NLGJA issued a press release to the media today encouraging fair and accurate coverage of the Proposition 8 decision today in California. Washington, D.C. – As a result of today's ruling on Prop 8, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association would like to...
With news that a federal judge in California struck down Proposition 8, a look at how the story was being played on various websites within an hour of the ruling: New York Times San Francisco Chronicle Los Angeles Times Washington Blade Fox News The Advocate Towleroad...
Among the many layers of interesting stories inside the Wikileak controversy involving classified DoD documents is the questions about Bradley Manning himself. Specifically, speculation on Boing Boing that Manning was transgender and the much wider speculation that...
If you’re a journalist, you should be a member of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. To do so says you not only care about fair and accurate coverage of millions of people in America, but also that you care how they’re treated in the workplace. ...
How much is the media paying attention to same-sex marriage? According to data from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, the answer would be--not much, at least in 2009. Only 0.3 percent of the newshole in the surveyed media was devoted to...
Anyone with a Twitter feed with some LGBT folks on it likely knows that Netroots Nation was in full-swing this week in Las Vegas and the LGBT blogosphere was well represented. Here's a quick report from Pam Spaulding at Pam's House Blend. It may look like just a...
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...
By Jen Christensen NLGJA Vice President, Broadcast Producer, CNN I'm attending the 20th anniversary of NLGJA this year, and if you're a journalist or someone in the public relations field, I hope you will attend, too. It's hard to believe I've been attending...
One of area of concern about how gay issues are covered in the media has always involved coverage of "park cruising" and police stings. Names and picture of suspects, irresponsible explanations of what is going on, you name it. Those problems don't necessarily haunt...
Did you know there is a major trial going on near Los Angeles dealing with the legality of Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Did you know some of the top experts on DADT have testified? If you don't know, it's likely because--as veteran LGBT journalist Karen Ocamb points...