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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:34 AM

Railroading Taxpayers

I'm from Long Island. I've had a few beers with Long Island Rail Road workers, and I know that some take advantage of generous work rules. But nothing prepared me for "A Disability Epidemic Among a Railroad’s Retirees" by Walt Bogdanich in The New York
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Monday, June 09, 2008 6:53 AM

Lure and Connect

An intriguing title and blurb can pull readers into a story they'd otherwise skip. Here's how Rebecca Dube of The Globe and Mail begins "Senior High," her series on a Toronto retirement home named the Terraces of Baycrest: Fast Times at Senior High
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:30 AM

Hurray for the Winners

We're proud to write that many of the stories we've highlighted in News Gems won National Journalism Awards last week. "Hidden Hazards: Kids at Risk" by Patricia Callahan and Maurice Possley of the Chicago Tribune took first prize in the public service
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:30 AM

Young Journalists Expose an Outrage

Eight students at Northeastern University, overseen by journalism professor Walter V. Robinson, have produced an outstanding article for the Boston Globe, "Courts Strip Elders of Their Independence." The students reviewed hundreds of guardianship cases
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Monday, December 10, 2007 5:00 AM

Songs From the Heart

"Not the Same Old Song, Dance," by Doyle Murphy of the Times Herald-Record, is a nice little story about an 86-year-old man named Joe who, after losing his wife of 57 years, fights his grief and loneliness by trying his hand at karaoke in local bars.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:00 AM

Choosing to Die

Doug Erickson of the Wisconsin State Journal has crafted a moving story about a woman who decided to let herself die. For his "A Death Well Planned," Erickson spent 18 months chronicling the final journey of Joan Rademacher, a 72-year-old Madison woman
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Monday, July 09, 2007 9:00 AM

Boomers Ready To Go Bust

The Indianapolis Star and WTHR Channel 13 in Indy are teaming up this week to present a close look at the financial realities facing the nation's 78 million baby boomers. Their "Are Boomers Ready to Retire?" uses polling data to show that many boomers
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