by Bach Polakowski | Feb 28, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Mark S. King The turning point could be traced to August of 1998. It was the month that, for the first time in well over a decade, the Bay Area Reporter did not have a single AIDS obituary submitted for publication. The promise of protease inhibitor medications...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 18, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
If you work for a major (or minor) traditional media outlet, getting credentials to attend events can be a hassle, but in my time as an editor I’ve never had credentials requests rejected for someone working for me (even freelancers). But what if you own your...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 9, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
We’ve waited too long to take a look at the impact of Bil Browning’s amazing six weeks of attention after posting on Bilerico Project about his opposition to donating to the Salvation Army. The post, which has been an annual event, resulted in a huge...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 3, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Much happened in LGBT news in 2010 and LGBT bloggers have weighed in. Here’s a very subjective wrap-up of the 2010 LGBT wrap-ups that I found interesting: Advocate.com identified its “Newsmakers of the Year” with a list including Rep. Patrick Murphy...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 27, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Andrew Sullivan shares his thoughts on whether bloggers should be held to journalistic standards as part of a series of videos from bigthink.com. Money quote, for my money: “There are some very simple rules that apply to all writing: don’t lie; if...
