by Bach Polakowski | Sep 15, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Even if you didn’t go to the national NLGJA convention, if you’ve been reading Poynter this week you are aware that NLGJA national accepted $10,000 from Stolichnaya vodka for a networking mixer called Night Out Boston. This news was originally reported by Student...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 29, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Mark Segal (Publisher, Philadelphia Gay News) What surprised me most at the National Lesbian Gay Journalists Association annual convention in Boston last week was the concern for print media. Granted, print media is having a hard time at present; it doesn’t know...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 24, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
CC_RiverView_Trump.jpg The NLGJA National Convention & LGBT Media Summit will be August 21-24, 2014.Boston, MA – Today, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association announced its next convention will take place in Chicago. Journalists and...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 22, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) encourages journalists writing about Bradley Manning’s plans to live as a woman named Chelsea to be fair and accurate in their coverage. Manning announced the decision in a...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
NLGJA 2013 Convention Registration is located in the Georgian Coat Check. Registration Open:Wednesday 2:00pm – 8:00pm Thursday 8:00am – 5:30pm Friday 8:00am – 6:00pm Saturday 8:00am – 3:30pm Sponsored...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg Dear NLGJA Members, It's NLGJA election time, and we need your vote to help decide who will serve on the NLGJA Board of Directors.All NLGJA members are eligible to vote in national advisory elections. Membership dues must be paid and...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg NLGJA shared the following with the NBC Olympic news team.I am writing you today on behalf of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) regarding concerns we have about coverage of the upcoming Olympic Games. NLGJA and NBC have a...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
Nominations are now being accepted for chapter president, vice president, treasurer and secretary.Nominations deadline: Aug. 9, 2013All nominees must be members in good standing for at least one year by the time of the election. Eligible members may nominate...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 2, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
FF_icon.jpg The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) were awarded a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to launch “Diverse and Inclusive: News of the Heartland,” a project...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 2, 2013 | 2013 Hall of Fame
Mark Allan Segal, born in 1953, founded Philadelphia Gay News as a monthly in 1976, after being inspired by Frank Kameny when they met in 1970. Segal has been publisher of the now-weekly newspaper ever since. Today, PGN, as it’s often known, is one of the two oldest...
