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 | Feb 27, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
eij-logo.jpg The NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards were established in 1993 to foster, recognize and reward excellence in journalism on issues related to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.Work may be submitted for NLGJA's Excellence...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 27, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
eij-logo.jpg The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association is now accepting submissions for its 2013 Excellence in Journalism Awards. Work published in 2012 is eligible and submissions are due Sunday, April 21, 2013. For online submission...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 21, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
For Immediate Release: February 21, 2013 Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, 202-588-9888 or bach@nlgja.org Today The Associated Press released a statement announcing a new AP Stylebook entry for husband, wife, coming after a requested revision by NLGJA. The request for a...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 18, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
IMG_0969.JPG By Kevin Tustin“More remains to be done on LGBT issues,” according to University of Pennsylvania law professor Tobias Wolff at a NLGJA panel discussion on Dec. 9.Wolff was one of four panelists in the “What’s Next in LGBT Politics?” discussion, which...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 14, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
David Minthorn Stylebook Editor The Associated Press David: I am writing you today on behalf of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, a nonprofit organization made up of working journalists and their supporters. We are not an advocacy group....
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 14, 2013 | NLGJA, Stylebook
The Associated Press again drew the ire of the LGBT community, including some journalists, this week when an internal guidance memo advised staff not to refer to same-sex married couples as “husband” or “wife,” but instead as couples or partners. (Would it be...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 12, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The Associated Press (AP) style is still what many of us media types use as a benchmark for standards. More importantly to me, however, is what I believe is the high regard the public has for AP style (at least among those who are aware of such a thing as “AP...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 4, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
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 | Feb 1, 2013 | Timeline
After Michael Triplett died in 2013, Jen Christensen becomes NLGJA’s 8th President.
