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Heartland Project: Freelance Reporter

Job Title: Freelance ReporterDepartment: Heartland ProjectReports To: EditorStatus: NonexemptPROJECT The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project to...

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Heartland Project: Editor

Job Title: EditorDepartment: Heartland ProjectReports To: Heartland Project Advisory Council and Affiliate Editors/ManagersStatus: NonexemptPROJECT The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and...

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Heartland Project: Multimedia Freelancer

Job Title: Multimedia FreelancerDepartment: Heartland ProjectReports To: EditorStatus: NonexemptPROJECTThe Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project to...

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Call for Convention Presentation Proposals

nlgja2014-logo.jpg Got an idea for a session? Are you an expert on a topic you wish to share? Perhaps there's an issue you want to learn more about. Submit a proposal for the 2014 NLGJA LGBT Media Summit or National Convention, August 21-24 in...

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Aarons and Longcope Scholarship Winners Announced

marioMontalvo.JPG DartunorroClark_Headshot.jpg The Leroy F. Aarons scholarship and Kay Longcope Scholarship are awarded each year to deserving students who are dedicated to furthering NLGJA's mission of fostering fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues.The 2013...

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Heartland Project: Reporter

FF_icon.jpg Job Title: ReporterDepartment: Heartland ProjectReports To: EditorStatus: NonexemptPROJECTThe Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project to...

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What the Media Learned from Chelsea Manning

Freelance writer and NLGJA member Christopher Carbone has penned a nice summary in The Advocate about media coverage of Chelsea Manning: "I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female.” With those eight words delivered in a statement read by Savannah Guthrie on the Today Show...

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Gawker and Shepard Smith

In a recent article, NYT media and culture columnist David Carr asks: "What if Gawker tried to out an anchor at Fox News and no one cared?" A Gawker article claimed that Fox News anchor Shepard Smith supposedly yelled at a waitress at a bar in the Manhattan...

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