by NLGJA | Mar 4, 2020 | Awards, Randy Shilts Award
The Washington Post opinion writer Jonathan Capehart was the recipient of the 2019 Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Capehart is an opinion writer for and a member of The Washington Post editorial board. He also hosts...
by NLGJA | Feb 3, 2020 | Awards, Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in Theatre Coverage
This category recognizes outstanding one-time or ongoing coverage of theatre arts. Submission must follow the appropriate entry format rules as described for writing, TV, radio, digital and photojournalism. Submissions should include the working URL for each post and...
by Dillon Lewis | Aug 19, 2019 | NLGJA Legacy Award
The Washington Blade is the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA Legacy Award. The Washington Blade was founded as “The Gay Blade” in 1969. Originally a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter, the paper was initially distributed in local D.C. bars. However, in the...
by NLGJA | Aug 14, 2019 | 2019 Hall of Fame
Lilli Vincenz is a path-breaking journalist and pioneer of the gay rights movement beginning in the early 1960s. Born in 1937 in Germany, she lived there throughout World War II before coming to the U.S. with her family at the age of twelve. She joined the Mattachine...
by NLGJA | Aug 14, 2019 | 2019 Hall of Fame
Kara Swisher is an award-winning business journalist and is recognized as one of the nation’s most respected writers on the business of technology. In a 2016 profile headlined, “Kara Swisher is Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist. How Does...
by NLGJA | Aug 14, 2019 | 2019 Hall of Fame
Steve Rothaus worked at the Miami Herald for over 30 years, covering LGBTQ issues for two decades. During his time there, he was part of news teams awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. In 2014, he...
