Excellence in News First Place: Chris Geidner, MetroWeekly, Body of Work on Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Second Place: Steve Freiss, The Daily Beast, “ Sharron Angle's Gay Campaign Cash Hypocrisy ” Third Place: Diana Scholl, City Limits, “ For Transgender Homeless,...
Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year Winner : Michael Luongo, Freelance Writer This year's Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year Award goes to freelance writer Michael Luongo. His collective work for publications including The Advocate , Gay City News , Out and...
Journalist of the Year Winner : LZ Granderson , ESPN and CNN The 2011 Journalist of the Year is LZ Granderson of ESPN and CNN. Granderson's work—whether about sports, race, gender, sexual orientation, or a combination of them all—succeeds at being topical and...
Excellence in Student Journalism Winner: Todd Cross , Syracuse University multimedia graduate student, “Transgender: The Path to One's Identity” Honorable Mention: Laura Lofgren, Fusion magazine, “The Importance of Being Aaron”
Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Winner: Michel Martin and the staff of Tell Me More, Tell Me More/NPR Honorable Mention: Jennifer Morton, POZ, “How Stigma Kills”
Excellence in Photojournalism Winner: Scott A. Drake, Philadelphia Gay News, “PDA With a Purpose”
Excellence in Online Winner: Dave Singleton and Team, AARP.org, “The Stonewall Riots: 40 Years Later” Honorable Mention: Jessica Bennett, Kathy Jones, Margaret Keady, Jennifer Molina, Monica Parra and Carl Sullivan ; Newsweek.com; “From Stonewall to...
Excellence in Radio Winner: Jad Abumrad and Aaron Scott, Radiolab, “New Stu” Honorable Mention: Tim Curran, Aaron McQuade and Dave Gorab; Sirius XM OutQ News; “Stonewall 40 Minutes” series
Excellence in Network Television Winner: Bud Bultman, Rose Arce, Dave Timko, Amanda Sealy, and Steve Keller, CNN, “Her Name Was Steven” Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Gares and Amber Hall, In the Life, “40th Anniversary of Stonewall”
Excellence in Opinion/Editorial Winner: Maya Rupert , LA Watts Times, “I Believe in America ” Honorable Mention: LZ Granderson , CNN, “Gay Is Not the New Black”