Phones are for More than Just Talking
This little news tidbit caught my eye on my commute this morning. A new Pew Research Study says that just over a quarter of Americans get their news from their cell phones – not surprising when I look...
View ArticleExtra, Extra! Newspaper Readership Declining
A new AARP Bulletin poll shows that the number of folks who read a newspaper as their primary source of news is going down, and people are increasingly depending on other sources of media, like the...
View ArticleAmerica Wants the News
Here’s an article worth reading today from USAToday.com on a recent Pew study about how much time consumers are spending on news these days. (The fact that I got this story perusing USA Today’s website...
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AARP Has Not Changed Its Position on Social Security
Hey everyone - I’m sure many of you have seen the Wall Street Journal article from this morning (“Key Seniors Association Pivots on Benefit Cut”). This is a misleading characterization. Read AARP’s...
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Remembering: Mike Wallace, 93
Mike Wallace was an institution in the news industry. He interviewed presidents, singers, mobsters and civil rights heroes. He needled them with a sophisticated coolness that only Wallace could. He...
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Lessons from the Bullying Video That Went Viral
The following is a guest post from Bill Hogan, a writer and editor on the AARP Media News team. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” How many of us had to say that in...
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Stepping into My Own Prime Time
For years I was a sitcom writer; my shows were always in prime time. I have been writing voices for Designing Women, Family Ties, Kate and Allie. Yup, that’s me – except not really. They have been...
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Poll: Half of Americans Prefer TV News; Older Adults Pay Closest Attention
Television is still the preferred news source for half of Americans, though it may not retain its dominance for long. While about 60 percent of older adults prefer TV news, just 34 percent of 18- to...
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Are You Giving Up on the News?
They were our heroes. Woodward and Bernstein brought down a president. The New York Times published “The Pentagon Papers” in the face of government resistance to revealing damaging truths. “Uncle”...
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Walter Cronkite’s WWII Letters Home in New Book
Before he was the voice of his generation and “the most trusted man in America,” Walter Cronkite was a 20-something war correspondent writing letters home to his new wife. Now his namesake and...
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11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and fun… 1. Howdy Doody (and Van Gogh) could help save Detroit. (Learn more at AARP) 2. The YouTube sensation “Grandma Drummer” has revealed her identity. (Learn more at AARP) 3. A...
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11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and fun … 1. It takes a licking but keeps on ticking: Scientists can rebuild a mouse’s heart with human cells. (Learn more at Futurity.org) 2. Quick: Who’s that below? A simple test...
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‘Headless’ Headline Writer Axed by NY Post
Citing budget cutbacks, the New York Post has axed Vincent A. Musetto, the journalist widely credited with writing one of the greatest tabloid headlines of all time (“HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR”),...
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11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and fun … 1. The world’s ugliest animal is … the blobfish. (Learn more at CNN) 2. Surprise: The “perfect age” is now 50. (Learn more at AARP) 3. The Beatles have a new album on the...
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When It Comes to News, There Are Gazers and Grazers
If you’ve turned the pages of a newspaper in public to find out what’s going in the world, you may have felt just a bit out of place among all the twenty-somethings using tablets and smartphones for...
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Here's How Wrong Recent Financial Headlines Have Been
Over the past five years, U.S. stocks have tripled in value. For example, the Wilshire 5000 total return index increased from 27.50 to 82.62. Yet paranoia about the market has caused many investors to...
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The New Face of Friendship: Has Facebook Replaced the Backyard Fence?
I grew up in Brooklyn at a time when there were many sets of parental eyes watching over us. Riding bikes, playing stoopball or jumping rope on the sidewalk, we knew, without having to think about it,...
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11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and … fun 1. A cobra can bite and kill someone even 20 minutes after its head is severed. (Learn more at Daily Mirror) 2. Celebrity deaths do not generally come in threes. (Learn more...
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How to Follow the 2014 Midterm Election Returns
Whether you’re a hard-core political junkie or just an ordinary citizen who’s interested in the outcome, there are a wealth of ways to follow the midterm elections on your laptop, tablet or smartphone....
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11 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week
News, discoveries and … fun 1. Yes, men are idiots. (Learn more at AARP) 2. Drinking alcohol to fall asleep can have the opposite effect. (Learn more at University of Missouri via Futurity) 3. The myth...
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