I was lucky to spend 10 weeks as a News21 reporting fellow this summer. Covering the topic of ‘Aging in America’ is not the sexiest thing in the world, but I got to travel and report on stories around the US. I went to Abingdon, VA, Chicago and upstate New York. It was a great learning experience, and I got to spend it with some amazing editors and a dozen other very talented reporters. On top of that it was PAID (seems to be a rarity these days), so I made a little coin…and the three videos I contributed to, all ran in the New York Times. Summer well spent. Thanks CUnews21.
Videos below (links, not embeds. Sorry).
Elderly co-share in upstate New York between a 65 year old looking for cheap rent and an 81 year old needing a caretaker:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/08/08/health/100000000978553/my-house-our-home.html
A virtual village in Chicago designed to help seniors stay independent longer and age at home:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/08/15/health/100000000971450/takes-a-village.html
A group of seniors bought a bunch of land in Virginia and formed ‘ElderSpirit,’ a community they can age in together:
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/08/22/health/100000000968981/creating-a-community.html
