Ashley Milne-Tyte

"I'm sorry for your loss. Are there any services you'd like to add?" This is how many cable and phone companies are handling account holder deaths - trying to upsell their grieving relatives. My story https://www.nextavenue.org/were-sorry-for-your-loss-are-there-any-services-youd-like-to-add/ for @nextavenue.bsky.social

It's a controversial move but seeing success - senior living communities are dropping locked memory care units for those w/dementia, integrating them into the wider residential community instead. bit.ly/43B38cr My story for @npr.org https://bit.ly/43B38cr

"We are making it so hard to age in this country." @asaging.bsky.social 's Leanne Clark-Shirley sums it up well. My story on how the #Medicaid cuts won't just affect those on Medicaid - far from it: bit.ly/47xz8iI for @nextavenue.bsky.social thx to @healthjournalism.org for inspiring the story

'Aging well' generates lots of headlines. I'm as aspirational as the next person. But in the US at least it can make aging seem like yet one more thing we're meant to excel at. Which sounds exhausting. My story for @aarp.org bit.ly/48XvKjs

@planetmoney.bsky.social friendly tip from reporter covering aging: pls don’t use ‘silver tsunami’ to describe older Americans. It’s a negative term that conjures up destruction & perpetuates stereotypes - of which there are already plenty

The @womenjournos.bsky.social auction for writers and journalists is live until Saturday - bid on an audio consulting session, book consult, op-ed consult and a lot more: https://givebutter.com/c/jawscamp2025auction/auction all proceeds go to JAWS, supporting women in #journalism for 40 years and counting

"Part of being a freelancer is being vulnerable and saying hey, if you like this work please pay for it" on Substack or elsewhere @reportergarriss.bsky.social @womenjournos.bsky.social #freelancing

“Empathy and being able to tell stories” are key aspects of being a journalist says #SallyBuzbee - you don’t have to be exactly like Woodward and Bernstein. @womenjournos.bsky.social

“It was a lonely job” as top editor at the Washington Post” but many people supported #SallyBuzbee before she left #womeninjouralism @womenjournos.bsky.social

“Learning to delegate is hard. You have to mindfully do it.” Sally Buzbee on managing both in US and abroad #womeninjournalism @womenjournos.bsky.social

“One of the big issues in journalism particularly for women is how to balance it with a life.” Sally Buzbee of @reuters.com @womenjournos.bsky.social

Self doubt. “You get better at it but you still have it.” #SallyBuzbee of @reuters.com ex @washingtonpost.com #womeninjournalism @womenjournos.bsky.social

Just as relevant for #freelancers right now - what to do when your gigs disappear https://www.marketwatch.com/story/retirees-are-told-to-work-longer-to-make-ends-meet-but-what-if-the-jobs-disappear-60889716

"To go out into the world, you have to believe you have something to offer" other people. This 100-year-old met the love of her life at 85 and now teaches a class on late life friendship: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/want-to-make-new-friends-ask-this-100-year-old-100010519.html my piece for @yahoonews.com

Plenty of my friends only have one kid. The richer you are these days, the more you procreate (and look gorgeous while parenting) on.ft.com/4mA4c7O via @financialtimes.com https://on.ft.com/4mA4c7O

Such a relief for a book lover to read this piece about all the books you buy but don't read. In short, it's OK. #books #reading https://www.nextavenue.org/should-you-buy-and-enjoy-books-you-may-never-read/ via @nextavenue.bsky.social

Excellent @healthjournalism.org webinar on what's going on in DC right now and the homeless sweeps. @brianmannadk.bsky.social makes the point that Donald Trump is a masterful storyteller & his stories stick w/people, no matter their truthfulness.

AI in the ER? How ChatGPT helped an adult daughter navigate a harrowing time in the hospital and communicate with her mom's medical team. My story for @nextavenue.bsky.social #caregiving #AI https://www.nextavenue.org/how-chatgpt-helped-navigate-a-loved-ones-hospital-stay/

This is spot on about Meghan https://thedispatch.com/article/meghan-markle-diana-american-princess/ via @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social

Another twist in the generational phone use debate: what happens when a young worker doesn't actually say 'hello' on picking up? on.ft.com/4f6bsoM https://on.ft.com/4f6bsoM

So sad that I site I've written a lot for - @nextavenue.bsky.social had all but one of its small staff laid off this week. Future uncertain. Budget cuts. It's nuts that as the US gets older, all these resources for people 50 & up - informational and otherwise - are being eliminated.

This #journalism fellowship deadline just got extended to July 28, it's with @geronsociety.bsky.social I did it last year and highly recommend it to anyone interested in aging (which should be all of us since we're all doing it) https://www.geron.org/Resources/Journalists-in-Aging-Fellows-Program