Tamara Bell, Democratic Gen Xer
Tamara Bell is the founder and editor in chief of Y Gen Out Loud. She began her journalism career as a staff reporter for the Dallas Times Herald. A few years later, she moved to York, Pa., as a political reporter for the York Dispatch, covering local and federal government for the mid-sized daily newspaper.
A Texas girl at heart, Tamara returned to her home state a year later to work as press relations director on the re-election campaign of a Dallas congressman. The next year, she moved to Austin and the Texas Legislature, where she worked for Democratic House members as chief-of-staff and press secretary, and as a senior policy analyst for the Senate State Affairs Committee chaired by a Republican senator.
Tamara has also been co-owner of a political newsletter covering state issues and elections. As editor in chief, Tamara helped shape the weekly publication into a must-read for state officials, legislative aides, and lobbyists. And at one time, she wrote a column analyzing coverage by the Texas Capitol Press Corps for an online political publication.
When not currently working on Y Gen, Tamara is a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texas at Austin.
Tamara earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, and her B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University. She resides in Austin with her son, Jackson.
