Paula M. Poindexter, Ph.D.
@PaulaPoindexter
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Journalism Professor, Author, “Gen Z, Social Media, and News," Founder, News Engagement Day; AEJMC Past President
Texas, USA
Joined October 2009
My J351F class Journalism, Society, and the Citizen Journalist at UT Austin participated in #NewsEngagementDay, Tues. Oct. 7, 2025
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Did you know Gen Z, Social Media, and News: Implications for the Future of News Engagement, Journalism, the U.S., and Democracy is the first book dedicated to News Engagement Day? #NewsEngagementDay @AEJMC
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#NewsEngagementDay & Journalism are more important than ever! News Engagement Day reminds us to engage with credible news & understand how journalism works. Real journalism reports what the public needs to be “free and self-governing,” says The Elements of Journalism. @AEJMC
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To my UTJ351F Journalism, Society, and the Citizen Journalist class, thanks for your 2024 #NewsEngagementDay participation!
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Thanks to my UT J349L News Literacy for a Digital Age class for your participation in 2024 #NewsEngagementDay!
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CNN is launching a digital paywall! What impact will this have on engaging with CNN's digital news? Share your thoughts with #NewsEngagementDay.
cnn.com
CNN, one of the most popular news websites in the world, is starting to ask some of its visitors to pay $3.99 a month for access.
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Did you know news engagement routines are related to getting news more often? That's what I learned from the survey I conducted for my forthcoming book, "Gen Z, Social Media, and News." If you have a news engagement routine, please share with #NewsEngagementDay & add a pic.
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Gen Z & the youngest Millennials get news from TikTok--#NewsEngagementDay is a good day to share tips to ensure the news you get on TikTok is credible--not disinformation.
pewresearch.org
TikTok users under 30 see its impact on democracy more positively than older users, with 45% of this group saying it’s mostly good for American democracy.
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#NewsEngagementDay is a good day to examine what the public thinks makes a news story trustworthy. This Pew Research Center study found it depends on which segment of the public you're asking.
pewresearch.org
U.S. adults’ views of what makes a news story trustworthy vary by party affiliation, demographic characteristics and news consumption habits.
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Watching the V.P. debate on #NewsEngagementDay & want to check that fact? Just Scan the Code.
nytimes.com
CBS is experimenting with a novel way to offer real-time fact-checking of the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday. Just don’t expect the moderators to frequently jump in.
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Happy #NewsEngagementDay! With the presidential election just over a month away, I wrote this voter guide so we'll all be smarter about the news. Please check it out & share it:
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Tues., Oct. 3, 2023 was a day to celebrate engaging with news & emphasize how journalism works & contributes to a healthy democracy. Thanks to my @UTJSchool classes & everyone who helped us celebrate our 10th #NewsEngagementDay!
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My @UTJSchool J349L News Literacy in the Digital Age students are celebrating 10 years of #NewsEngagementDay with posts and likes about News Engagement Day, their news engagement routine, journalism principles, etc.
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Great News on #NewsEngagementDay that teens are tuning in to news, according to new @MedillSchool survey, but we still need to do more to make Gen Z teens smart about news! @UTJSchool
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
An oft-cited factor in the continued struggles of traditional news outlets has been the sense that young people are disengaged from the news. But the News Socialization Study, a new survey commissi...
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Still shaking my head at Texas A&M's offensive treatment of our esteemed UT-Austin Journalism colleague Dr. Kathleen McElroy. Paying $1M may make A&M feel better now but it will take decades to repair the damage to their Flagship University.
nbcnews.com
The university acknowledged mistakes were made after they reduced an offer with tenure for Kathleen McElroy, a veteran journalist and academic, after conservative backlash.
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A must-read if you’re like me and don’t know what to call what I’m writing. Am I no longer tweeting now that I’m in the world of X, formerly known as Twitter?
nytimes.com
With Elon Musk’s rebranding of the app, is Twitter’s name really retired? What about tweets? We unravel the terminology puzzle.
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Microsoft worked with the Trust Project to create ads to direct online users to 8 'trust indicators' that help assess news credibility. Most who saw the list were more confident in their ability to distinguish credible news from disinformation.
apnews.com
A new effort to promote internet and media literacy by Microsoft has shown promising results in the fight against online misinformation.
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With Twitter's uncertain future, @meredithdclark at Northeastern is launching the ‘Archiving Black Twitter’ project. A space to talk about Black life, Black Twitter helped shine the spotlight on #BlackLivesMatter & #OscarsSoWhite.
npr.org
Black Twitter has been a force since the platform started. Now, one woman is seeking to archive it, as Twitter's future appears uncertain.
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If you’ve ever wondered why tenure matters, this is a must read: Texas Legislature: House panel wants to keep tenure in universities
statesman.com
The Texas House Higher Education Committee had no appetite for the Senate's proposed ban on tenure at public colleges and universities in the state.
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