by Bach Polakowski | May 9, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett |
Julie Moos at the Poynter Institute has a great round-up of how major websites handled the news that President Obama now officially supports same-sex marriage. A couple of highlights: And a few others from the LGBT press not included in Poynter’s...
by Bach Polakowski | May 9, 2012 | Guest Contributor, Northwestern University Student Chapter |
LGBT people will have louder voices than ever this election season, and students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. will be ready to hear them.
An alumnus of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism has made a generous contribution intended to help make the journalism curriculum more LGBT-inclusive. Northwestern University’s chapter of NLGJA is using this grant to launch the Medill Equal Media Project, a chance for student journalists to report on LGBT issues over the summer in an engaging, meaningful and influential way.
by Bach Polakowski | May 8, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko |
The murder of a transgender woman in downtown Oakland in late April has raised several coverage questions since the news broke. On Bay Area news sites that have covered the story, readers have left comments critical of journalists for disclosing the victim’s...
by Bach Polakowski | May 8, 2012 | News, Uncategorized |
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by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Today marks the launch of a new feature on NLGJA’s main website, a weekly roundup of front pages from the country’s LGBT newspapers and magazines. It is part of a larger revamp of www.nlgja.org that is set to debut later this spring. Every Friday the page...