by Bach Polakowski | Aug 7, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Blogger and writer Enrique Torre Molina recently gathered a group of professionals from various media to attend a summit of sorts on the state of LGBT media in Mexico. His assessment is a mixed bag: Mainstream media in Mexico are increasingly including LGBT content in...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 10, 2012 | NLGJA Updates
Washington, D.C. – The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announces the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards. The recipient of this year’s Journalist of the Year is Steven W. Thrasher of the Village Voice, New York Times and...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 20, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
“Christmas in June: For many LGBT media outlets, Pride is a make-or-break month” is the top story in the June 2012 edition of Press Pass Q: Just as Christmas and Halloween fuel an economic boom, so do the month-long celebrations of Pride, for gay media...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 19, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
News this afternoon (h/t FishbowlDC) that Chris Geidner of D.C.’s MetroWeekly has been hired to cover the LGBT/gay marriage beat for Buzzfeed out of their new D.C. bureau. Here’s what Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith (formerly of Politico) had to say about the...
by Bach Polakowski | May 19, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
I remember an NLGJA conference session about the coverage of crime. A number of journalists and PR people were talking about how we cover crime-especially crimes against LGBT people–and the comment was made about how important it was for the families of crime...
