by Bach Polakowski | Jan 31, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Sometimes the stars align. Such was the case with “Southern Discomfort” by Carl Gaines in the January/February 2011 issue of POZ. I was introduced to Carl when he became the inaugural winner of the NLGJA Kay Longcope Scholarship Award, which seeks to...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 3, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
A quick note about the continuing saga of Chaplains and DADT, an issue we’ve covered extensively. At the conservative media criticism blog GetReligion, Terry Mattingly used one of our blog posts to suggest that NLGJA believed there was no religious liberty...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 29, 2010 | NLGJA Updates
One of the important roles of NLGJA is to advocate for fair and objective coverage of LGBT issues. A crucial component of that work is our Rapid Response Task Force that looks at questionable coverage and advocates–journalists to journalists–for change....
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 22, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
One of the perennial questions for NLGJA is explaining why our organization is necessary and why openly LGBT journalists in the newsroom are important. I can’t think of a better example than this video, from the Twin Cities’ Fox9 anchor Jason Matheson who...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 9, 2010 | NLGJA Updates
The closing night of the conference featured the 2010 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners. Here’s a list of the winners. Journalist of the Year Award Winner: Randy Gener, American Theater magazine Honorable mention: Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle...
