Generation Z. What does it mean? Who is included in that generation? And what

is the media get wrong when covering this newest generation of news and media

consumers? Those are a few of the questions for this week's Reliable

Sources podcast. So, let's cue the music.

I'm Brian Stelter and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in-depth,

talking with media leaders and newsmakers about how the media world really works.

And today I want to explore who's consuming all the news and information

and entertainment that's coming at us from every direction.

Generation Z that they're also sometimes known as Zoomers.

An interesting term given the last two years of the pandemic and all the zooming we've

all been doing. I feel like in news coverage we hear an awful lot about

boomers, about Generation X. Of course, the last decade about millennials.

But now it's time to take a closer look at Generation Z.

Those born from the late 1990s to the early 2000s.

And what their beliefs and preferences and what their habits are doing and how

they're changing the United States and also the media.

There's a lot to dive into here. This is a big story.

And I'm joined by the perfect guest to talk about it with.

John Delovope is the author of a brand new book out this week titled Fight.

How Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America.

John's day job is at Harvard. He's the director of polling at the Harvard Institute of

Politics and Fight is his first book. So John, welcome to the podcast. Congrats on the

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