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 response with...
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Is There Enough LGBT News to Sustain a Huge Marketplace?
David Badash in the Huffington Post has taken his earlier work on the future of LGBT news sites (from his blog the New Civil Rights Movement) to a larger audience. It relies on a story at the Nieman Labs on whether it is possible to be too niche when it comes to...
Admitting Mistakes
One of the sessions at the upcoming NLGJA Convention in Philadelphia, which starts next week, is a session titled Reputation on the Line: Building & Maintaining Credibility featuring Bil Browning and Jillian Weiss from Bilerico Project and David Hauslib, who...
How the LGBT Media Toppled the Head of GLAAD
It appears that after weeks of controversy, largely fueled by the traditional and online LGBT media, Jarret Barrios of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has resigned after questions surfaced regarding GLAAD's relationship with AT&T and the company's...
Towleroad Interviews Thomas Roberts
Now that Thomas Roberts is a permanent fixture on MSNBC, it's nice to see he continues to talk to online media like Towleroad as well as larger outlets. Roberts, who hosted NLGJA's New York fundraiser in March, is unafraid of talking about his role as an openly-gay...
Queerty Lives
After hearing the rumors, some good news from Queerty that they are back in business, with new owners and slightly new approach. A few weeks ago, we reported that Queerty had shuttered after their former owners decided to shut down the site. Well, the site is back...
Talking to a Transgender Teen
The non-profit journalism organization Voice of San Diego has already gotten big buzz and a story this week on a transgender teen who spoke at a school board meeting about bullying explains why website has been so successful: great stories, great interviewer, and...
Are LGBT Blogs Sustainable as a Business?
When blogs first arrived as a medium, they were seen as the democratization of media where anyone could put up a blog and join the conversation. The question no one asked, however, is whether the conversation is sustainable and affordable beyond just a few voices, and...
NLGJA Awards Expand for Online Journalists
This year, for the first time, the online journalism category for the NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards has been split into two categories: Online Journalism and Multimedia. Our goal is to recognize online-only contributions, but we recognize there are a lot of...
Death by Newspaper: The Murder of David Kato
The facts are horrowing. LGBT advocate David Kato Kisulle was murdered in Kampala, Uganda Jan. 26 after he successfully obtained a permanent injunction against the tabloid "Rolling Stone" for featuring his picture under the caption "Hang Them." He was one of 100 gay...
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