The Robert N. Butler and Jack Rosenthal Age Boom Academy 2021
The Robert N. Butler and Jack Rosenthal Age Boom Academy 2021
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The signature journalism and aging program of the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
based at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and in partnership with the Columbia Journalism School
based at the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and in partnership with the Columbia Journalism School
The 2021 Age Boom Academy:
"Combatting Loneliness in Aging:
Toward a 21st Century Blueprint for Societal Connectedness"
All sessions will be online and last approximately 90 minutes:
Pre-Academy Video Library
Thursday, May 6, 5:30-7pm ET -- Framing
Friday, May 7, AM ET -- Root Causes and Kinds of Loneliness
Monday, May 10, AM ET -- Blueprint for a Solution: Building Cohesion Back In
May 10-June 11: Supported Story Incubation (as needed)
Friday, June 11, AM ET -- Showcasing Interventions
NB: Exact session times subject to slight changes.
If you are an active member of the press and would like to apply, please click the APPLY button below.
** EXTENDED! THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MARCH 12, 2021 **
"Combatting Loneliness in Aging:
Toward a 21st Century Blueprint for Societal Connectedness"
All sessions will be online and last approximately 90 minutes:
Pre-Academy Video Library
Thursday, May 6, 5:30-7pm ET -- Framing
Friday, May 7, AM ET -- Root Causes and Kinds of Loneliness
Monday, May 10, AM ET -- Blueprint for a Solution: Building Cohesion Back In
May 10-June 11: Supported Story Incubation (as needed)
Friday, June 11, AM ET -- Showcasing Interventions
NB: Exact session times subject to slight changes.
If you are an active member of the press and would like to apply, please click the APPLY button below.
** EXTENDED! THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MARCH 12, 2021 **
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The Columbia Aging Center’s signature press training was founded by globally-recognized geriatric pioneer Robert N. Butler, MD, and prize-winning New York Times editor and writer Jack Rosenthal as an intensive, high-impact training seminar for journalists, editors, and producers in all media – print, on air and online – to deepen understanding of the health, economic, and social issues around aging.
Run in partnership with the Columbia School of Journalism, the next Age Boom Academy "Combatting Loneliness in Aging: Toward a 21st Century Blueprint for Societal Connectedness." |
The goal of our Age Boom Academy is to engage and train journalists in current science and policies related to longevity. This is the sole training for a competitively-selected group of journalists to focus on the research and empirical data on the health consequences of loneliness in America, its causes, and on how policies and practices could build human connectivity, cohesion and foster purpose for older adults.
Our speakers will feature Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH; Louise Hawkley, PhD; Sara Czaja, PhD; Tom Kamber, PhD; Becca Levy, PhD; Roger O'Sullivan, and many others. Senior journalists joining us will be Bruce Shapiro, Rodney Brooks, Rich Eisenberg, Chris Farrell, Kerry Hannon, and Carol Hymowitz. |
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Age Boom Academy has received generous grant funding from The RRF Foundation for Aging. We also acknowledge a gift from the AARP Foundation in support of our upcoming press training.
Age Boom Academy also acknowledges past support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies.
Contact ColumbiaAgingCenter@cumc.columbia.edu for more information.