Age Boom Academy 2022
Caregiving and Our Longer Lives The $500 Billion Question
How do we support American families as informal caregiving becomes their reality?
How do we support American families as informal caregiving becomes their reality?
In its third decade, Columbia University's signature media training on issues around aging is a fellowship program of the Columbia Journalism School, the Columbia Aging Center, and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.
The 2022 Call for Applicants is Open for Our Virtual Age Boom Academy in October!
The Call for Applicants is Open!
"Age Boom Academy 2022: Caregiving and Our Longer Lives–The $500 Billion Question"
Our signature online media training will focus on the informal caregiving economy in the United States and the opportunity costs for society as well as for individual caregivers, and for healthy longevity.
To download the RFA announcement, click here.
For a sample format, see last year's program here and read about the past training in this piece " 'Age Boom' Journalist Bootcamp Focuses on Solutions to Older Adult Loneliness.
If you are a member of the media and wish to apply for our competitively selective 2022 Academy, please complete the application here. To join our mailing list, send an email to: ColumbiaAgingCenter@cumc.columbia.edu.
"Age Boom Academy 2022: Caregiving and Our Longer Lives–The $500 Billion Question"
Our signature online media training will focus on the informal caregiving economy in the United States and the opportunity costs for society as well as for individual caregivers, and for healthy longevity.
To download the RFA announcement, click here.
For a sample format, see last year's program here and read about the past training in this piece " 'Age Boom' Journalist Bootcamp Focuses on Solutions to Older Adult Loneliness.
If you are a member of the media and wish to apply for our competitively selective 2022 Academy, please complete the application here. To join our mailing list, send an email to: ColumbiaAgingCenter@cumc.columbia.edu.
ACADEMY LEADERSHIP
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH - Director, Age Boom Academy
Caitlin M. Hawke - Project Lead, Age Boom Academy
Bruce Shapiro - Co-director, Age Boom Academy
Jennifer P. Ware, Event Manager, Age Boom Academy
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH - Director, Age Boom Academy
Caitlin M. Hawke - Project Lead, Age Boom Academy
Bruce Shapiro - Co-director, Age Boom Academy
Jennifer P. Ware, Event Manager, Age Boom Academy
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The Columbia Aging Center’s signature media 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 Journalism School, the 2022 Age Boom Academy will cover the topic of Caregiving and Our Longer Lives–The $500 Billion Question. The 2021 Academy covered the causes and solutions of loneliness in aging. F |
The goal of our Age Boom Academy is to engage and train working members of the media 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 looming caregiving crisis in America and the policies, private-sector, and civil society solutions to address it.
Our 2022 speakers will feature Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health; Bruce Shapiro, Director, Dart Center, Columbia Journalism School; MacArthur grantee and Creative Care innovator Anne Basting; AARP policy specialist Susan Reinhard; CEO of Caregiver Action Network John Schall; New Old Age NYT columnist Paula Span; NYT editorial board member Michelle Cottle, and many others. Noted journalists covering aging will assist in the training and include: Rich Eisenberg, Chris Farrell, Kerry Hannon, Carol Hymowitz, and Julia Yarbough. |
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Age Boom Academy has received generous grant funding from The RRF Foundation for Aging.
Age Boom Academy also acknowledges past support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies and the AARP Foundation.
Contact ColumbiaAgingCenter@cumc.columbia.edu for more information.