by NLGJA | Aug 14, 2019 | 2019 Hall of Fame
Lilli Vincenz is a path-breaking journalist and pioneer of the gay rights movement beginning in the early 1960s. Born in 1937 in Germany, she lived there throughout World War II before coming to the U.S. with her family at the age of twelve. She joined the Mattachine...
by NLGJA | Aug 14, 2019 | 2019 Hall of Fame
Kara Swisher is an award-winning business journalist and is recognized as one of the nation’s most respected writers on the business of technology. In a 2016 profile headlined, “Kara Swisher is Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist. How Does...
by NLGJA | Aug 14, 2019 | 2019 Hall of Fame
Steve Rothaus worked at the Miami Herald for over 30 years, covering LGBTQ issues for two decades. During his time there, he was part of news teams awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting. In 2014, he...
by NLGJA | Jul 31, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 31, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced the recipients of several scholarships, as well as the class of students who will participate...
by NLGJA | Jul 10, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced that Reuters Deputy Managing Editor for Operations Arlyn Gajilan is the recipient...
by NLGJA | Jul 10, 2019 | NLGJA Leadership Award
Arlyn Gajilan is the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Leadership Award. She is the deputy managing editor for operations at Reuters. Gajilan helps manage the news agency’s bureaus from Toronto to Santiago and San Francisco to New York....
by Dillon Lewis | Jul 1, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR RELEASE: July 1, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis Press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced that financial expert Suze Orman will headline a plenary session at NLGJA’s National Convention in New...
by NLGJA | Jun 19, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR RELEASE: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis Press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced the recipients of its 2019 Excellence in Journalism Awards and recognized exemplary...
by Dillon Lewis | May 21, 2019 | Awards, Jeanne Córdova Award
Rachael Zimmerman was the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award. Zimmerman is an emerging photographer, photojournalist and community creator who developed her passion for visual storytelling while working in the sports industry. In 2016 Zimmerman founded...
by Dillon Lewis | May 21, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis Press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced that Rachael Zimmerman is the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award. NLGJA...