Next Magazine is the reigning (and only) gay nightlife weekly guide to New York City. Mostly a mix of party listings, theater and dining recommendations with a dose of escort advertising, to its credit the publication often includes substantive feature articles. The...
Rex Wockner continues his interesting one-on-one interviews with famous citizen journalists/bloggers by chatting up Joe Jervis, the man behind JoeMyGod. He interviewed Towleroad's Andy Towle in November. Joe discusses how he came up with the name of his blog, what...
Press Pass Q (PPQ), the LGBT media newsletter, interviews the "Helen Thomas of the gay press" as PPQ describes him, former Washington Blade reporter Lou Chibbaro. Here's an excerpt: PPQ: What have been the biggest changes that you have seen in the development,...
A terrific piece in the Los Angeles Times about the mayoral race in Atlanta, which pits a white woman--Mary Norwood--against an African American man--Kasim Reed. While the run-off was expected to come down to a question of race and voter-turnout, the new dynamic is...
Covering this past week's tragic death of a sportswriter who apparently committed suicide presents quite a challenge for reporters and not just because the loss hits so close to home. Mike Penner was noteworthy for the 25 years spent covering all manner of sports for...
Today brought the sad news that Los Angeles Times sports columnist Mike Penner--who spoke at NLGJA's 2007 Convention as Christine Daniels--was found dead today of an apparent suicide. Here's a brief statement from NLGJA's president David Steinberg: I had the brief...
Fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues often requires an attention to balance, but also being aware when "balance" means unfair journalism. In a story in the Washington Post on local ministers losing influence over politicians as a vote on same-sex marriage nears,...
The Politico article "The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented'" makes a case against the use of "unprecedented" by President Obama and his administration. Here's an excerpt: The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.” Perhaps it was a sign...
Rex Wockner, a longtime journalist in the LGBT media, on his blog recently interviewed Andy Towle, the former editor in chief of Genre and current editor of the popular LGBT blog Towleroad. Here's an excerpt: Rex: You post about 18 to 20 items a day. How many articles...
Reports are now beginning to trickle in regarding the financial collapse of Window Media. ProjectQAtlanta has gotten the first look at bankruptcy filings by Window Media and Unite Media (the media unit of Avalon Equity Partners, the owners of Window Media) and the...