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GBO NEWS: News Fellowship Deadline Extended; HuffPost’s Hospice Flub; & More

Posted: June 26, 2014 at 1:30 am

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations

June 26, 2014 — Volume 14, Number 9

Editor’s Note: GBO News, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generation publishes alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues. Send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman. If you receive the table of contents as e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.

IN THIS ISSUE: 50 Years Later, Mississippi Freedom Aging–But Not Quite Mature

1. EYES ON THE PRIZE: Extended Deadline for Journalists in Aging Fellowship, July 11

2. HUFFPOST MISSES PALLIATIVE CARE FOREST FOR HOSPICE TREES: Six-Month Exposé Important, But Fails the Big End-of-Life Picture

3. GEN BEATLES NEWS: Camille Thoman and Elizabeth Yng-Wong Winning Awards with The Longest Game Documentary; *** Chris Farrell’s New Book, Unretirement; *** Katy Butler on paperback Tour for Her Bestseller, Knocking on Heaven’s Door; *** Journalist Lincoln Caplan on “Fear Factor” of aging in The American Scholar

4. GOOD SOURCES: 2nd Long-Term Care Poll From Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research; ProPublica’s New Treatment Tracker App on Medicare Doctor Data.

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