Ashley Milne-Tyte

I’m an audio and print journalist and podcast host. I spent years covering business and now specialize in stories about aging and longevity. I’d like to be part of changing attitudes to aging through my writing. Specialties aside, my experience at public radio outlets such as Marketplace and NPR means I can write about pretty much anything (at short notice). I honed my audio storytelling skills as a reporter for Marketplace, the public radio business show. I hosted my own podcast about women and the workplace, The Broad Experience, for more than a decade, starting before the podcast boom began and ending in 2023. During that time I built a thriving online community for the show using social media. I have also produced and hosted podcasts for clients ranging from trade magazines to brands like Morgan Stanley and Virgin Atlantic. I have taught radio and podcasting at Columbia Journalism School and Stony Brook University. 

These days I report and write for NPR, AARP, PBS Next Avenue, The Christian Science Monitor, and The East Hampton Star, among others. Over the years I’ve been published in The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Metro, and The Independent.

info Subjects

General

Health & Medicine
Business & Finance
Lifestyle
Wellness
Travel

Specialties

Aging
Health
Women
Step parenting

notepad Skills

  • Articles
  • Blog posts
  • Feature writing
  • News
  • Podcasts (producing)
  • Podcasts (writing)
  • Radio (producing)
  • Radio (reporting)
  • Radio (writing)
  • Social media
  • Profiles
  • Web copy
  • Copywriting
  • Scripts
  • Editing
  • Essays
  • Photography
  • Q&A

notepad Writing Credits

NPR, Marketplace, AARP, Next Avenue, The World, WNYC, The Christian Science Monitor, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Metro, The East Hampton Star.

star Awards, Honors, Appointments

Silurians Press Club award for best radio/audio feature, June 2024.

Columbia University Age Boom Academy fellow, October 2023.

Gerontological Society of America journalism fellow, November 2024.

Selected Work

As author, unless indicated otherwise.

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Dementia housing without locked wards? It's a small but growing movement

As the number of Americans living with dementia increases, some senior housing facilities are rejecting locked memory-care units and instead are integrating those with dementia into the wider community. 

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The Tyranny of Aging Well

Has aging become one more thing we all need to compete at?

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We are making it so hard to age in this country

The cuts to Medicaid over the next decade won't just affect poorer Americans - they'll hit older adults from all backgrounds.

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We're sorry for your loss. Are there any services you'd like to add?

Canceling a loved one's cable account after their death should be a straightforward task. But companies hate to lose clients - even dead ones. 

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