by Bach Polakowski | Dec 12, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Job Title: Multimedia FreelancerDepartment: Heartland ProjectReports To: EditorStatus: NonexemptPROJECTThe Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project to...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja2014-logo.jpg Got an idea for a session? Are you an expert on a topic you wish to share? Perhaps there's an issue you want to learn more about. Submit a proposal for the 2014 NLGJA LGBT Media Summit or National Convention, August 21-24 in...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 5, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
marioMontalvo.JPG DartunorroClark_Headshot.jpg The Leroy F. Aarons scholarship and Kay Longcope Scholarship are awarded each year to deserving students who are dedicated to furthering NLGJA's mission of fostering fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues.The 2013...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 1, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
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by Bach Polakowski | Nov 14, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
woodruff.jpg Washington, D.C.- The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association will be presenting the NLGJA Randy Shilts Award for LGBT Coverage to Judy Woodruff. Ms. Woodruff is Co-Anchor and Managing Editor of PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and Judy...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 13, 2013 | Randy Shilts Award
Judy Woodruff was the recipient of the 2013 NLGJA Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage. Woodruff is co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour. During her more than 30 year journalism career with PBS, CNN and NBC, Woodruff has covered LGBTQ issues in a fair and...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 4, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
FF_icon.jpg Job Title: ReporterDepartment: Heartland ProjectReports To: EditorStatus: NonexemptPROJECTThe Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project to...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 4, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Freelance writer and NLGJA member Christopher Carbone has penned a nice summary in The Advocate about media coverage of Chelsea Manning: “I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female.” With those eight words delivered in a statement read by Savannah Guthrie on the Today...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 29, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
In a recent article, NYT media and culture columnist David Carr asks: “What if Gawker tried to out an anchor at Fox News and no one cared?” A Gawker article claimed that Fox News anchor Shepard Smith supposedly yelled at a waitress at a bar in the...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 25, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Bil Browning (Founder and Publisher, The Bilerico Project) A waiter at a Carrabba’s Grill in Overland Park, Kansas, was stiffed on his tip by anti-gay Christians who complimented his service but also called him a “fag.” The shining examples of...
