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GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24th Year.
December 11, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 14

EDITOR’S NOTE: GBONews, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generations (JNG), emanates from a new e-mail address and phone contact. GBONews.org readers do not have to make any changes. This e-news will continue publishing alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues. However, to reach this editor now, send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman. [paul.kleyman@earthlink.net]. 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 in an e-mail, so just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org. GBONews does not provide its list to other entities.

In This Issue: The War on “Happy Holidays.”

1. THE NEW YORKER FALTERS IN AGEISM COLUMN: “Why Ageism Never Gets Old” Piece Lapses Into Old Tropes and Misses the Story.

2. THE BOOKMOBILE: ***The Conscious Caregiver: A Mindful Approach to Caring for Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself, by Linda Abbitt, Adams Media/Simon & Schuster; ***Jolt: Stories of Trauma and Transformation, by Mark Miller, Post Hill Press, set for February 2018 release.

3. GEN BEATLES NEWS: *** Helen Dennis Celebrated Column’s 16th Anniversary in the Los Angeles Daily News and other papers of Southern California Newspaper Group; *** Happy 95th Birthday to New York Writer Bette Dewing; *** Mazel Tov and Happy Hanukkah to Diane Joy Schmidt for Top Award from American Jewish Press Association

4. THE STORYBOARD: *** “Older Voters Stymied by Tighter ID Requirements,” by Paula Span, New York Times; *** “Paiute Tribe Elders Navigate a Faltering Health Care System,” by Debra Utacia Krol, High Country News; *** “Poor Public Transportation Can Be a Roadblock to the Everyday Needs of Arab-American Seniors” by Julia Kassem, Detroit Journalism Cooperative; : Nationwide, *** “Aging Undocumented Day Laborers Face Uncertain Future,” by Jacqueline García, in English: Diverse Elders Coalition.

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24th Year.

December 5, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 13

EDITOR’S NOTE: GBONews.org, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generations (JNG), emanates from a new e-mail address and phone contact. GBONews.org readers do not have to make any changes. The newsletter will continue publishing alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues from the same Wordpress blog via our Constant Contact emails. However, to reach this editor now, send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman. [paul.kleyman@earthlink.net]. 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. GBONews does not provide its list to other entities.

In This Issue: What’s Another $1 Trillion Between Old and Poor Friends?

1. TAXING TIMES: Headlines and Analysis on the GOP Tax Overhaul and Children’s Health Funding.

2. MORE GOOD SOURCES: 2 Commonwealth Fund’s Surveys — *** “U.S. Seniors Struggle More to Pay for Health Care and Other Basic Needs” in 11-Nation Comparison; *** “How Well Does Insurance Coverage Protect Consumers from Health Care Costs?” Data from the Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2016

3. EYES ON THE PRIZE: ***Entry Deadline for the Excellence in Health Care Journalism Awards, January 8; ***Two Deadlines for National Association of Science Writers Programs: December 15 and February 1.

4. HOLIDAY SPECIALS: ELDER ABUSE; INEQUALITY; & “THE END” IN JAPAN:
*** “Left to Suffer,” 5-Part Series on Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes, Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Chris Serres; *** “For Many Older Americans, the Rat Race is Over. But the Inequality Isn’t,” by Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post; *** “A Lonely Death: [https://tinyurl.com/yd357n9b] In Japan the Elderly Often Live, and Die, Alone,” by Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times.

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24th Year.

November 8, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 12

EDITOR’S NOTE: GBONews, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generations (JNG), emanates from a new e-mail address and phone contact. GBONews.org readers do not have to make any changes. The newsletter will continue publishing alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues from the same Wordpress blog via our Constant Contact emails. However, to reach this editor now, send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman [paul.kleyman@earthlink.net]. 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. GBONews does not provide its list to other entities.

In This Issue: 15 years since 9/11, one year since 11/9.

1.TAX: RIGMAROLE: *** “House GOP Tax Cut Bill Has Pluses and Pitfalls for Healthcare Stakeholders,” by Harris Meyer, Modern Healthcare; *** “House Tax Bill Would Scrap Deduction For Medical Expenses,” by Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News; *** Statement from Center for Medicare Advocacy and Medicare Rights Center; *** “Hello Trump Tax Cuts, Goodbye Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security,” Newsweek, former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich; *** “Why Skyrocketing Out-of-Pocket Expenses Are the Real Crisis in the American Health Insurance System,” by Trudy Lieberman, USC Center for Health Journalism’s “Remaking Health Care” blog.

2. SAD TIMES FOR THE GEN BEAT: New America Media/Pacific News Service to Shut Down After 47 Years

3. EYES ON THE PRIZE: *** 2018 California Fellowship Deadline Dec. 15, USC Annenberg’s Center for Health Journalism; *** Harvard’s Nieman Fellowship Deadlines, Dec. 1, 2017 and Jan. 31.

4. THE BOOKMOBILE: *** Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from A Year Among the Oldest Old,” by the New York Times’ John Leland, Jan. 2018 publication, pre-pub review proofs now available.

5. THE STORYBOARD: *** “Studies in Tradition: Caring for our Elders,” by Dawn A. Davis, Caribbean Today; *** “Black Primary Care and Family Care Providers Embrace Online Toolkit to Help in Early Detection of Dementia,” by Charlene Muhammad, Los Angeles Sentinel; *** “Aging Farmworkers Face Challenges with Retirement,” by Stephanie Sanchez, KAWC Yuma Public Radio; *** “Ageism Is Everywhere — Here’s What We Can Do About It,” by Katy Read, Minneapolis Star Tribune; *** “Can Technology Predict Falls in Older Adults?” by Randy Rieland, Next Avenue; *** “Senior Medicine: When ‘More’ Isn’t Better,” Arthur Allen, POLITICO; *** “Financial Circumstances Have People Over 50 Working Longer,” Washington Informer, by Kevin McNeir.

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24^th Year. 

October 12, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 11

EDITOR’S NOTE—WE’VE MOVED: With this issue, GBONews, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generations (JNG), emanates from a new e-mail address and phone contact. GBONews.org readers do not have to make any changes. The newsletter will continue publishing alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues from the same Wordpress blog via our Constant Contact emails. However, to reach this editor from now on, send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman. [paul.kleyman@earthlink.net]. 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, Signore Columbo, we’re not Indians. But welcome! You’re just in time for indigenous People’s Day.

1. SPECIAL COVERAGE—Aging in the U.S. & Puerto Rico (Post Hurricane)

2.GOOD SOURCE ON BAD NEWS IN INDIAN COUNTRY: *** “Indian Healthcare—A System in Free-Fall,” Expert Dave Baldridge in ASA’s Aging Today.

3. EYES ON THE PRIZE: *** List of 20 Reporting Fellows on Aging Meeting, DC, for National Press Foundation Fellowship on Aging.

4. THE STORYBOARD:

*** “How the Elderly Lose Their Rights,” by Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker (Oct. 9), on guardianship abuse;

*** “‘Ending Ageism’ Author [Margaret Morganroth Gullette]Tells Readers ‘How Not to Shoot Old People,’” by Paul Kleyman, New America Media;

*** Plus “Ageist Trolls on Social Media and in the New Yorker, Too” by Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Silver Century Foundation website;

*** “Gov. Brown Signs ‘Bill of Rights’ for LGBT Seniors in Long-Term Care,” New America Media;

*** “Ailing Seniors Are Fastest-Growing Group Using Medical Marijuana,” by Karen Michel, NPR Here & Now;

*** “Music Brings Healing, Comfort to the Dying,” by JoAnn Mar, KALW Public Radio;

*** “‘Aging in Place’ Takes Less Positive Meaning for Many Detroit Elders,” by Julia Kassem, Detroit Journalism Cooperative;

*** “Stanford ‘Letter Project’ Makes End-of-Life Wishes Clear in Many Languages,” by Beth Baker Next Avenue;

*** “Despite Boost In Social Security, Rising Medicare Part B Costs Leave Seniors In Bind,” by Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News, “Navigating Aging” column;

*** “On Anti-Aging, Allure Bests New Beauty” by Stuart Greenbaum, Humble Sky blog.

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 24^th Year. 

September 7, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 10

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: Decent Americans for Compassionate Action (DACA).

1 .GEN BEATLES NEWS: *** “Jack Rosenthal, Times Journalist and Civic Leader, Is Dead at 82,” A GBONews Remembrance; *** “Brooks,” new blog site of Rodney A. Brooks of Washington Post, Next Avenue, Black Enterprise and others.

2. GOOD RESOURCES: *** National Science Academies Study: Nursing Home Risk Higher Than Thought; *** “Health Savings Accounts Won’t Help Most Older Adults,” Issue Brief from Justice in Aging; *** “Trump’s War On Dreamers And Other Immigrants Is A War On Social Security,” by Nancy Altman, Huffington Post.

3. THE STORYBOARD: *** “When You Can Expect Social Security Reform,” [http://tinyurl.com/yc2gtu3j] by Chris Farrell, Next Avenue; *** “How I Keep the Topic of Aging Fresh,” by Paula Span, New York Times “Insider” column on covering the generations beat; *** “Brain Health for a Song–Aging and the Arts,” by Dawn Davis, Caribbean Today; *** “Rapid Aging of U.S., Latin America Mean ‘Race Against Time’ and Poverty, by Kent Paterson, NMPolitics; *** “Study: Race Bias Doubles Suicide Consideration by Chinese Elders in U.S.,” by Zhihong Li, Sing Tao Daily; *** “Super-Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Made Possible by Brain Scans,” by Lisa Esposito, US News & World Report; *** “A New Age of Aging: How Tech Can Ease the Trials of Getting Old,” by Frank Browning, California Magazine.

4. THE SILVER SILVER SCREEN: *** Legacy Film Festival of Aging in San Francisco (Sept. 15-17); *** Bucket Lists With Holes in Them: *** “The Hero” (Sam Elliot); *** “Youth in Oregon” (Frank Langella); *** “Mr. Pig” (Danny Glover); *** “Remember” (Christopher Plummer). *** “The Bucket List” (Moran Freeman, Jack Nicholson). *** And one Spanish winner “Truman (the Dog) that holds water. (Forget the Alzheimer’s Nazi Hunter—Really — Lili Tomlin to the Rescue!)