Monthly Archives: November 2018
GBO NEWS: 36 Gen-Beat Reporters to Boston This Week; A Brave Exit, A Sad Exit & Exit Polls; That Same Ol’ Ageism; Journalism Fellowship Deadlines
Posted: November 10, 2018 at 2:57 pm
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations – Celebrating 25 Years.
November 12, 2018 — Volume 18, Number 11
GBO NEWS: 36 Gen-Beat Reporters to Boston This Week; A Brave Exit, A Sad Exit & Exit Polls; That Same Ol’ Ageism; Journalism Fellowship Deadlines
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In This Issue: Baby Boomers—Duck and cover; Gen-X—Safe sex (or death); Millennials—The terrorists are coming, the Terrorists are coming; the i-Generation —#seesomethingsaysomething. Boomers—“When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn?”
1. JOURNALISTS IN AGING FELLOWS BOSTON BOUND: GSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting; 16 Continuing Fellows Named with 20 New Reporting Fellows
2. THEY CRAMMED FOR THE MIDTERMS: *** “Midterm Elections: What’s the Verdict for Aging Policies?” by Bob Blancato, PBS Next Avenue; *** “How older first-time candidates fared in the midterm elections,” by Sandra Fish, Considerable.com.
3. GEN BEATLES NEWS: ***Author, Forbes Columnist John Wasik Bumps GOP Incumbent from Chicago-Area County Board; *** Investigative Reporter Wally Roberts, 77, Dies.
4. EYES ON THE PRIZE: *** Big Win for NPR’s “Abused & Betrayed Series on Sexual Assaults Against People with Intellectual Disabilities; ***Dec. 12 Deadline for American Association for Cancer Research 2019 Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism; *** Harvard’s Nieman Fellowship Application Deadlines.
5. AGEISM—THE SAME OL’ SAME YOUNG: *** “65 or Older? Here’s What We Owe Our Kids,” by Glenn Kramon, New York Times Op-Ed; *** “Are Baby Boomers Being Selfish?” NYT Letters Answering Kramon (Nov. 3); *** “Silver Is the New Gold,” by Lisa Napoli, Marketplace
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