Monthly Archives: February 2016
GBO NEWS: USC Reporting Fellowships; DC Event Press Reg; Medicare Interactive; This Chair Rocks; & More
Posted: February 23, 2016 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations
February 23, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 3
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: You are our Superdelegate.
1. THE REPORTER’S CALENDAR: *** What’s Next Boomer Business Summit Washington, D.C., March 23; *** Aging in America conference in D.C., March 20-24; USC National Health Journalism Fellowship Deadline, March 18.
2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: *** This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite, (media review copies available); *** Birthday Shout-Out to author Herbert Gold, 92; *** “Active Aging Stories” Archive on YouTube; *** Orchestrating Change documentary in progress on Me2 Orechestra of mentally-ill classical musicians.
3. RESOURCES: *** Medicare Interactive, Medicare Rights Center’s site places “Medicare answers at your fingertips”; FTC’s Pass It On Website protects seniors from scams.
4. THE STORYBOARD: *** “Dying on the Streets: [http://tinyurl.com/zg8ee96] As the homeless age, a health care system leaves them behind,” by Bob Tedeschi, Stat News; *** New Approaches to Preventing Financial Exploitation: A Focus on the Banks,” by Peter A. Lichtenberg, Public Policy & Aging Report; *** “UCD School of Nursing: Can Familiar Music Improve Dementia Care?” [http://tinyurl.com/h97upm7], by Rebecca Badeaux, Davis (Calif.) Enterprise; *** “Eat, Pray, Gain–Black Church Meals May Serve Fellowship With Obesity,” by Frederick H. Lowe NorthStarNews Today/New America Media; *** “Transforming Life As We Age,” PBS Next Avenue’s ongoing series of articles and videos on planning for later life; *** “Retirement Benefits Are Rigged to Favor the Rich,” by Sarah Anderson and colleagues, The Nation; *** “Colorado — Medicare for All?” by Sara Davidson, Huffington Post.
Read More...GBO NEWS: Dartmouth Atlas Phone Briefing on Wed.; AARP Takes Purpose Prize Over; CBO’s Social Security Flub; Retirement Crisis; Hugh Downs at 95 & More
Posted: February 15, 2016 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations
February 15, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 2
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 Year of the Angry Presidential Monkey. (“Gung Hay Fat Cats.”)
1. THE STORYBOARD: *** Time’s Phillip Moeller says the Congressional Budget Office corrected a key error in the 2016 presidential debate on the future of Social Security; *** “Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing” by NYT’s Sabrina Tavernise
2. MEDIA BRIEFING ALERT: This Wed., Feb. 17 Dartmouth Atlas phone-in briefing to release first “report card” on quality of care older people
3. EYES ON THE PRIZE: Columbia University’s Age Boom Journalism Fellows Deadline, March 4; *** Encore.org’s Purpose Prize Moving to AARP
4. RETIREMENT’S OH-OH FACTOR: “When Retirement Becomes a Crisis,” by MIT Age Lab’s Joseph Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto in Slate (Feb. 2), says boomers’ retirement could “cripple” such fields as air traffic control, farming and geriatrics.
5. GEN BEATLES NEWS: ***A 95th Valentine’s Birthday Shoutout to Broadcast Legend & Gerontologist Hugh Downs; ***New Yorker story recognizes investigative journalist James Ridgeway “Solitary Watch” helping abused prisoners.
Read More...