14 Journalists Selected for GSA Journalists in Aging Fellows Program
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the Journalists Network on Generations have welcomed 14 distinguished reporters to join the 2024-2025 cohort of the Journalists in Aging Fellowship Program, including The John A. Hartford Foundation fellows, Ashley Milne-Tyte (NPR) and Aiola Virella (Metro Puerto Rico) as new fellows and Jessie Hellman (CQ Rollcall) as a continuing fellow.
The Journalists in Aging Fellowship Program is now in its 15th year, with its new fellows bringing the program total to 245 participating reporters. This class of reporters represents a wide range of general audience, ethnic, and community outlets, and includes local and national publications and radio outlets. Fellows were chosen based on their proposals for an in-depth aging-focused story or series by a panel of gerontological and editorial professionals.
The projects, to be produced in 2025, encompass concerns such as malnutrition, menopause, social isolation, and caregiving issues.
The program is supported by funding from Silver Century Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, The John A. Hartford Foundation, and National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM), and a donation from John Migliaccio, PhD, MEd, FGSA.
Stories resulting from the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program are many, and articles published by the JAHF Fellows include:
- Metro Puerto Rico, Cuidadores en crisis: la salud de quienes atienden a pacientes con alzhéimer se deteriora en silencio, by Aiola Virella
- NPR, How to get older men to socialize is a puzzle. A group called ROMEO is one answer, by Ashley Milne-Tyte
- NCPR, 'Grandpas' got together to help kids. Scientists say it boosts the elders' health, too, by Ashley Milne-Tyte
- NPR, Men die younger than women. Is it time for a focus on men's health?, by Ashley Milne-Tyte
- CQ Roll Call, Nursing home staffing rule in limbo as Trump 2.0 approaches, by Jessie Hellmann
- The World, Hamptons hospital adapts fall-prevention classes for aging Spanish-speaking population, by Ashley Milne-Tyte
- Metro Puerto Rico, Vinculan la diabetes como factor de riesgo para demencia (Diabetes linked as a risk factor for dementia), by Aiola Virella
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Learn more about the fellowship.
Explore the media coverage from the fellows.
