by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2001 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Local TV
Excellence in Video Judges Jack Hurley, vice president for Broadcast at the Freedom Forum, and Frank Bond, producer at the Freedom Forum, said Ignacio’s piece “delivered important information through clear, concise writing. It covered a lot of ground over a wide range...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2001 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Radio
Excellence in Audio Judges Mike Collins, general manager of WQUN Radio, Hamden, Connecticut (owned by Quinnipiac University), and for 12 years the metropolitan broadcast editor for AP in New York, and Bob Hardt, veteran ABC Radio network news anchor and reporter, New...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2001 | Excellence in Feature Writing, Excellence in Journalism Awards
Excellence in News/Feature Judge Christina Bradford of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and former managing editor of The Detroit News, says Barnes and Massey’s polling, reporting and research is “an ambitious exploration of the quality of life for gay...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2001 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Opinion Writing
Excellence in Opinion/Editorial Judge Vikki Porter, Director of the Western Knight Center, at the USC Annenberg School and former editor of The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, CA, observed Lokeman’s work “brings sassiness, thoughtfulness and solid arguments to topics many...
by Wes Young | Apr 2, 2001 | Timeline
NewsWatch (founded in 1997 as a joint project of the San Francisco State University, the Native American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists and NLGJA)...
by Wes Young | Feb 2, 2001 | Timeline
The Gill Foundation awards $100,000 to NLGJA, the largest made to NLGJA since its first award in 1995.
by Wes Young | Dec 2, 2000 | Uncategorized
Robert Dodge becomes NLGJA’s 3rd president and Pamela Strother becomes the new executive director.
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2000 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Local TV
Excellence in Video/TV Reporting Reporter Jodi Hernandez and photojournalist Cyndy Green of KOVR-TV, a CBS affiliate in Sacramento, CA, won for their work on “Dana’s Metamorphosis,” about a male-to-female transgender person’s journey. Judges...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2000 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Radio
Excellence in Audio/Radio Reporting In the radio/audio competition, sponsored by the Seigenthaler Foundation, the judges selected an explanatory National Public Radio report on the origin and theories about homosexuality by Lynn Neary and Loretta Williams of...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2000 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Opinion Writing
Excellence in Written Opinion/Editorial Lokeman is a member of the Kansas City Star’s editorial board. Her entries included columns on Matthew Shepard, the gay pride parade and Jerry Falwell’s meeting with gay Christians. One judge called her “the...
