Retirement & Aging

Coverage: Remember Your

Roots
MICHELLE SINGLETARY
THE WASHINGTON POST
OCTOBER 16,2017
Joe Recca
Reporting on Aging Issues

1. Remember your roots.

2. Remember who matters.

3. Remember better reporting comes from

experience.
What My Resume Shows
Author
What My Bio Doesnt Cover
Raised by Loving (But Crazy) Grandmother &
Alcoholic Ex-Offender Grandfather
1. Remembering My Roots Dictate
My Retirement & Aging Coverage
I write for:
1. Big Mama
2. People struggling to understand the new financial world
3. Young adults

Who I dont write for:

1. Financial folks
2. Sources
3. Colleagues
 I Never Forget
Covering Aging Issues Is Service Journalism
2. Remember Who Matters Because
Aging Issues are Scary & Complicated
The people we cover arent just anecdotal leads

Robin
I am petrified. I have a good job and a stock portfolio. I've been
working for about 16 years I lost a lot of it in 2008 but have built it back
up. I wasn't able to start contributing to my 403 B until about 8 years
into my job, because I was the sole support of my family and at that
time we needed every penny. I am remarried to someone quite older
than I 10 years ago. I fear without him, I will not be able to hold on to
my home. I have an adult son with a disability who lives on his own with
a few hours of Medicaid support. I'm scared that that will go away and
everything he and I worked for will go away SSDI benefits, Medicaid,
waiver. I set up a special needs trust for him. I have a will, etc.
What They Are Facing
One Womans Decision
3. Remember better reporting comes from experience
Practice What You Sources Preach
Whats Your Number?
Vanguard 2016 How America Saves Report
Reporting on Aging Issues

1. Remember your roots.

2. Remember who matters.

3. Remember better reporting comes from

experience.