Aging and Retirement:
Understanding Generational Changes

Application Deadline: April 19, 2016

Training Dates: June 12-15, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

An aging population of baby boomers is moving into retirement without the cash to last a lifetime – and younger generations aren’t faring much better. One study found more than half of households won’t have enough retirement income to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living. The Social Security and Medicare systems are careening toward a crisis, and there is little political will to do anything about it. At this all-expenses-paid fellowship, journalists will learn about these topics and more – exploring retirement finances; the fate of the public safety net for the elderly; health advances that can affect longevity; and the different ways different generations deal with these issues. For more details and to APPLY, click here.

Funding for this training is provided by Prudential Financial.

Delegate Rules and
Covering Political Conventions
A Capitol Hill Issues Briefing

A half-day, in-person, free briefing in Washington, D.C.
REGISTER HERE

Forget the polls – it’s all about the delegate count and the rules governing the presidential nominating conventions. Learn from veteran journalists how delegates are counted, how the rules will play out in Cleveland and Philadelphia, and what the last contested convention looked like. We’ll give you logistical details and tips for covering the national conventions for your audience. Veterans will show you ways to make your coverage stand out, and first-timers will share what they learned at the 2012 conventions.

Speakers will include (more to be announced):

• Stephen Ohlemacher, AP’s delegate count expert
• Carl Leubsdorf, Dallas Morning News columnist who covered the 1976 contested convention
• John Mulligan, Senate Press Gallery and former Providence Journal reporter
• Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, whose first convention was 2012

Sponsored by CQ Roll Call and the Indiana University Center on Representative Government.

Lights Out: Risks to the Power Grid
An interview with Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel set out to understand the nation’s electric grid and to then understand the threats to it. His reporting alarmed him: The electric grid is connected by the Internet, and therefore susceptible to terrorist hacks; it is populated with thousands of different companies and therefore thousands of different attack points; and it is loosely regulated. Ted Koppel discusses his findings in this video.

More Resources for Reporting on Infrastructure

In addition to hearing from Ted Koppel on the vulnerability of the electric grid, NPF Paul Miller fellows spent the March session immersed in infrastructure. Click here to access all resources from the training.

NPF Annual Report

NPF produced 56 days of training in 2015, with more than 180 journalists in person and reaching over 65,000 more through the content on nationalpress.org. You can see the full list of programming and fellows, and learn more about what we do, in the 2015 Annual Report.

From NPF Friends and Fellows

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2016-17 Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism

Why More and More People Are Dying Young in Rural America by Michal Addady | Fortune Magazine | Obesity 2016

Colon cancer patients getting younger, no one knows why by Paula Wolfson | WTOP | Cancer 2016

Student Loan Debt Counseling by Angela Kenneke | Keloland Television | Retirement 2015