@planetmoney.bsky.social friendly tip from reporter covering aging: pls don’t use ‘silver tsunami’ to describe older Americans. It’s a negative term that conjures up destruction & perpetuates stereotypes - of which there are already plenty

Designed around the needs of freelance journalists, our 8-week online course gives you everything you need to thrive as a business of one! Register by Sept. 19 to take advantage of early bird pricing: theiij.com/biz25

The @womenjournos.bsky.social auction for writers and journalists is live until Saturday - bid on an audio consulting session, book consult, op-ed consult and a lot more: givebutter.com/c/jawscamp20... all proceeds go to JAWS, supporting women in #journalism for 40 years and counting

"Part of being a freelancer is being vulnerable and saying hey, if you like this work please pay for it" on Substack or elsewhere @reportergarriss.bsky.social @womenjournos.bsky.social #freelancing

“Empathy and being able to tell stories” are key aspects of being a journalist says #SallyBuzbee - you don’t have to be exactly like Woodward and Bernstein. @womenjournos.bsky.social

“It was a lonely job” as top editor at the Washington Post” but many people supported #SallyBuzbee before she left #womeninjouralism @womenjournos.bsky.social

“Learning to delegate is hard. You have to mindfully do it.” Sally Buzbee on managing both in US and abroad #womeninjournalism @womenjournos.bsky.social

“One of the big issues in journalism particularly for women is how to balance it with a life.” Sally Buzbee of @reuters.com @womenjournos.bsky.social

Self doubt. “You get better at it but you still have it.” #SallyBuzbee of @reuters.com ex @washingtonpost.com #womeninjournalism @womenjournos.bsky.social

Just as relevant for #freelancers right now - what to do when your gigs disappear www.marketwatch.com/story/retire...

"To go out into the world, you have to believe you have something to offer" other people. This 100-year-old met the love of her life at 85 and now teaches a class on late life friendship: www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa... my piece for @yahoonews.com

Plenty of my friends only have one kid. The richer you are these days, the more you procreate (and look gorgeous while parenting) on.ft.com/4mA4c7O via @financialtimes.com

Such a relief for a book lover to read this piece about all the books you buy but don't read. In short, it's OK. #books #reading www.nextavenue.org/should-you-b... via @nextavenue.bsky.social

Excellent @healthjournalism.org webinar on what's going on in DC right now and the homeless sweeps. @brianmannadk.bsky.social makes the point that Donald Trump is a masterful storyteller & his stories stick w/people, no matter their truthfulness.

AI in the ER? How ChatGPT helped an adult daughter navigate a harrowing time in the hospital and communicate with her mom's medical team. My story for @nextavenue.bsky.social #caregiving #AI www.nextavenue.org/how-chatgpt-...

This is spot on about Meghan thedispatch.com/article/megh... via @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

Congratulations to Julia Metraux for completing her final piece for the #JAWS Health Journalism Fellowship, generously funded by the @commonwealthfnd. Learn more during the Health Fellowship showcase at #JAWSCAMP2025 Sept. 5-7 in Washington, DC! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Another twist in the generational phone use debate: what happens when a young worker doesn't actually say 'hello' on picking up? on.ft.com/4f6bsoM

So sad that I site I've written a lot for - @nextavenue.bsky.social had all but one of its small staff laid off this week. Future uncertain. Budget cuts. It's nuts that as the US gets older, all these resources for people 50 & up - informational and otherwise - are being eliminated.

This #journalism fellowship deadline just got extended to July 28, it's with @geronsociety.bsky.social I did it last year and highly recommend it to anyone interested in aging (which should be all of us since we're all doing it) www.geron.org/Resources/Jo...

@marcowerman.bsky.social @theworld.org it has to be Romania, right? Dracula?

For #journalists interested in the next few decades of changing demographics, @geronsociety.bsky.social is looking for new fellows for its journalists in aging program (which I've done) - highly recommended www.geron.org/Resources/Jo...

When it comes to #pitching stories, Nichole Currie of The Pulse emphasizes need to know you can pull it off: "Do you have access to the characters in your story, have you developed a relationship with them?" Time consuming but has to be done #HJ25 @healthjournalism.org

V useful info for #freelance journalists at #HJ25 - how to travel and report and get your costs covered. Also how to approach a long trip reporting abroad, pre-report before arrival and book #coliving space @healthjournalism.org

I loved this piece about male friendships, why they're so important and why many men let them go over time. Ultimately this is not a good thing: people need intimacy with those outside their family circle or spouse bit.ly/4mNSkQa

Being a stepmother has been hard, isolating and delightful. It’s a role that deserves a lot more recognition given rates of divorce and recoupling. My story www.nextavenue.org/a-stepmother... for @nextavenue.bsky.social

Do you know someone- or are you - over 65 and fed up of seeing wellness headlines about ‘aging well’ or ‘successful aging’ because you don’t fit the bill? Looking to interview someone for a story.

Interesting but to me at least, alarming. Influencers aren't trained journalists. www.teenvogue.com/story/news-i... via @teenvogue.com @indiejournalists.bsky.social

3 common freelance conundrums — and how to handle them healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/05... #freelancing #journalism

"Kindness has a physiological affect on your face." V interesting skincare talk w/ @saribotton.bsky.social & 70+ beauty editor Val Monroe valeriemonroe.substack.com/about "My goal continues to be to shift our thinking in the beauty arena from self-criticism to self-compassion."

"Black women only represent 2% of all cancer clinical trial participants." 1st in a series abt Black women & breast cancer and the fight to keep funding wordinblack.com/2025/05/brea... via @womenjournos.bsky.social

Good post for #authors but it works as well for anyone who has to sell stuff, including their services. Nothing beats human contact. It helps w/ the digital kind #writing www.paddyhirsch.com/how-i-learne...

I'll be doing this!

Another good webinar this time on how to gain trust as a freelance journalist, from @trustingnews.bsky.social

Love that someone young wrote such a great piece about what's happening to older Americans as a result of the Trump cuts - and WHY it matters to 20somethings: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-... via @teenvogue.com

"If we said it was a support group for men, they're not gonna come, because that would indicate 'I'm vulnerable, I need this.'" My latest for NPR looks at why social isolation hits older men so hard, & what one group in Maine is doing to fix it bit.ly/3GFv1Hm w/ thanks to @geronsociety.bsky.social

Another impressive webinar today by Encore Network on using AI in the job hunt when you're over 50. Highly recommend these webinars, have attended a few now. encorenetwork.org

Many in immigrant communities are so family oriented that as older people, they lack friends as haven't spent time making them. Great story from Denver on how Latinos there are beating loneliness: denverite.com/2025/04/02/l... via @womenjournos.bsky.social

"I recognize in retrospect why the caregiver looks worse than the patient." @joesentme.bsky.social thought he was prepared to care for his wife after her op. Then she was released the same day. Good tips here from a recovering caregiver: bit.ly/3Gm4Wgv my piece for @nextavenue.bsky.social

A lovely piece about how #caregiving can change you profoundly as a person. Beautiful writing: www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...

It's unusual for retired men to have events/programs designed just for them. Grandpas United is one of them. Volunteering - seeing that you make a difference to someone's life - is a big health boost. bit.ly/4cdR5F4 #aging

Agree with the writer Avivah Wittenber-Cox on this: the word 'old' needs a re-brand. To too many of us 'old' = bad, and it's high time we changed that elderberries.substack.com/p/rebranding...

Terrible news given how many people badly need these services. Senior centers are a lifeline for many, providing socialization, food, resources. Crazy given that in four years "we will have more older Americans than children for the first time" www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...

Loved working on this. There's clear evidence that when older men volunteer, it does their health - including their brain health - a lot of good. Spending time giving back is one way men can age better: www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Cagney & Lacey had a big effect on me as a teenager. Enjoyed this interview w/ Sharon Gless looking back over the series and what it was like to work on www.nextavenue.org/sharon-gless...

"Shut up and Listen." Such a sweet piece by a guy who found out what makes good caregiving through experience: www.npr.org/2025/02/23/n...

V glad I came to the @asjahq.bsky.social writers' conference in NYC which is totally geared to freelancers. Most useful #journalism conference I've attended in ages #ASJACON25

Nice piece and I totally relate, esp to all the questions you get asked when young about being 30 and single: www.nextavenue.org/ready-for-ma...

In the midst of all negative news, I loved this piece on spirituality and health. Makes total sense that you'll feel better, less lonely if your spiritual life also gets some attention: www.npr.org/2025/01/14/n... #healthcare

This seems appropriate right about now: how to keep up with the news without getting overwhelmed. Love the idea of a return to print but not sure I can make it happen bit.ly/42cJ2oK