by NLGJA | Aug 19, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 19, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced that the Washington Blade is the inaugural recipient of the NLGJA Legacy Award. The...
by Dillon Lewis | Aug 19, 2019 | NLGJA Legacy Award
The Washington Blade is the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA Legacy Award. The Washington Blade was founded as “The Gay Blade” in 1969. Originally a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter, the paper was initially distributed in local D.C. bars. However, in the...
by Dillon Lewis | Aug 14, 2019 | Index Page Top, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 PRESS CONTACT: Dillon Lewis press@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888 WASHINGTON, DC – Today, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced that longtime Miami Herald reporter Steve Rothaus, Recode co-founder Kara...
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...
