Jane Gross

Jane Gross is a retired New York Times correspondent who spent 30 years covering every type of subject, from sports to autism, from aging to major earthquakes and California wildfires. She is the author of A Bittersweet Season: Caring for Our Aging Parents - And Ourselves and creator of the "New Old Age" blog, now defunct, at the Times. Before joining the Times, Ms. Gross worked for Long Island Newsday and Sports Illustrated magazine. After retiring, she volunteers as a tutor for high school students in New York and pursues ceramics.