{{short description|American digital news platform}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''''Next Avenue''''' is a digital platform launched by PBS that offers original and aggregated journalism aimed at baby boomers. It is PBS' first venture to begin on the Internet rather than on broadcast television, and was conceived and developed at Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) in St. Paul, Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/from-public-tv-a-new-site-for-50-somethings/ |title=From Public TV, a New Site for 50-Somethings |work=The New York Times |date=May 13, 2012 |accessdate=June 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/151401245.html |title=Website targets 'tween' seniors |work=The Star Tribune |date=May 15, 2012 |accessdate=June 19, 2012}}</ref> The website was launched on May 15, 2012.
In 2015, ''Next Avenue'' began publishing an annual list of the top 50 "Influencers in Aging", a recognition of "advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts [who] continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Top 50 Influencers in Aging|work=Next Avenue |url=https://www.nextavenue.org/showcase/meet-next-avenue-influencers-in-aging-2017/}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|www.nextavenue.org}}
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