millennials across the...
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Unemployment Rates Highest for Gen. Y Workers, MSNBC.com Reports
Not such great news:MSNBC.com is reporting that unemployment rates in December were higher for employees under the age of 29 than for older workers (h/t rachelschonwald). It also includes some...
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The First Millennial Member of U.S. Congress
In true Gen. Y fashion, Aaron Schock, 27 (seems to be the magic number, at least in politics), has fast-tracked his way into Congress. CBSNews.com reports:Schock is the first member of Congress born in...
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Gen. Y Articles in The Economist
The good editors at The Economist must have saved the best for last. Or maybe as December puttered to a halt, the slower news cycle cleared the way for some softer news items.Either way, the magazine's...
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The Bromance Generation
Brian Till in the Post Chronicle describes the changing patterns of friendship amongst Gen. Y males. From the article:Deep male friendships, which have traditionally given way in the post-college...
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Gen. Y Obama Team Member to Have Prominent Role in the White House
At age 27, Jon Favreau will become the youngest ever White House chief speechwriter. Today the Washington Post profiled Favreau, Obama's "mind reader." From the article:The job requires him to work...
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Ethically-Challenged Millennials
It seems like there's pretty much a consensus on this one: Generation Y is made up of a bunch of cheaters. CNN wrote about this back in 2002 and now a new survey from the Josephson Institute in Los...
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What's in a Generation's Name?
William Safire has a fun piece in the New York Times Magazine about the grammatical issues involved with naming generations. Safire writes:Welcome to the socio-literary parlor game of “Name That...
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CBS Evening News Examines Gen. Y's Love for Technology
CBS Evening News on Friday examined Gen. Y's relationship with technology and how it is affecting the workplace culture. Video segment appears below.
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The Single-Sex Workplace
*This generated a lot of comments at Brazen Careerist, see it here*Hannah Seligson is onto something."I left the egalitarianism of the classroom for the cubicle, and everything changed. The realization...
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Same Generation, Different Name (Again)
Eric Greenberg, a business man who appears to be involved in a number of other endeavors, is the latest person to weigh in on the discussion about youth voter turnout in 2008. In the Huffington Post,...
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