by Bach Polakowski | Aug 22, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) encourages journalists writing about Bradley Manning’s plans to live as a woman named Chelsea to be fair and accurate in their coverage. Manning announced the decision in a...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
NLGJA 2013 Convention Registration is located in the Georgian Coat Check. Registration Open:Wednesday 2:00pm – 8:00pm Thursday 8:00am – 5:30pm Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm Saturday 8:00am – 3:30pm Sponsored...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg Dear NLGJA Members, It's NLGJA election time, and we need your vote to help decide who will serve on the NLGJA Board of Directors.All NLGJA members are eligible to vote in national advisory elections. Membership dues must be paid and...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg NLGJA shared the following with the NBC Olympic news team.I am writing you today on behalf of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) regarding concerns we have about coverage of the upcoming Olympic Games. NLGJA and NBC have a...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Nominations are now being accepted for chapter president, vice president, treasurer and secretary.Nominations deadline: Aug. 9, 2013All nominees must be members in good standing for at least one year by the time of the election. Eligible members may nominate...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 2, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
FF_icon.jpg The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) were awarded a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 2, 2013 | 2013 Hall of Fame
Mark Allan Segal, born in 1953, founded Philadelphia Gay News as a monthly in 1976, after being inspired by Frank Kameny when they met in 1970. Segal has been publisher of the now-weekly newspaper ever since. Today, PGN, as it’s often known, is one of the two oldest...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 2, 2013 | 2013 Hall of Fame
Bob Ross (1934-2003), along with Paul Bentley, founded San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter on April 1, 1971. Bentley sold his interest in 1975. Ross set the highest professional standards for the newspaper and, by 1979, Mayor Dianne Feinstein was asking Ross and San...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 2, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Segal.jpg ONLINE_NLJGA_Bob_Ross.jpg NLGJA Announces 2013 Inductees to LGBT Journalists Hall of FameMedia Contact: Bach Polakowski bach@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888Washington, D.C. — The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced today the...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 1, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
connect-vert.jpg Meet the students of Connect, The NLGJA Student Project. They are your eyes and ears at the 2013 National Convention & LGBT Media Summit. Follow the 11 students through the convention at www.nlgjaconvention.org and on twitter...
