by Bach Polakowski | Jul 23, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
The Advocate announced this week that it has hired a former writer for the monthly publication, Jeremy Kinser, as its new senior editor. Kinser had worked over the last two years as the editor-in-chief of LA-based Frontiers, a former twice-monthly LGBT magazine that...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 23, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Mobile and beyond: Surprising Alabama http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4070 In the Bay Area Reporter’s July 16 edition ran a travel story about Mobile, Alabama, its gay scene and its friendly surrounding towns by Ed Walsh. Mobile: New...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 22, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Discussing the use of epithets on this blog has been and will continue to be a challenge. An exchange in the comments section of a recent post titled “Gays and God and Obama” by fellow NLGJA blogger Michael Triplett is a great example. A reader used the...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 18, 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 | Jul 17, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
The Elkhart Truth, a local Indiana newspaper, published an engagement announcement this past weekend of a same-sex couple who lives and plans to marry in Iowa, where marriage for same-sex couples is legal. The fact that it’s illegal in Indiana apparently caused...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 15, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
I would like to respond to my fellow blogger Oriol’s question – Does the LGBT media have more freedom than the mainstream media to blur the lines between activism and journalism in terms of how coverage in the LGBT press may be influencing the Obama...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 15, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
“Reporting on the ‘Summer of Obummer'” is the title of an article by Chuck Colbert in the July 2009 issue of Press Pass Q (tagline: “A Newsletter and Trade Publication for the LGBT Media Professional), which is published by Rivendell Media. The...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 13, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
A controversy is simmering in Toronto over Israel, Palestinians, Gay Pride, outing, and media ethics. Who can resist a media scandal like this? From what I can piece together, it started when a pro-Palestine (or anti-Israel, depending on your take)–Queers...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 13, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Certain phrases prove to be difficult to erase once they have been written into our language. “HIV virus” is one of those phrases. “HIV virus” is redundant. The word “virus” is already included in the acronym of the human...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 9, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
Journalists have difficult jobs. They are often asked to deal with complicated issues and unfamiliar questions. Such is the challenge for reporters in Albuquerque, N.M., covering a string of murders involving transgender Native Americans where two of the victims were...