Monthly Archives: April 2014
GBO NEWS: Fellowship Deadline; LBGT Seniors; Granddad Keith Richards; 4.8M Elders Hungry
Posted: April 25, 2014 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations
April 25, 2014 — Volume 14, Number 6
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 e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.
IN THIS ISSUE: News That’s Better Improved Than Repealed.
1. EYES ON THE PRIZE: Columbia University’s Age Boom Journalism Fellowship Deadline; ***The National Press Foundation Selected 17 Reporters for Retirement Fellowships
2. LGBT SENIORS—IN SICKNESS, HEALTH & DEATH: So. Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Diane Lade publishes “In Sickness & In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey”; ***Bay Area Reporter’s Matthew Bajko Concludes Month-Long LGBT Elders Series
3. GEN BEATLES NEWS: Gerontologist-Author Bernard Starr to Hold Getting-Published Panel at NYC’s Hunter College Writers’ Conference; ***Dr. Bill Thomas’ Second Wind Bus Tour Still Not Winded (Through June 6); ***Ashton Applewhite Takes on Ageist Attitudes in Talks on Second Wind Tour and Parts West; ***The Ultimate “Gen Stones” News Item—Granddad Keith Richards’ Kids Book
4. SOURCES: ***Intergenerational Support Report Set for May 13 Release; *** New Report on Food Insecurity and Senior Americans
Read More...GBO NEWS: DC GOP & DEMS — ‘EVILNESS,’ CARING, ‘KAFKAESQUE’
Posted: April 16, 2014 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations
April 16, 2014 — Volume 14, Number 5
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 e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.
IN THIS ISSUE: Instant Refunds (Paid in News Tips, Of Course.)
1. THE “EVIL,” THE GOOD & THE UGLY–ANTICS OF GOPs and DEMS: NYT’s Krugman on the “Evilness” of GOP State’s Medicaid Rejection; PBS on GOP Champion for Safer Hospital Discharges; Bipartisan Hot Potato on “Kafkaesque” Payment Recovery from Seniors’ Relatives
2. EYES ON THE PRIZE: Annenberg Health Journalism Fellowship Application Reminder—April 18
3. A WISER WORLD — EXCEPT THAT …: Marc Freedman’s WSJ Tribute to John Garner’s Wisdom of the Ages. And, Well, All Those White Males
4. THE STORYBOARD: Special April Health Affairs Issue on Alzheimer’s and Caregiving; ***Seniors’ Gambling Addiction Series by Melinda Miller of Buffalo News; LGBT Elders Series through April by Matthew Bajko of Bay Area Reporter.
5. GOOD SOURCES: The Best Fact Factory in Age Media–Demographer Cheryl Russell’s “American Consumers Newsletter” and blog
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