by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2010 | 2010 Hall of Fame, Lisa Ben Award
Lisa Ben, pseudonym for the editor of the first lesbian publication. From June 1947 to February 1948, a lesbian who used the pseudonym “Lisa Ben” wrote a small newsletter in Los Angeles called Vice Versa. She relied on a laborious process at her office at the RKO...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2009 | 2009 Hall of Fame
Deb Price’s debut column for The Detroit News invited readers to help her come up with a less awkward way of introducing her boss to the woman who, at the time, had shared her life for six years: “Surely, a little ingenuity will solve this problem. So tell me,...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2009 | 2009 Hall of Fame
Ronald Gold opened a brief biography by stating that he “was born in Brooklyn in 1930, entered Brooklyn College at fifteen, and took twelve years to get a degree. By that time he had been a junkie in San Francisco and had his head shrunk in Topeka, KS.” A sharp writer...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2009 | 2009 Hall of Fame
Garrett Glaser was the first television journalist to come out of the closet to the radio and television news industry. During a 1992 speech before a large group of TV and radio executives at RTNDA’s annual convention Glaser began his remarks by asking the that...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2008 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Student Journalism
Excellence in Student Journalism Award First Place presented to Colin Dugdale, Indiana University, “Black Thongs, Leather Pants & Angel Wings” Second Place presented to Rachel Abbey, Kent State University, “On the Path to Domestic Partner...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2008 | Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage, Excellence in Journalism Awards
Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award Presented to News & Notes, National Public Radio
