Geidner Heading to Buzzfeed

by | Jun 19, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett | 2 comments

News this afternoon (h/t FishbowlDC)  that Chris Geidner of D.C.’s MetroWeekly has been hired to cover the LGBT/gay marriage beat for Buzzfeed out of their new D.C. bureau. Here’s what Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith (formerly of Politico) had to say about the...

This Week in LGBT Front Pages

by | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

No one story dominated the front pages of the nation’s LGBT papers this week, as news coverage zeroed in on local matters. In Chicago a series of robberies in the gay Boystown section – and the police’s handling of the crimes – garnered...

About That Study

by | Jun 12, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett | 1 comment

A lot of talk in the media today about the study by University of Texas professor Mark Regnerus in Social Science Research that questions the outcomes for children raised in same-sex relationships.  The study was rolled out to the press last Thursday and the first...

This Week in LGBT Front Pages

by | Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

Pride coverage continues to dominate the covers of LGBT papers as the first week of Pride month comes to a close, while a macabre story about a gay cannibal murder suspect also garnered headlines. Due to two key decisions in same-sex marriage cases on both coasts...

Covering LGBT Pride in Utah

by | Jun 5, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett | 1 comment

As we enter LGBT pride month, journalists will be faced with the inevitable question of how to bring something new to an event that happens–in many places–every year. Reporters in Salt Lake City got a lot of help this year when 300 members of the  Church...