by Bach Polakowski | Oct 29, 2010 | NLGJA Updates |
One of the important roles of NLGJA is to advocate for fair and objective coverage of LGBT issues. A crucial component of that work is our Rapid Response Task Force that looks at questionable coverage and advocates–journalists to journalists–for change....
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 9, 2010 | NLGJA Updates |
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...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 19, 2010 | NLGJA Updates |
By Sharif Durhams Board Member, NLGJA Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I attended my first National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association at the beginning of my reporting career, a time when I whispered to a newsroom colleague to ask whether he was gay and...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 4, 2010 | NLGJA Updates |
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...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 27, 2010 | NLGJA Updates |
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...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 23, 2010 | NLGJA Updates |
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...
