HIV and Gay Media: The Vanishing Virus
By Mark S. King The turning point could be traced to August of 1998. It was the month that, for the first time in well over a decade, the Bay Area Reporter did not have a single AIDS obituary submitted for publication. The promise of protease inhibitor medications...Newsweek’s Problematic Breaking of “AIDS Fatigue”
By Sunny Bjerk (Communications Manager, Housing Works) In the last printed issue of Newsweek magazine, which, after 80 years is now transitioning to an-all digital format, columnist David Ansen talks about the effects the AIDS pandemic had on artists throughout the...LGBT Journalists Win Big in the Election
By Sarah Blazucki The election was a long time coming, particularly for LGBT journalists who cover politics and who have a personal stake in the shape of marriage rights and/or direct representation at the local, state and national level. For much of the country, it...Reaction to the NYT Coverage of the Death of Lorena Escalera
We are cross-posting a story from Bilerico Project by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss on the New York Times coverage of the death of Lorena Escalera in a fire. Concerns over the coverage has prompted a response from the paper. NY Times to LGBT Community: ‘That Will Be...Medill Equal Media Project
LGBT people will have louder voices than ever this election season, and students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. will be ready to hear them.
An alumnus of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism has made a generous contribution intended to help make the journalism curriculum more LGBT-inclusive. Northwestern University’s chapter of NLGJA is using this grant to launch the Medill Equal Media Project, a chance for student journalists to report on LGBT issues over the summer in an engaging, meaningful and influential way.