The late Debra Chasnoff is one of the 2022 inductees into the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame. Chasnoff was an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker and nationally recognized champion of using film as an organizing tool for social justice campaigns, and a pioneering...
Chris Cash is one of the 2022 inductees into the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame. Cash is the founding publisher of Southern Voice (SoVo), the LGBTQ newspaper of record for Atlanta and the southeast. In 1988, Cash and a small group of volunteers launched a bi-weekly...
2021 Legacy Award winner The Windy City Times was founded in 1985 to serve the diverse needs of the Chicago LGBTQ community. The outlet first began as a free print newspaper but has since grown to be a daily online platform with more than 125,000 site visitors every...
David Plazas is the recipient of the 2021 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Leadership Award. Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network in Tennessee and for the Tennessean. He has written award-winning editorials and columns on...
Journalist Jane Coaston is the recipient of the 2022 NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award. Coaston is the host of The New York Times podcast "The Argument." Previously, she was the senior politics reporter at Vox, with a focus on conservatism and the G.O.P. Her work has...
Award-winning journalist and talk show host Tamron Hall is the 2022 recipient of the Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage. An accomplished and award-winning journalist, Tamron Hall hosts the nationally syndicated daytime talk show, “Tamron Hall.” In addition, Hall...
Errin Haines is the recipient of the 2022 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Leadership Award. Haines is editor at large and a co-founding member of The 19th, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on the intersection of gender, politics and policy. She is...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 23, 2022 PRESS CONTACT: Clare Lefebure Press@nlgja.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 23, 2022) – WASHINGTON, DC - Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced the recipients of its 2022 Excellence in Journalism...
Tre'vell Anderson is the recipient of the 2021 Lisa Ben Award for Achievement in Features Coverage. Anderson is the Editor-At-Large for Tornoto’s Xtra Magazine and co-host of two podcasts, “What A Day'' and “FANTI.” Before joining Xtra Magazine, Anderson served as the...
Christina Kahrl is the sports editor for The San Francisco Chronicle and the first out transgender editor at a major metropolitan media outlet. Prior to joining the Chronicle, Kahrl served as a senior writer and editor at ESPN for ten years. She is also one of the...