Monthly Archives: February 2014

GBO NEWS: NYT’s New “Retiring” Column; Congress & Senior Entrepreneurs; Old Poets

Posted: February 21, 2014 at 1:00 am

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations

Feb. 21, 2014 — Volume 14, 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. If you receive the table of contents as an  e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.

IN THIS ISSUE: Sochi Headline Gold – for Pussy Riot (Keep Your Shirt on, Vladimir).

1. GEN BEATLES NEWS: Kerry Hannon Lands New York Times column; Elizabeth Isele Gives Congressional Testimony on “Second Acts”

2. CONFERENCE BEAT: American Society on Aging (ASA) Conference (San Diego, March 11-15) to Have First Pressroom Since 2008; What’s Next Boomer Business Conference Within ASA to Highlight Product, Service Trends; Conference Also to Have Special Screening of Documentary on Innovative Care Home; ***Application Deadline Set for National Press Foundation’s 10th Retirement Issues program (all expenses paid).

3. THE BOOKMOBILE: Speaking for My Self: Twelve Women Poets in their Seventies and Eighties; ***Living in the Land of LimboFiction and Poetry About Family Caregiving to be Paper and eBook.

4. STORY BOARD: Baby boomers ill-prepared to retire, national retirement institute says,” Cox Newspapers *** “For aging transgender population, retirement can be bittersweet refuge,” Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera America *** “Why Are So Many Elderly Asians Killing Themselves?” Rob O’Brien, Global Post; ***High Elder U.S. Suicide Rates, Paula Span, New York Times’ “Old New Age” *** “Immigrants Facing Death Without Home Hospice Support,” Daniela Gerson, Alhambra Source/New America Media. *** “In Texas, Elderly Population Gets Help from Aging Care Workers,” Veronica Zaragovia, KUT Public Radio/New America Media.

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GBO NEWS: Bill Maher’s Ageism in Mirror; Oscar Nominees; New Books

Posted: February 14, 2014 at 1:00 am

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations

Feb. 14, 2014 — Volume 14, 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. If you receive the table of contents as an  e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.

IN THIS ISSUE: A Valentine for Labors of Love.

1. FISCAL REFORM SCHOOL: Bill Maher Sees Mirror and Hates Old People; ***Solid Sources on Myth and Manipulation of Generational War

2. EYES ON THE PRIZE – AND OSCAR, TOO: Three Aging Related Oscar-Nominated Short Documentaries; *** Molly (Ivins) Awards Deadline; *** Pacific Freelancer Awards Deadline

3. THE STORY BOARD: David Sirota on PBS pension series conflict; ***Floyd Norris on “Who killed pensions? Can they be resurrected?”; ***Mark Miller on elder poverty; ***Mandi Woodruff on high need for Social Security; ***Rich Eisenberg’s “Guide To Self-Employment Retirement Plans”; ***Paul Kleyman’s “Little Help for Prisoners Released After Decades”

4. THE BOOKMOBILE: Two from Vanderbilt University Press—***Beth Baker’s With a Little Help From Our Friends: Creating Community as We Grow Older and ***Living in the Land of Limbo: Fiction and Poetry about Family Caregiving edited by caregiving expert Carol Levine; ***Changing the Way We DieCompassionate End-of-Life Care and the Hospice Movement by Fran Smith and Sheila Himmel.

 

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