14 Fellows Selected for The Journalists in Aging Fellows Program
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Journalists Network on Generations have selected two John A. Hartford Foundation reporters, Cecilia Hernandez-Cromwell (Telemundo Noticiero Oklahoma) and Katherine Ellen Foley (Quartz), as part of the group of 14 reporters for the next cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program.
The program is now in its tenth year. The new fellows were chosen - by a panel of gerontological and editorial professionals - based on their proposals for an in-depth aging-focused story or series. These projects, to be produced in 2020, span such concerns as cultural challenges in the U.S. for older Arab, Indian, and Latino immigrants; health issues for African American and other long-held prisoners on reentry to the community; continuing struggles of low-income older Puerto Ricans in the wake of the 2017 hurricanes; increasing homelessness among older adults in Cape Cod; challenges to ageist stereotypes; and the crisis of loneliness and isolation.
The Silver Century Foundation, The Retirement Research Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, and The John A. Hartford Foundation provide funding support.
To read the press release, click here.
To learn more about the Fellowship, click here.
To go to stories resulting from the program, click here.
