Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage First: Rita Rubin for “Healing the Hurt,” with Oriol Gutierrez, POZ Magazine Second: Diane Anderson-Minshall for a series in HIV Plus Magazine
Awards
Lila Shapiro – 2013 Winner
Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBT Journalist of the Year First: Lila Shapiro, The Huffington Post This year's Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year Award goes to Lila Shapiro, a staff reporter at The Huffington Post. A judge praised her: “Shapiro shows a...
Michael Luongo – 2013 Winner
Journalist of the Year First: Michael Luongo, Freelance The NLGJA 2013 Journalist of the Year is Michael Luongo, a freelance journalist, editor and photographer and New York University adjunct professor who teaches travel writing. His work has appeared in The New York...
Michel Martin
Michel Martin was the recipient of the 2012 Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage. The host of “Tell Me More,” Martin has consistently lived up to her program’s title with her coverage of the LGBTQ community, going beyond the headlines to ask deeper questions – from...
Randy Wicker
Charles Gervin Hayden Jr., who in 1967 legally changed his name to his then-pseudonym Randolfe Hayden Wicker, was born February 3, 1938, in Plainfield, New Jersey. He discovered the homophile movement as a University of Texas at Austin undergraduate, and he spent the...
Jill Johnston
Jill Johnston was born in London, England on May 17, 1929, and was raised in Little Neck, New York. She attended college in Massachusetts and Minnesota, then earned an MFA from the University of North Carolina. In 1958, she married Richard John Lanham, whom she...
“Meet My Moms,” WDAF-TV – 2012 Winner
Excellence in Local TV First Place: WDAF-TV (Fox-Kansas City), “Meet My Moms” – Reporter/Anchor: Abby Eden – Photojournalist: Sarah Thacker
“Anderson Cooper 360: Sissy Boy Experiments,” CNN – 2012 Winner
Excellence in Network Television First Place: CNN, “Anderson Cooper 360: Sissy Boy Experiments” – Correspondents: Anderson Cooper, Randi Kaye, – Executive Producer for AC360: Charlie Moore – Executive Producer: Bud Bultman – Producers: Jessi Joseph and Scott Bronstein...
“What Are Little Boys Made Of” by Jim Burroway – 2012 Winner
Excellence in Online Journalism First Place: Jim Burroway, Box Turtle Bulletin, “What Are Little Boys Made of” Second Place: Michael Luongo, The Advocate, “Unlikely Activist” Third Place: Adam Polaski, Bilerico Project, Lez Get Real/Paula Brooks Scandal
“AIDS at 30,” Scott Schafer – 2012 Winner
Excellence in Radio First Place: California Report for KQED, “AIDS at 30” – Host/Reporter: Scott Shafer Second Place: SiriusXM OutQ News, “Live Coverage: Gay Marriage in New York” – Anchor/Producer: Xorje Olivares Third Place: State of the Re:Union, “Laramie After...