by Bach Polakowski | Oct 27, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
Economist and conservative commentator Thomas Sowell should know better. He asserts the reason the media is paying so much attention to bullying of LGBT youth is because of the influence of LGBT journalists in the newsroom–all members of NLGJA,...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 27, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
David Badash in the Huffington Post has taken his earlier work on the future of LGBT news sites (from his blog the New Civil Rights Movement) to a larger audience. It relies on a story at the Nieman Labs on whether it is possible to be too niche when it comes to...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 17, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
After reporting that Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto came out in New York magazine, ABC World News Now anchor Dan Kloeffler came out on air: [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.1005617&w=425&h=350&fv=] To Boldly Go… – ABC News, posted with vodpod Here’s an...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 16, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
A brouhaha has erupted over a cover story of Taylor Lautner by GQ Australia. Apparently, Lautner had dinner recently with Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black. The interviewer asked Lautner if they made a pass at him. As quoted by The Advocate: “No, definitely...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 6, 2011 | NLGJA Updates |
Dear Colleagues, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, is National Coming Out Day (NCOD). The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association encourages news organizations to take the opportunity presented by this national event to chronicle the LGBT narrative to their...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 2, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
I didn’t know Leroy Aarons, credited with being the founding father of NLGJA. He died shortly after I attended my first convention in New York and I never had the chance to meet him. Yet, in the midst of the discussion over whether NLGJA should accept an...