Excellence in Feature First Place: Cary Aspinwall, Tulsa World, “Becoming Kate” Second Place: June Thomas, Slate, “The Gay Bar” Third Place: Karina Bland, Arizona Republic, “2 Gay Dads, 12 Happy Kids”
Excellence in News First Place: Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly, DOJ Stops Defending DOMA Second Place: Brett Zongker, Associated Press, Coverage of the National Portrait Gallery’s first show on history of LGBT art Third Place: Jen Colletta, Philadelphia Gay News,...
Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year Winner: Chris Geidner – Metro Weekly This year’s Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year Award goes to Chris Geidner, former senior political editor at Metro Weekly, and now senior political reporter at BuzzFeed. Geidner has...
Journalist of the Year Winner: Steven W. Thrasher – Village Voice, New York Times, Out The NLGJA 2012 Journalist of the Year is Steven W. Thrasher, a staff writer for the Village Voice and writer for the New York Times and Out. Whether it is about multigenerational...
Excellence in Opinion/Editorial First Place: Jonathan Rauch, The Advocate, “The Majority Report” Second Place: Sean Bugg, MetroWeekly, “Learning Experiences” Third Place: Alfred Doblin, The Record, “The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi”
Excellence in Student Journalism First Place: Newscene , iTV, “Day of Remembrance” Alex Miller Pastore-camera and editing Steven Commer – reporter/track (San Diego City College) Second Place: Meredith Bennett-Smith (New York University), Pavement Pieces , “Transgender...
Excellence in Multimedia First Place: TheBody.com Kellee Terrell: News Editor/Project Manager
Excellence in Online First Place: Bil Browning, Bilerico Project , “A Christmas Miracle for Betsie Gallardo” Second Place: Chris Geidner, MetroWeekly's Poliglot blog, Proposition 8 in Court Third Place: Cyd Ziegler, Outsports, “ Kye Allums First Transgender Man...
Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage First Place: Jacqueline Gares, Series Producer, In the Life, “Legalizing Stigma” Second Place: Trenton Straube, Poz , “Thou Shalt Fear AIDS”
Excellence in Photojournalism First Place: James Kirchick, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty , “A Battle for Gay Rights in Belgrade”