The story kept popping up on Twitter, Facebook and my RSS feed. A story about the lavender mob that controlled Miami's Catholic archdiocese. It took me a couple of days to click on the story, in part because it seemed like the kind of posting I get weary of reading...
NLGJA Announces Recipients of its 2011 Excellence in Journalism Awards Washington, D.C. – Today the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association announces the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards. The recipient of this year's Journalist of the...
Ann Curry, new co-anchor of NBC's “Today” show, and Don Lemon, prime-time weekend anchor for CNN, will be keynote speakers at the NLGJA convention, Aug. 25-28 in Philadelphia. Curry, formerly news anchor for “Today” for 14 years, was named in May as Matt Lauer's...
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski202-588-9888, bach@nlgja.orgNLGJA Announces 2011 Student Project Participants The NLGJA's Student Project will bring together 12 Journalism Students to the Organization's National Convention & LGBT Media Summit in...
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski (202) 588-9888 or bach@nlgja.org Prominent National Journalists Announced for NLGJA's 21st Annual National Convention“Today” show co-anchor Ann Curry and CNN's Don Lemon to be keynote speakers at National Lesbian & Gay...
The mere mention of the name "Dan Savage" can stop a conversation. People either love him or hate him, with fans and foes on all ends of the political (and sexual orientation/gender identity) spectrum. So an article by Mark Oppenheimer in the New York Times focusing...
On the surface, it seems like a small change. Same-sex marriages have, until now, been placed in the commitments sections of DMN. But starting yesterday, they will be in the Weddings section. But the struggle at the paper had gotten complicated and litigious. The...
One of the most buzzed about stories of the week is the revelation by openly gay journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that he is an undocumented immigrant. There are two nice summaries of reactions inside the journalism world at Richard Prince's Journal-isms blog at the...
The recipient of this year's Journalist of the Year is LZ Granderson of ESPN and CNN. The recipient of this year's Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media goes to freelance journalist Michael Luongo. NLGJA's Excellence in Journalism Awards were...
With passage of a law legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, we are beginning to see "second day" stories about the decision and its impact. One of the more curious arguments being hashed out in the media is whether wedding vendors who are opposed to same-sex...