Monthly Archives: February 2017
GBO NEWS: PBS Alzheimer’s Docu Slammed; HHS Leaks; Medicare Age Boost Would Add Uninsured; Fellowship Deadlines at Columbia, Roslyn Carter Center; & MORE
Posted: February 9, 2017 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Beginning Our 24th Year.
February 9, 2017 — Volume 17, 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: Real Valentines–Not Alternative Ones (“Love You, But–You’re Fired!”).
1. THE STORYBOARD: *** “Leaked HHS Draft Order to Fix Insurance Market Draws Mixed Reviews,” by Harris Meyer, Modern Healthcare; *** “Social Security Waits Anxiously for Trump to Nominate Commissioner,” by John Fritze, Baltimore Sun; *** “Nursing Home Residents Gain New Protections,” by Paula Span, New York Times “New Old Age” column;
2. GOOD SOURCES: ***Huge Increase in Uninsured if Medicare’s Eligibility Age Raised: Study from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare Foundation; ***National Foundation to End Senior Hunger; ***Encore.org’s “Generation to Generation” Campaign.
3. EYES ON THE PRIZE: ***Columbia University’s Age Boom Reporting Fellowship Deadline March 3; *** Rosalyn Carter Journalism Fellowship in Mental Health Application Deadline, [http://tinyurl.com/j6lewgb] April 12.
4. ON SCREEN: PBS Alzheimer’s Special Slammed—“A Devastating Hour … and Simmering Controversy.”
5. TONI MORRISON’S WISDOM FOR WRITERS ON ‘BARING WITNESS’
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