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 general-audience or ethnic/community news outlets in the U.S. and who are covering/wish to cover issues in aging — for the 12th year of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program. The application deadline is Wednesday, August 11.
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, the program is structured 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 more than 700 news stories produced by 185 alumni.
Support is provided by grants from RRF Foundation for Aging and The John A. Hartford Foundation.
To learn more and to apply by August 11, click here.
