In The Long Game's 1st guest essay, Margaret Morganroth Gullette writes about a terrifying initiation rite among the Asmat of West Papua New Guinea. Where, she asks, does the absence of fear in our modern world leaves us? #aging, #elderlycare djschemo.substack.com/p/craw…... See less

Of Steps and Skips djschemo.substack.com/p/of-s…

“Almost 50 percent of middle class Americans will retire as poor or near poor,” according to Teresa Ghilarducci, a leading labor economist and author of “Work, Retire, Repeat.” More on the raw truth of retirement at The Long Game: Reporting for Grown-Ups.

Just 30 years ago, retirement as an age sanded down inequalities. Today, it calcifies them. Teresa Ghilarducci, author of "Work, Retire, Repeat," on the tough choices facing people over 60, on The Long Game podcast. #unretirement #inequality #elderlycare djschemo.substack.com/p/lock…

4/4 More episodes to come—and if this is the kind of journalism that you have been looking for, look no further. Subscribe free today, at the link below. djschemo.substack.com/p/a-li… #TheLongGame #100reporters #StevenAHolmes #Retirement #BlackMessiahs #Pulitzer #NextCalling

3/4 The book's publication marks Holmes' first foray into the world of fiction. The story follows two Black brothers as they are deployed to Europe during World War II, and who cross paths with a young Jewish boy during the Holocaust. Listen to the full interview now.

2/4 For our first episode, Schemo interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steven A. Holmes. Holmes, a long-time reporter for The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time magazine, and CNN, just released his debut novel following his retirement, titled "Black Messiahs."

1/4 The Long Game has officially launched our new podcast series: "Next Calling." The series, hosted by our founder, Diana Jean Schemo (@100reporters), explores the different paths, journeys and callings which people choose to pursue—after retiring.

On June 16, Mozambican investigators searched the home of investigative journalist Estacio Valoi, confiscating his equipment. A month later, it has not been returned. Here, he talks about what's at stake for journalists when their gear gets taken. #EnteredIntoTheRecord. #DX2026

Last call for passes: Our partners at The International Documentary Association (@idaorg) are holding their seventh biennial Getting Real conference between 20-23 July 2026, in Los Angeles and virtually worldwide. Join Double Exposure's virtual roundtable starting at 8:30 am PCT.

Unretired: Revisiting and Reinventing Work For "The Long Game," Julie Pfitzinger explores the ways in which some are taking retirement into their own hands—and completely changing the game. Read now, below. open.substack.com/pub/djsche… #Retirement #aging #reinvention #newchapter

Unretirement: Finding Your Way Forward This week, Julie Pfitzinger (former managing editor of PBS's "Next Avenue") returns to "The Long Game" with a story on retirement—and the ways that some are reinventing themselves later in the game. Read below. open.substack.com/pub/djsche…

Retirement once meant the finish line. For Carl Weingarten and countless Americans 60+, it’s becoming something more like a restart: a new stage of work shaped by money, health and the search for purpose. djschemo.substack.com/p/reti…

Read our latest report at the link below. Diana Schemo, renowned reporter, explores that unique feeling of invisibility that often accompanies aging — and why it might not be such a bad thing, after all. djschemo.substack.com/p/the-… #aging #vanishingfeeling #invisibility

Our latest report from The Long Game: Reporting for Grown-Ups. djschemo.substack.com/p/the-… #aging #invisibility #vanishingfeeling

6/6 The first report from The Long Game: Reporting for Grown-Ups. Journalism for people over 60 who still have skin in the game. djschemo.substack.com/p/our-… #ImmigrationEnforcement #TheLongGame

5/6 "During COVID, people were dying and we still went to work." — Kpana Farwenel, nursing assistant, Minneapolis djschemo.substack.com/p/our-… #ImmigrationEnforcement #ReportingForGrownups

4/6 These workers dress and feed people who are aging, take them shopping, check vital signs. They stand in for children busy with their own families. They are there when the phone does not ring. djschemo.substack.com/p/our-… #ImmigrationEnforcement #DomesticWorkers

3/6 One in three nursing home employees is an immigrant. One in four direct care workers. If the Trump Administration hits its deportation targets, 274,000 direct-care workers will be gone. djschemo.substack.com/p/our-… #ImmigrationEnforcement #ReportingForGrownups