FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2024 PRESS CONTACT: Clare Lefebure press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC (July 30, 2024)– Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists announced the recipients of the Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship and the Kay Longcope...
The Philadelphia Gay News is the recipient of the 2023 Legacy Award. Founded by Publisher Mark Segal in 1976, Philadelphia Gay News has been a part of Philadelphia’s thriving LGBTQ+ community for decades. As a community publication, PGN serves as a platform for the...
WASHINGTON, DC (July 9, 2024) – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+Journalists and The Curve Foundation announced the recipients of the 2024 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists. The recipients of the 2024 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists are Maura Barrett,...
Lauren McGaughy is the winner of the 2024 Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ+ Coverage. McGaughy is an investigative reporter and editor for The Texas Newsroom, a collaboration of NPR member stations in Texas. Her specialty areas include criminal justice, governmental...
Ryan Williams is the recipient of the 2023 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Leadership Award. Williams is the Digital and Special Events Producer at the D.C. Public Library. Since joining at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ryan has successfully produced...
Erin Reed is the recipient of the 2024 Jeanne Córdova Award. Reed (she/her) is a transgender journalist based in Washington, D.C. One of her earliest data projects was a Google Map tracking the availability of informed consent clinics, locations where trans people can...
Imara Jones is the recipient of the 2023 Lisa Ben Award for Achievement in Features Coverage. Imara Jones, whose work has won Emmy and Peabody Awards, is the creator of TransLash Media, a cross-platform, non-profit journalism and narrative organization, which produces...
Judy Wieder’s career has spanned roles as a folk singer, gold-record winning songwriter, journalist and the first female editor-in-chief of The Advocate. She wrote Grammy-winning songs for artists like the 5th Dimension and Ben Vereen. In 1992, Wieder became the...
Kevin Thomas, a Los Angeles Times film critic for over 50 years, is widely regarded as the dean of American movie critics. Beginning his reviews in 1962, he became the longest-running critic for a single newspaper in U.S. history. From 1984 to 2005, he wrote the...
Jeffrey Schmalz began his career as a copy boy in 1973 and worked at The New York Times for his entire professional life, becoming a political editor and reporter on HIV and AIDS. In December 1990, he suffered a brain seizure that revealed he was living with AIDS....