Additional Resources
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Additional Reading

• "News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity." Edited by Laura Castañeda and Shannon B. Campbell, USC Annenberg School of Journalism. Click here to order from Sage Publications.
• "In Plain Sight: Gay and Lesbian Communication and Culture" (PDF)
  William F. Eadie, Professor and Director, School of Communication, San Diego State University

Teaching Suggestions

Using the guidelines developed by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, these teaching suggestions offer a number of simple and interesting ways to address LGBT issues in the classroom. Addressing topics from visual literacy to the law, these ideas are sure to spark some creative strategies of your own.

• ACEJMC Assessment Areas
• Teaching Suggestions

Additional NLGJA Resources

Student Opportunities
Find information on NLGJA’s student opportunities that will not only build your students’ clips, but also connect them to journalists and news media professionals across the country.

Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology
"Gay marriage" or "marriage rights for same-sex couples?" Is there anything wrong with referring to an "alternative lifestyle?" Is using the word "queer" ever acceptable? NLGJA's Stylebook Supplement on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Terminology answers these questions and complements other stylebook resources.

Journalists Toolbox
With stories about the LGBT community making news in beats from health to education and everywhere in between, NLGJA's Journalists Toolbox is designed to provide information and strategies to journalists who find themselves seeking creative, unique and accurate means of covering the LGBT community.

NLGJA Membership
Students and educators who join NLGJA enter a unique network of peers who share an interest in the intersection of sexual orientation issues, journalism education and the industry at large. Special listservs facilitate conversations between students and educators from campuses nationwide, while local and national events provide valuable networking opportunities.