NLGJA hires new Executive Director, David Barre.
David Barre Hired as Executive Director
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Timeline
Lifetime Membership Program
NLGJA launches the Lifetime Membership Program.
CNN Donation Funds Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship
CNN donates $100,000 to the newly established NLGJA Scholarship Fund endowment, funding the Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship Award.
Remembering Roy Aarons
An accomplished journalist who spent 14 years as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, Aarons sent shockwaves through the news industry in 1990 when he emotionally acknowledged that he was gay at a conference of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. That...
LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame
NLGJA unveils the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame, honoring the pioneering lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender journalists whose actions demonstrated both exemplary professionalism and personal courage.
15th Anniversary
NLGJA celebrates 15 years. There are 1,200 members and 24 chapters across the country and affiliates in Canada and Germany.
First LGBT Media Summit
The first LGBT Media Summit is held in New York in conjunction with the National Convention.
Newsroom Outreach Project Launches
NLGJA kicks off its Newsroom Outreach Project, which seeks to familiarize newsroom leaders with NLGJA and discuss LGBTQ coverage issues. Meetings launched in DC, New Orleans and Colorado.
NLGJA Mourns Loss of Founder
NLGJA mourns the loss of its founder, Roy Aarons.
Domestic Partner Benefits Offered At More Media Companies
The New York Daily News and the Belo Corporation add their names to the ranks of major news media companies offering domestic partner benefits to their employees.