Call for Applications: The Journalists in Aging Fellows Program
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the Journalists Network on Generations are welcoming applications — from journalists who represent mainstream or ethnic/community news outlets in the U.S. and who are covering/wish to cover issues in aging — for the 11th year of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program. The application deadline is September 1, 2020.
This program's goals are to educate journalists about issues in aging, better allowing them to spread a new awareness to general audiences and ethnic or targeted communities (such as LGBTQ, disability, or gender-focused groups); and to disseminate accurate information about new scientific findings, policy debates, innovations, and evidence-based solutions.
Additionally, GSA has structured this program to build three bridges: to connect working reporters with experts in the field; to link journalists new to the complex issues of aging with experienced age-beat reporters; and ultimately to channel reporters’ enhanced knowledge — fortified by current research — to their communities, in their own languages. A press release discusses how, since its founding in 2010, the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program has been responsible for approximately 700 news stories produced by 170 alumni.
Support in 2020 is provided by grants from The Silver Century Foundation, RRF Foundation for Aging, The John A. Hartford Foundation, and a new partner this year, the Gannett Foundation.
To learn more and to apply by September 1, click here.
