by Bach Polakowski | Oct 29, 2013 | News
In a recent article, NYT media and culture columnist David Carr asks: “What if Gawker tried to out an anchor at Fox News and no one cared?” A Gawker article claimed that Fox News anchor Shepard Smith supposedly yelled at a waitress at a bar in the...by Bach Polakowski | Apr 8, 2013 | News
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has backtracked from his claim that up to four gay NFL players were considering coming out on the same day. That has allowed for some interesting Monday morning quarterbacking (sorry, had to say it!). Yahoo! sports...by Bach Polakowski | Feb 4, 2013 | News
Ed Koch Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York City, has died. He was 88. The only time I ever met him was at a press conference in the late 1980s. I was an undergrad at New York University studying journalism. He was there to answer questions from the student press. I...by Bach Polakowski | Oct 1, 2012 | News
“Are You Gay?” is the latest NLGJA tip sheet on LGBT coverage. From the introduction: When is it appropriate to ask a subject to disclose his/her sexual orientation for a story? Is it ever? Spring 2012, a New York judge ruled it wasn’t defamatory to call...by Bach Polakowski | Feb 15, 2012 | News
If you’re old enough to remember the 1980s, then there is no question that you often heard Whitney Houston’s voice emanating from radios worldwide. Only a handful of solo artists in the past few decades could claim to be in her league at the height of her...