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December 28, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 18

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: Out with the Oy! And In with the Vey!

1. ELDERCARE REFORM SCHOOL: *** “Medicare: What Obamacare Repeal Would Bring, Report by Kaiser Family Foundation”; *** “The Quiet War on Medicaid” by former Democratic presidential advisor and past director of the National Economic Council, Gene B. Sperling; *** “Mortality in the United States, 2015”—With Drop in Longevity, National Center for Health Statistics.

2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: ***Matt Perry’s New “Aging With Dignity” newsletter, California Health Report; ***Jay Newton-Small Profiled in Washington Post on Leaving Journalism to Co-found Memory Well; ***Colin Milner’s 15^th Anniversary of the International Council on Active Aging and its Journal of Active Aging.

3. GOOD SOURCES: *** “After Obamacare: The Future of U.S. Health Care,” free webinar by USC’s Center for Health Journalism, Jan. 24; *** “Dignity For All: Ensuring Economic Security as America Ages,” Justice in Aging Conference, Posts Session Videos on—What Now?

4. THE STORYBOARD: *** Gregg Morris’ Five-Part “INVISIBLE IN NEW YORK” Series now appearing weekly in the Amsterdam News (historic African American news outlet);  *** “A Poor Christmas for Latino Elders on LA Streets,” La Opinión,  by Francisco Castro, (In Spanish:  “Una pobre Navidad para los más olvidados de ‘La La Land,’”);  *** “The Challenges of Safely Aging in Place in Rural America,” U.S. News & World Report,  by Michael O. Schroeder; *** “Childhood Trauma Effects Often Persist Into 50s and Beyond,” PBS Next Avenue, by Emily Gurnon; *** “Blues Icon Highlights Meeting’s New Lens on Black Aging Research,” Florida Courier, by Penny Dickerson;  *** “Aging Boomers to Depend on a Little Help From Their Friends, Extended Kin,” Deseret News, by Lois Collins, *** “Aging in Trump’s America is Something to Fear, Health-Care Experts Warn,” Ottawa Citizen. by Elizabeth Payne.

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November 14, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 17

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: The Orange House? Really?

1. LET DONALD BE DONALD—ACCOUNTABLE, NOT JUST TOO OLD

2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: ***Gen Beat Meet-Up in New Orleans This Week; ***Retirement Writer Wasik’s new book Lightning Strikes, bio of Genius Tesla.

3. THE STORYBOARD: *** KQED Public Radio’s Seven-Part Series on Affordable Mental Health Care Wind SPJ NorCal Honors; *** “Don’t Touch My Medicare!” by Trudy Lieberman, Harper’s Magazine (November); *** “Behind Closed Doors: A Closer Look At In-Home Senior Care,” by Jennifer Margulis, Jefferson Journal, Jefferson Public Radio (Ashland Ore., Nov 1).

4. EYES ON THE PRIZE: ***USC Annenberg Deadline for California Reporters: December 1; ***Seven Media Leaders Among PBS Next Avenue’s 50 Top “Influencers in Aging”: Ashton Applewhite, Leslie Stahl, Norman Lear & More.

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October 12, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 16

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: Happy Indigenous Peoples & Immigrant Heritage Day (Orange-Haired, Too).

1. AGE BEATLES NEWS: MemoryWell’s Journalistic Storytelling for Dementia Patients

2. AGING JOURNALISTS IN NEW ORLEANS: Registration & Online Resources (Even for those not attending) for Gerontological Society on Aging Annual Scientific Meeting, also with keynote by NYT columnist and Solutions Journalism Network co-founder David Bornstein.

3. THE STORYBOARD: *** “The Givers,” by Francine Russo, Scientific American-MIND (November-December); *** “President Trump Wouldn’t Have To Wait For Congress To Undo Much Of The Health Law,” by Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News (Oct. 7): *** “Who Deserves to Be Poor?” by Brooke Gladstone, On the Media, WNYC/public radio nationwide (Week of Oct. 6); *** “Gloria Steinem Never Stops: A Feminist Icon Has Fans, Critics, and Plenty Yet to Do,” by John Leland, New York Times (Oct. 9), and “The Gray Gender Gap: Older Women Are Likelier to Go It Alone,” by Paula Span, New York Times (Oct. 7 online; Oct. 11 in “Science Times”); *** “4 Animals Who Mourn Their Dead,” by Kristina Chew, Care2 (Oct. 8); *** Did Donald Trump Cheat On His Social Security And Medicare Taxes? by Nancy Altman, Huffington Post (Oct. 8).

4. GOOD SOURCES: *** “Living Below the Line: Economic Insecurity and Older Americans Insecurity in the States 2016,” UMass Boston’s Center for Social & Demographic Research on Aging (Sept. 6); *** “Patient-Centered Medical Homes [PCMH] and the Care of Older Adults,” John A. Hartford Foundation Change AGEnts (September 2016); *** Resources for the 8th Biennial Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (NHPI) Health Conference now online.

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October 5, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 15

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: Hey, Genius, Get Your Tiny Mitts Off My Wallet! 

1. SCREEN GEMS: *** “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” premiers on PBS’s American Masters, Oct. 25; ***A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone,” produced/directed Marlene “Mo” Morris.

2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: ***Nine Reporters Chosen as Continuing Fellows for Journalists in Aging Program

3. THE STORYBOARD: *** “Wages for Home Care Aides Lag as Demand Grows,” by Paula Span, New York Times; *** “Restive GOP Freshmen Eye Entitlement Reform,” by Alexander Bolton, The Hill (Oct. 3); *** “Outlook For Older Job Seekers: Better Than Advertised,” by Kerry Hannon, Forbes/PBS Next Avenue (Sept. 22); *** “Taking on ‘The Real Power Players,’ by Spencer McAvoy (Salon.com, from In These Times); *** “The Fine Art of Blowing Up Art: Evelyn Rosenberg’s Explosive Sculptures,” by Diane Joy Schmidt, New Mexico Jewish Link/New America Media (Oct.4).

4. GOOD SOURCES: ***Families Caring for an Aging America, a new book-length report from the National Academies of Sciences; *** “But What Does the Census Say About Senior Poverty?” by Tracey Gronniger, from Justice in Aging; *** “Latinos & Alzheimer’s Disease: New Numbers Behind the Crisis,” University of Southern California’s Edward R. Roybal Institute at on Aging; *** Health IT & Aging Sources

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Sept. 12, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 14

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: No Apologies! (But Get Your Pneumonia and Flu Shots.)

1. EYES ON THE PRIZE: *** Journalists in Aging Fellows Program Selects 16 Reporters; ***Center for Health, Media & Policy Awards Fellowship to Melissa Patrick of Kentucky Health News; ***Digital Health Awards entry deadline this Fri., Sept. 16.

2. CALENDAR: *** “Will Health IT Help an Aging Population?” panel set for the Association of Health Care Journalism’s Workshop on Health Information Technology in San Francisco, Oct. 13-14; *** Latinos for a Secure Retirement (LSR) Coalition 5th Annual “Retiring with Dignity” Summit, to be held at and livestreamed from Capitol Hill Wed., Sept, 21; ***6th Annual Legacy Film Festival on Aging, San Francisco, Sept. 16-18, showing15 films from seven countries.

3. THE STORYBOARD: “More Older People Are Finding Work, But What Kind?” by Quoctrung Bui, New York Times (Aug. 18), plus, “You’re How Old? We’ll Be in Touch,” by “This Chair Rocks” blogger, Ashton Applewhite, NYT (Sept. 3); *** “Older and Jobless–the U.S. Recovery’s Forgotten Story,” by Mark Miller, Reuters (Sept. 8); *** “Looking for Work After 60,” by Ruby de Luna, KUOW Public Radio, Seattle (Aug. 17); *** “Writing a ‘Last Letter’ When You’re Healthy” by V.J. Periyakoil, M.D., New York Times (Sept. 7); *** “Studies Indicate Need for Better Eye Care for Older Adults,” by Liz Seegert, Association of Health Care Journalists website.

4. GEN BEATLES NEWS: *** Producer Ruxandra Guidi and photographer Bear Guerra Launch Year-Long “Going Gray in LA” Project on KCRW Public Radio Website; *** Herb Weiss’ publishes Taking Charge: Collected Stories on Aging Boldly” *** “Make the Most of Your Brief Time on Earth,” by Garrison Keillor, Washington Post (Aug. 17).