by Bach Polakowski | Feb 23, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
OWN, Oprah Winfrey’s new cable TV network, is gearing up with all sorts of new shows. And it seems LGBT folks are well in the mix. A few weeks ago, this blog covered an LGBT incident with Oprah herself on her behind-the-scenes show. This time, much less drama...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 22, 2011 | News, Uncategorized |
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, 202-588-9888 or Bach@nlgja.org Washington, DC – The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) is happy to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2011 NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards and the...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 12, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
Love stories make for a great storytelling. Throw in two gay guys in a $10,000 reparative therapy program to turn them straight and a church wedding when they finally get out, and you have the makings of a great feature story. The Dallas Voice tells us the story of...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 10, 2011 | NLGJA Updates |
NLGJA’s Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as the Associated Press stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms. It reflects the association’s mission of...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 2, 2011 | News, Toolkit |
Written by Doug Stewart I work in what might be termed an experiment. For the past year the broadcast station Fox Connecticut and The Hartford Courant newspaper have shared a newsroom, resources and content. Some people don’t like it, and some think it’s the future....
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 2, 2011 | Toolkit |
Written by Geoff Dankert One key to a successful job search may sound obvious, but it’s a trap a number of people fall into… Read more on the NLGJA Members Only Site This piece originally appeared in 2011, in the official newsmagazine of...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 2, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Oprah Winfrey is busy, busy, busy. Her farewell 25th anniversary year from broadcast TV and the launch of her OWN cable channel have her in hyperdrive. To feed the programming beast at OWN, she’s doing a behind-the-scenes show of her farewell 25th anniversary...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 2, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
One of the founding principles for NLGJA (and other minority journalism groups) is supporting journalists in the newsroom who are assumed to be biased about LGBT news just because they are LGBT. It’s a smear that haunts all minority journalists, no matter the...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 1, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
With The Advocate’s Kerry Eleveld now off the Washington beat, there’s often a perception that the LGBT press is absent from the White House and Congressional press rooms. But with Chris Johnson of the Washington Blade becoming an online sensation for his...