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

April 21, 2017 — Volume 17, 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. 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: Will O’Reilly Sue for Age Bias; Claim Firing Means Lonely Retirement Since Women Won’t Come Near Him Now. (Next Book: The Killing of My Retirement.)

1. EYES ON THE PRIZE: *** One Week Left–Journalists in Aging Fellowship Application Deadline April 28; *** Diane Joy Schmidt’s SPJ Double Win in the Rockies.

2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: *** Freelancer Liz Seegert’s new monthly blog titled “Health experts are talking about…” from arthritis to hep C testing;

3.THE STORY BOARD: *** “How to Help Alzheimer’s Patients Enjoy Life, Not Just ‘Fade Away,’” by Judith Graham,” Kaiser Health News; *** “At Intel, A Retirement Perk That Can Kick Off A New Career As A Paid Fellow,” by Ina Jaffe; ***“Wash. Post’s Reporting On Social Security Disability Insurance [SDI] Is Hopelessly Flawed” by Craig Harrington, Media Matters; *** “Black Retirees: North Carolina’s ‘Reverse’ Migration,” WUNC/New America Media , Leoneda Inge; *** “Older, Wiser and Fighting Climate Change,” California Health Report/New America Media  Matt Perry; *** “Some hospitals in Kentucky can’t find enough nurses,” by Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News;

4. IN DEPTH: Check out these recent series:

 *** “SENIOR CLASS: Part 1 — Back to School at 50+ for Income, Family, Community,” KSFR Public Radio/New America Media, Deborah Martinez; Part 2 –“Life Experience Enhances Back to School.”

*** AI (AGING INTELLIGENCE): “How Will Artificial Intelligence Help Aging Boomers?” Part 1–Smithsonian.com/New America Media , News Feature, Randy Rieland,(March 30). Part 2 — “How ‘Connected’ Will Your Aging Be in the Robotic Age?” Smithsonian.com/New America Media .

*** FINANCIAL ELDER ABUSE: Part 1–“Financial Exploitation: When Taking Money Amounts to Elder Abuse,” U.S. News & World Report/New America Media , Michael O. Schroeder. Part 2 — “The Mental and Physical Cost of Elder Financial Abuse,” US News & World Report/New America Media ; Part 3 – “Recovering From Trauma of Financial Elder Abuse—What to Do,” U.S. News & World Report/New America Media , (March 20).

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

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

April 14, 2017 — Volume 17, Number 4

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: Chocolate Eggs–Everyone’s Alternative Truth.

1. EYES ON THE PRIZE: Application Deadline Extended for Journalists in Aging Fellowships: Friday, April 28; Columbia U’s Age Boom Fellowship Taps 22 Reporters from ProPublica to La Opinión to NPR News.

2. THE STORY BOARD: *** “Trump’s proposal to eliminate the Social Security payroll tax,” by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times; ***AND “Trump’s Tax Plan Could Affect Your Social Security,” by Rob Garver, Financial Times; *** “In New York City, Local Coverage Declines—and Takes Accountability With It,” by Paul Moses, The Daily Beast; ; *** “They Fought for the U.S. in Laos. Now Many Older Hmong Fight Depression,” KQED California Report/New America Media , Alice Daniel.  (March 15); *** “Why I Became a Citizen at 79,” New America Media, Florencio Sunga Mallari, Sr., (April 3); *** “ ‘These Seniors Are Survivors’ — Serving Cambodian Elders in Chicago,” Diverse Elders Coalition , Mari Quenemoen, (March 26).*** “‘They’re out there—if we can find them,’” [http://tinyurl.com/ln9px8p] by Chelsea Conaboy. Politico, with more stories on rural aging.

3. LATER-LIFE REFLECTIONS:***United Passenger Asian and Older—Randomly Selected? *** “RE’FLECT, six half-hour documentaries profiling San Diego “successful aging” seniors involved in such areas as homelessness, LGBTQ senior housing, marathon running, and older women, KPBS-TV, produced by Heidi Rataj and Theresa Hoiles; *** “The Reunion Project” Photo Exhibition of older women by Lora Brody.

4. GOOD SOURCES: *** Study: Huge Increase in Uninsured if Medicare’s Eligibility Age Raised: Report from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare Foundation; *** The National Foundation to End Senior Hunger Report; ***Encore.org’s “Generation to Generation” Campaign to Mobilize 1 Million Older Adults to Help Youth