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10th Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards

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For ten years now, this prestigious event has celebrated outstanding,
accurate and fair media coverage of LGBT issues.

This year’s honorees were Michael Krasny, host of KQED's award-winning
Forum, for his continued support of the LGBT community, as well as his
outstanding breadth of work in the journalism world, and online and
technology journalist, Ina Fried, for her extensive work with NLGJA,
her advocacy for LGBT people in the workplace, and her continued
contributions to the journalism world. In addition, we would like to
recognize The Bay Citizen for its ongoing support of the LGBT
community through its extensive coverage.

About NLGJA's Northern California Chapter

Northern California is the birthplace of NLGJA, the brainchild of former Oakland Tribune Executive Editor Leroy F. Aarons. Today, not only is the Northern California chapter the oldest, but it is also among the largest and most active.

The chapter boast members from dozens of newspapers, network owned and operated television stations, and dozens of radio stations. It serves as home to a number of journalists who write for national newspapers and magazines. It is also a hotbed of online media, with members who have helped pioneer online media and who continue to cover news for the digital age.

With members from the Oregon border in the North, Fresno in the South and Reno in the East, the Northern California chapter serves a range of market sizes from its hub in San Francisco. The diversity and size of the chapter offers members a unique opportunity to interact with journalists at different stages of their careers.

The chapter marked it's fifteenth anniversary in 2006. 

Northern California Chapter Contacts

	James David Northern California Chapter President Freelance journalist/Director of Communications, Lick- Wilmerding HS

Bob Ross Student Scholarship

The Northern California Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) is pleased to announce its 2010 Bob Ross Student Scholarship. For the fourth year, the Bob Ross Foundation has generously offered $2,500 for the winner of this scholarship. Additionally, the scope of the scholarship has been expanded to include students who are from Northern California but may be pursuing their education out of state. Winners will be informed no later than August 15, and honored at the NLGJA National Convention in San Francisco in September 2010.

Bob Ross, for whom the scholarship is named, founded San Francisco newspaper Bay Area Reporter in 1971. The Bay Area Reporter is one of the oldest known lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) papers in the nation. Ross, who was also a passionate advocate for both LGBT and AIDS rights, passed away in 2003.

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