by Bach Polakowski | Jul 2, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett, Toolkit
It’s easy to be a little cynical about the news today that Anderson Cooper has confirmed, “the fact is, I’m gay.” His endearing and interesting letter to Andrew Sullivan, who seems to have been out since the moment he burst onto the U.S....
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 1, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
One of the most buzzed about stories of the week is the revelation by openly gay journalist Jose Antonio Vargas that he is an undocumented immigrant. There are two nice summaries of reactions inside the journalism world at Richard Prince’s Journal-isms blog at...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 20, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
This morning, I opened up Roll Call to see that Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition has an opinion piece trashing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The piece has enraged Jillian Weiss at Bilerico Project who complains TVC is a “hate...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 18, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
As more and more people are working in non-traditional settings and now have income as a freelancer, tax season is especially . . . taxing (who can avoid that trite pun?). At the NLGJA conference in Miami, I moderated a panel on tax and business advice for freelancers...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 14, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
The Human Rights Campaign issues its Corporate Equality Index today and a number of media organizations are included in the survey. The index evaluates employers based on (1) equal employment opportunity, including gender identity or expressions; (2) employment...
