by Bach Polakowski | Jun 30, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
It’s easy to criticize obviously unfair or grossly inaccurate coverage. Then there’s the kind of coverage that’s technically fair and accurate, but still feels off base. “I Love You, Man (as a Friend)” is such an article. Written by...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 29, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Thinking of going to Montreal for NLGJA’s LGBT Media Summit and Convention this September 10-13 and looking at ways to travel cheaply? Then what about joining a bunch of NLGJAers on a train trip from DC to Canada? Bob Witeck and Michael Rogers are looking at...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 27, 2009 | NLGJA Updates |
Established in 2005 as part of NLGJA’s 15th anniversary celebration, the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to honor LGBT journalists who have shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and whatever...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 25, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
With the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall coming up this weekend, it’s worth pointing out two good examples of the use of multimedia to tell the story of Stonewall and the LGBT civil rights movement. The first was coordinated by my former colleague (and current...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 23, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
His language is essentially out of the NLGJA stylebook. He includes multiple points of view. He talks objectively about LGBT issues from a news perspective and features LGBT news prominently on his blog. His opinions on how the Obama administration is handling LGBT...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 23, 2009 | NLGJA Updates |
The Journalists LGBTQ+ Toolkit is designed primarily to assist journalists who don’t normally cover the LGBTQ community. The advice is drawn from outside media experts and our own members who are professional journalists for both mainstream media and the LGBTQ press....
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 22, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
I’m probably not the only person who wonders what life will be like when I get (even) older, so a package of stories from the Chicago Tribune really got my attention because they took on a story that’s not often told: aging LGBT people. The three stories...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 22, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
I was asked quite unexpectedly last week to be a guest on “Talk of the Nation” on National Public Radio (NPR) to discuss coming out as gay and HIV positive. One of their researchers liked the article (“Coming Out Again”) that I had written for...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 20, 2009 | NLGJA Updates |
Established in 2005 as part of NLGJA’s 15th anniversary celebration, the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to honor LGBT journalists who have shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 19, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Being that I work at an LGBT newspaper that has seen a large drop off in advertising this year – at 36 pages an issue the paper is half the size as it used to be when I started at the Bay Area Reporter in 2001 – this guest opinion from this week’s...