by Bach Polakowski | May 15, 2014 | Guest Contributor
By Benjamin Ryan (Editor-at-Large, POZ) Soy sauce has become the latest supermarket item to contain the answer to HIV, according to a savory smorgasbord of reporting in the popular press. But don’t go downing bottles of the brine just yet, because there’s a small...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 23, 2014 | Guest Contributor, The Heartland Project
By Bobby Calvan (Reporter, The Heartland Project) LINCOLN, Neb. – The assignment was straightforward: Produce a story about the growing diversity in the Cornhusker State’s capital city. Certainly, we could have gone straight to the U.S. Census Bureau’s website and...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 24, 2014 | Guest Contributor
By Benjamin Ryan (Editor-at-Large, POZ) A study showing that a component of marijuana modulates the disease progression of the simian version of HIV in the guts of monkeys has led to a rash of hyperbolic and highly inaccurate reporting of the research in the popular...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 10, 2014 | Guest Contributor
By Sharif Durhams (Treasurer, NLGJA) Missouri defensive end Michael Sam’s announcement Sunday that he’s gay will make him the first openly gay participant in the NFL draft, a development that’s likely to be the topic of news and sports media...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 25, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Bil Browning (Founder and Publisher, The Bilerico Project) A waiter at a Carrabba’s Grill in Overland Park, Kansas, was stiffed on his tip by anti-gay Christians who complimented his service but also called him a “fag.” The shining examples of...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 29, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Mark Segal (Publisher, Philadelphia Gay News) What surprised me most at the National Lesbian Gay Journalists Association annual convention in Boston last week was the concern for print media. Granted, print media is having a hard time at present; it doesn’t know...
