A board member of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays has complained to the Washington Post about its use of quotes around the term "ex-gay." Why, the letter-writer asks, is "ex-gay" put in quotes while "gay" isn't. Putting "ex-gay" in quotes suggested that...
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, 202-588-9888 or bach@nlgja.org NLGJA Annual Scholarship Award Winners AnnouncedNLGJA to Award Sixth Annual Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship and Second Annual Kay Longcope Scholarship at New York Benefit Washington, DC - The National Lesbian...
Talk about lacking backbone and not wanting to reach out to all of his constituents. But U.S. Senator Scott Brown doesn't deem it important to discuss LGBT issues with the Bay State's premier LGBT paper, Bay Windows. The paper has been calling out the GOP senator, and...
This year, for the first time, the online journalism category for the NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards has been split into two categories: Online Journalism and Multimedia. Our goal is to recognize online-only contributions, but we recognize there are a lot of...
OWN, Oprah Winfrey's new cable TV network, is gearing up with all sorts of new shows. And it seems LGBT folks are well in the mix. A few weeks ago, this blog covered an LGBT incident with Oprah herself on her behind-the-scenes show. This time, much less drama but no...
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, 202-588-9888 or Bach@nlgja.org Washington, DC - The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) is happy to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2011 NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards and the LGBT...
Love stories make for a great storytelling. Throw in two gay guys in a $10,000 reparative therapy program to turn them straight and a church wedding when they finally get out, and you have the makings of a great feature story. The Dallas Voice tells us the story of...
NLGJA's Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as the Associated Press stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms. It reflects the association's mission of inclusive coverage...
Written by Doug Stewart I work in what might be termed an experiment. For the past year the broadcast station Fox Connecticut and The Hartford Courant newspaper have shared a newsroom, resources and content. Some people don’t like it, and some think it’s the future....
Oprah Winfrey is busy, busy, busy. Her farewell 25th anniversary year from broadcast TV and the launch of her OWN cable channel have her in hyperdrive. To feed the programming beast at OWN, she's doing a behind-the-scenes show of her farewell 25th anniversary year...