Monthly Archives: August 2015
GBO NEWS: Aging Fellowship Deadline Extended; “Live?Die?Kill?: Los Angeles”; Gerontologist Evicted Seniors; & More
Posted: August 20, 2015 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations
Aug. 20, 2015 — Volume 15, Number 12
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. You can subscribe to GBONews.org at no charge simply by sending a request to Paul with your name, address, phone number and editorial affiliation or note that you freelance. You’ll receive the table of contents as e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.
IN THIS ISSUE: Feline Liberation Movement Protests Dog Days.
1. EYES ON THE PRIZE: Application Deadline EXTENDED for Journalists in Aging Fellows to September 2; *** 2015 California Health Data Journalism Fellowship
2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: Live, Love, Marry, 81.
3. THE STORYBOARD: “Live?Die?Kill?:Los Angeles” by Karen Michel for KCRW-FM Santa Monica; *** “S.F. Landlord Evicting Seniors Who Helped Her Ailing Aunt” – a landlord who is a gerontologist, who refused interview requests by Heather Knight of the San Francisco Chronicle–plus the subsequent settlement story.
4. GOOD SOURCES: Urban Institute’s “A New Vision for Long-Term Care”; *** “Too Sick to Care: Direct-Care Workers, Medicaid Expansion, and the Coverage Gap,” from the PHI PolicyWorks advocacy group; *** The Pass It On Network: A Global Program Exchange for Positive Aging.
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