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The Next Generation of Conservatives

June 2, 2010 by

[HTML1] Byron Bradshaw is a recent transplant to New York City. Before his move to the East Coast, Byron was a Texas boy, who worked in Republican politics as a legislative aide and clerk at the state capitol as well as worked for a Republican fundraising firm. Starting on June 7, Byron will be co-writing a blog, titled Red vs. Blue: Face off among Frenemies, on the Y Gen Out Loudnews site.

Byron joins Keeping Up with Gen Y to talk about the struggles of the Republican National Party to appeal to Gen Y at a time when the younger generation is starting to form their political alliances. He also shares his vision for how the party can reach out to the next generation of voters.
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Byron is a recent transplant to New York City. Before his move to the East Coast, he was a Texas boy. He grew up on a small ranch outside a tiny town in Central-Northwest Texas. While a student at The University of Texas at Austin, Byron got his first taste of politics through an internship with a Republican state senator.
After graduating from UT in 2008, Byron worked for a large Republican fundraising and consulting firm that provided advice in new media, direct media, event planning, grassroots, speech writing, and television commercial content to clients that ranged from State Representatives and State Supreme Court Justices to U.S. Congressmen.
During the 2009 Texas Legislative session, Byron worked for Speaker of the House Joe Straus as a clerk in the Committee Coordinator’s office.
Starting on June 7, Byron will be co-writing a blog with Tamara Bell on the Y Gen Out Loud news site. The blog, titled Red vs. Blue: Face off among Frenemies, will dissect national political and public policy issues from two very different perspectives
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About Tamara Bell

Tamara Bell is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Y Gen Out Loud, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides a platform for Generation Yto discuss national politics and public policy issues.

Tamara 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, state, and national government as well as writing investigative stories for the mid-sized daily newspaper.

A Texas girl at heart, Tamara returned to Dallas a year later to work as press relations director for the re-election campaign of U.S. Rep. John Bryant. The next year, she moved to Austin and the Texas Legislature, where she stayed for 15 years. While at the Legislature, Tamara 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 Republicansenator.

In 1996, Tamara became 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. More recently, Tamara wrote a regular column analyzing coverage by the Texas Capitol Press Corps for an online political publication. She also works as a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texasat Austin.

Tamara has also been a judge for the 2010 Bright Ideas Award given by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, served as a panelist at the Society of Professional Journalists 2010 Region 8 Conference where the theme was How to Save Journalism, and has been a guest lecture for the Advertising Department’s Internship course, speaking about the jobs outlook for graduating seniors.

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.

Tamara Bell is also the Host of Keeping Up with Gen Y on WomensRadio. Keeping Up with Gen Y offers discussions, interviews, and commentary about important issues of the day from the perspective of Generation Y (18-to 30-years-old). Aimed at all generations interested in learning about and inspiring young people, this show features professionals, experts, researchers, and members of Gen Y who share insights and experiences about the topics on the minds of today’s young adults.