gannettfoundation.jpg NLGJA and The Gannett Foundation are partnering this year with a special opportunity for NLGJA members.The Gannett Foundation Award for Digital Innovation in Watchdog Journalism, being funded by The Gannett Foundation, will be given to the person...
In 2001, I approached Troy Masters and Paul Schindler, publisher and editor-in-chief, respectively, of LGNY (Lesbian & Gay New York) with a crazy idea: Will you help me launch a bilingual Spanish/English periodical for LGBT Latinos? After much consideration, Troy...
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The moment it was announced, there was immediate talk of the irony that ABC's Good Morning, America's Robin Roberts got the big Obama interview on same-sex marriage because she was allegedly a lesbian. I knew there was gossip about Roberts, but there was little...
Based on the reporting of the Washington Post, apparently every religious person in the D.C. area opposes same-sex marriage and almost all of the religious voices are evangelical/Pentecostal African Americans. You'd never know that D.C. is the home of National...
Longcope_Kay.jpg.JPG Applications are now being accepted for 2014-2015 scholarships. Apply now.Journalist Kay Longcope was co-founder of the statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newsweekly, The Texas Triangle, and is generally regarded as the first...
Roy-Aarons.jpg Applications are now being accepted for 2014-2015 scholarships. Apply now.Leroy F. Aarons dedicated his life to journalism. He believed that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community could advance if the news media fairly and...
Applications are now being accepted for both the Leroy F. Aarons and the Kay Longcope Scholarships. Apply online now. Please submit your application before May 23, 2014.Leroy F. Aarons and the Kay Longcope scholarships are awarded annually to students who...
This time, let's go beyond the usual suspects and see how the story was played by a variety of newspapers that don't always get a lot of attention.
Julie Moos at the Poynter Institute has a great round-up of how major websites handled the news that President Obama now officially supports same-sex marriage. A couple of highlights: And a few others from the LGBT press not included in Poynter's...