Student News Team Launches "Brave Old World"

Student News Team Launches "Brave Old World": Ten student reporters from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism produced a series of in-depth multimedia investigative reports on the elderly, depicting the complex dimensions of aging. The project involved comprehensive research to address a subject of growing importance to Americans: to show how communities may adapt to meet the needs of a growing elderly population. These informative segments include:

• “How We Live Now,” a series of six video portraits showing the places and circumstances in which seniors are carrying out their days.
• “Growing Old in Three Minutes,” short videos drawing from the latest science, which demonstrate the impact of aging on the body’s senses.
• “What We Know About Dementia,” a report on the impending crisis, including interviews with Alzheimer’s patients themselves.
• “Welcome to Elderland,” an animated illustration of how communities can adapt to an aging population."