by Bach Polakowski | Jul 9, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
NLGJA board member Susan Green is a professor at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University with more than 20 years experience in broadcast journalism. She recently married Robin Phillips, also a fellow journalist, in Massachusetts. Susan wrote...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 7, 2010 | Matthew S. Bajko
Over the weekend the New York Times’ Beliefs columnist Mark Oppenheimer profiled Eve Tushnet who is described as ” the celibate, gay, conservative, Catholic writer.” Tushnet is a lesbian who has explained her opposition to same-sex marriage on...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 4, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
In 1992, Deb Price became the first nationally syndicated columnist to write about gay issues at the Detroit News. After writing some 900 columns, she wrote her last column this week before she leaves for a year-long Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. During the 18 years...
by Bach Polakowski | May 29, 2010 | NLGJA Updates
NLGJA’s Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as the Associated Press stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms. It reflects the association’s mission of...
by Bach Polakowski | May 13, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
A big thanks to our friends at the Poynter Institute for including NLGJA in their discussion of the Kagan lesbian rumors story and how it is being handled by the media. In addition to a great article by Mallary Jean Tenore, they asked me to join Kelly McBride in an...