by Wes Young | Jul 8, 2014 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Journalist of the Year
Journalist of the Year Chris Geidner The 2014 NLGJA Journalist of the Year is Chris Geidner, senior legal and political reporter for BuzzFeed. “Geidner wrote pieces that soared above policy and law, bringing us Edie and Thea, and how their story wove into a...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 13, 2013 | Randy Shilts Award
Judy Woodruff was the recipient of the 2013 NLGJA Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage. Woodruff is co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour. During her more than 30 year journalism career with PBS, CNN and NBC, Woodruff has covered LGBTQ issues in a fair and...
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 Wes Young | Jul 8, 2013 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Radio
Excellence in Radio First: Julia Scott for “Bon Voyage,” KALW 91.7 FM Second: Bob Mondello for “Hollywood’s History of Putting Gay Rights on Trial,” with Sara Sarasohn and Sami Yenigun, NPR All Things Considered
by Wes Young | Jul 8, 2013 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Local TV
Excellence in Local Television First: Joe Fryer for “Same-Sex Marriage in Washington,” with Jeff Christian, KING-TV
