by Bach Polakowski | Apr 11, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
I love picking up the local LGBT newspaper whenever I travel. I still remember, in 1992 or so, going to San Francisco for the first time. Breaking away from a work conference, I traveled to the Castro and picked the Bay Area Reporter. In truth, San Francisco seemed...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 7, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
When blogs first arrived as a medium, they were seen as the democratization of media where anyone could put up a blog and join the conversation. The question no one asked, however, is whether the conversation is sustainable and affordable beyond just a few voices, and...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 6, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
Judge Vaughn Walker has confirmed, for the first time with the media, that he is gay and has been in a 10-year relationship with a man. The story brings an end to one of 2010’s most interesting media ethics stories relating to the judge who everyone assumed was...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 5, 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 | Apr 1, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
The first report identifying AIDS was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 5, 1981. That date is now regarded as the beginning of the epidemic. Mainstream media coverage...