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 15th year of the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program. The application deadline has been extended to July 22.
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.
The program is structured to build three bridges to:
- Connect working reports with experts in the field;
- Link journalists new to the complex issues of aging with experienced age-beat reporters; and
- Channel reporters' enhanced knowledge—fortified by current research—to their communities, in their own languages.
More than 800 stories have been produced by 231 alumni over the past 14 years. Support is provided by grants from Silver Century Foundation, The John A. Hartford Foundation and the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM).
Learn more and apply by July 22.
original post 6/12/2024 updated 7/9/2024
