Last week, we wrote about plagarism allegations leveled against The Advocate and Southern Voice. There's been a positive development on the disagreement between The Advocate and University of Oklahoma student Ricky Maranon. Thursday afternoon a friend of mine called...
The closing night of the conference featured the 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners. Here's a list of the winners. Journalist of the Year Award Winner: Randy Gener, American Theater magazine Honorable mention: Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle Sarah...
After our very successful convention in San Francisco that brought together journalists from the traditional, LGBT, and citizen press, some questions continue to linger about NLGJA's position on not-taking-a-position on Proposition 8 in California. That discussion...
Two big names in the LGBT press--The Advocate and Southern Voice in Atlanta--have been hit by allegations that they stole quotes from other authors and then reproduced them as their own. Thanks to Queerty--whose founder David Hauslaib spoke last week at NLGJA's...
The 20th anniversary convention of NLGJA in San Francisco is over, but the coverage remains. From stories about being out in high school to the gay blood donation ban to the informational picket by UniteHere, our 12 student project participants did an amazing job of...
NLGJA Announces 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners 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 Year is...
As you may have heard, the Omaha World-Herald has come under fire for not taking advertising for same-sex weddings and ceremonies. The paper announced this morning that it was changing its policies to take paid ads for legal weddings, but not for any other kind of...
The current issue of Press Pass Q ("A Newsletter and Trade Publication for the LGBT Media Professional") spotlights the 2010 NLGJA convention and LGBT media summit in San Francisco. Here's an excerpt: Of interest to those in LGBT media, the annual LGBT Media Summit is...
By now, everyone has likely seen the Marc Ambinder piece on former Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman coming out. As interesting as that story is, there are some other interesting media angles worth keeping on-top of: - Mehlman's interview with Kerry...
Mason Wyler, a gay porn star, recently revealed on his blog that he is HIV positive. That fact alone is enough to elicit my sympathy, but it's the circumstances of his disclosure that disturb me the most. For the uninitiated (and I have to confess, I was until I was...