NLGJA has announced panelists for its 7th annual LGBT Media Summit, sponsored by the Bob Ross Foundation and the Bay Area Reporter. The LGBT Media Summit, being held September 2 in San Francisco, kicks off NLGJA's 20th annual national convention focused on journalism...
When we think about citizen journalism, we usually think of blogging. Yesterday, I had a chance to talk to Andrés Duque (a/k/a Blabbeando) about his work translating both video and the 14-hour debate in the Argentina Senate leading up to the approval of same-sex...
The people who own The Advocate and Out just can't seem to get out from under concerns that freelancers aren't being paid. In March, Gawker had a series of posts detailing complaints from freelancers owed money by the company. Now, Matthew Fleischer at media gossip...
Randy Cohen, the New York Times Ethicist columnist, has responded to concerns raised by Jillian Weiss at Bilerico Project and that we highlighted here. Here's his response to Weiss, as reported at Bilerico: Thanks for the interesting note. We no doubt disagree but not...
A nice profile of Michael Rogers in D.C.'s MetroWeekly by Will O'Bryan. No one generates heat inside traditional LGBT journalism circles more than Mike and he is a force to be reckoned with. But he's willing to engage critics and has been at the forefront of LGBT...
Today's "The Ethicist" column in the New York Times by Randy Cohen deals with whether a transgender person is obligated to inform someone they are dating that they are transgender. Cohen said "yes" and has gotten into some hot water from Jillian Weiss at the Bilerico...
NLGJA board member Susan Green is a professor at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University with more than 20 years experience in broadcast journalism. She recently married Robin Phillips, also a fellow journalist, in Massachusetts. Susan wrote...
In a breathless New York Times fashion story about Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) by Ashley Parker, the reporter describes the politician with an anti-gay voting record as a "gay icon" based on his good looks and six-pack abs. While lightly brushing on the rumormongering...
Kudos to Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin and the Advocate for laying out how the LGBT activist beheading story has fallen apart and that reporters may have been scammed. When reporting from afar--especially in a place like Uganda--journalists rely on second-hand...
Want to throw your own two cents into the ongoing debate about the longevity and viability of the nation's LGBT press? Then join us in San Francisco Thursday, September 2 for the 7th annual LGBT Media Summit where that question and other concerns and issues...