Gail Shister is widely regarded as the first “out” reporter in mainstream news media in the United States. The groundbreaking journalist earned the distinction of being, at three separate newspapers, the news organization’s first female sportswriter. In 1974, she was...
Richard Goldstein has been writing about the intersection of politics and pop culture for more than four decades, starting by covering the 1960s rock scene for New York’s Village Voice. He became a regular contributor and, eventually, editor and executive editor....
Excellence in Student Journalism First Place Presented to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Mark S. Luckie, University of California, Berkeley Second Place Presented to "NYC Pavement Pieces: LGBT NYC," Nadia Taha, Joy Keh, Michael Rundle, Amy Van Vechten & Clare...
Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage First Place Presented to "A World of Hope: UN Meeting on AIDS," Neil Herland, CBC Radio (Canada) Second Place Presented to "AIDS at 25," Sabin Russell, Wyatt Buchanan, Meredith May, Leslie Fulbright & Louis Freedberg, San Francisco...
Excellence in Photojournalism First Place Presented to "Surrogate Mother," Emilia Aigotti, USA Today & Vanity Fair Italy Second Place Presented to "Gay Games VII," John Gress, Reuters Honorable Mention to USA Today package Staff for "Surrogate Mother," Jym Wilson,...
Excellence in Online First Place Presented to Here! At the Movies, Ben Harvey, Michael Eldridge & Eric Feldman, heretv.com Second Place Presented to "An Accuser's Story," Andrew Murr, Newsweek.com Third Place Presented to "Outloud @ the Library," James Murdock,...
Excellence in Local Television First Place Presented to "Drawn Here: Alison Bechdel," Jack Thurston, WCAX-TV
Excellence in Network Television First Place Presented to "My Secret Self: A Story of Transgender Children," Barbara Walters, David Sloan, Alan B. Goldberg, Joneil Adriano, ABC News 20/20 Second Place Presented to The Advocate Newsmagazine, Jim Fraenkel, Mark Doctrow,...
Excellence in Opinion/Editorial First Place Presented to "A Time When We Were Heroes," Mark King, Southern Voice Second Place Presented to "Gays: Get Out of the Military," Michael Knipp, The Examiner Third Place Presented to "State of Disunion," Sarah Blazucki,...
Excellence in Feature First Place Presented to "Queens of the Desert," Michael Joseph Gross, Out Magazine Second Place Presented to "When in Rome," Michael Joseph Gross, Out Magazine Third Place Presented to "I Have Been the Luckiest Man in the World," Daniel...