by Bach Polakowski | May 18, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
President Barack Obama’s speaking in favor for same-sex marriage continued to reverberate this week, with many LGBT newspapers covering the impact his stance has had on celebrities and fellow lawmakers to black ministers and anti-gay groups. Here is a sampling...
by Bach Polakowski | May 8, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
The murder of a transgender woman in downtown Oakland in late April has raised several coverage questions since the news broke. On Bay Area news sites that have covered the story, readers have left comments critical of journalists for disclosing the victim’s...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
Today marks the launch of a new feature on NLGJA’s main website, a weekly roundup of front pages from the country’s LGBT newspapers and magazines. It is part of a larger revamp of www.nlgja.org that is set to debut later this spring. Every Friday the page...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 12, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
More than a year ago I took to task US Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) for refusing to speak to his state’s main LGBT newspaper. Bay Windows had been dogging the relatively moderate GOPer for his refusal to speak to it or any other LGBT media outlet since...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 4, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
Today the American Society of News Editors released its annual report on the makeup of the country’s newsrooms as it closed out its three-day confab in Washington, D.C. While the group found a “very slim increase” in newsroom employees last year, for...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 9, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
Fours years into President Barack Obama’s first term, and the LGBT community’s “fierce advocate” has been incredibly shy when it comes to talking to the nation’s gay press. This week the Advocate, the country’s national LGBT...
