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Planning has begun for the NLGJA 2016 National Convention & LGBT Media Summit in South Beach Miami.
NPR’s Michel Martin to host Dateline:DC
NLGJA is pleased to announce that NPR’s Michel Martin will return to host the annual Dateline:DC and present the Randy Shilts Award to legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Nov. 19. Martin, who received the inaugural Shilts Award in 2012, was recently named weekend host on...
Join us for Dateline:DC
On Nov. 19, we invite you to join NLGJA at the fourth annual Dateline:DC event, as we honor legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin with the Randy Shilts Award for LGBT Coverage. A well-regarded author, senior legal analyst for CNN and staff writer for The New Yorker, Toobin has long covered issues affecting sexual and gender minorities.
Get Your Tickets to See Jeffrey Toobin Honored at Dateline:DC
NLGJA – The association of LGBT Journalists – is proud to honor Jeffrey Toobin, a senior legal analyst for CNN and staff writer at The New Yorker, with the 2015 NLGJA Randy Shilts Award for LGBT Coverage on November 19 in Washington.
LGBT History Month: Looking Back on NLGJA’s 25 Years and More
This year, we celebrate 25 years of supporting LGBT media professionals and championing the highest journalistic standards in the coverage of LGBT issues. As we mark this milestone and celebrate the history of the LGBT community, we pause to reflect on where the organization has been.
Windy City Times Celebrates 30 Years
NLGJA would like to recognize NLGJA Hall of Fame Member Tracy Baim and the Windy City Times on the publication’s 30th anniversary.
Thank You from #NLGJA25
NLGJA has many to thank for making Coming Home, our 25th Anniversary Celebration National Convention & LGBT Media Summit, such a memorable success this past week in the Bay Area.
NLGJA Announces 2015-2016 National Board
Vice President of Broadcast Ken Miguel and Treasurer Sharif Durhams Re-Elected, Secretary Rick Stuckey Joins the Executive Committee
Mourning the Tragic Loss of WDBJ Reporter and Photographer
NLGJA joins our colleagues across the country in mourning the tragic loss of WDBJ Reporter Alison Parker and Photographer Adam Ward. Journalists risk their lives every day to bring the public the most up to date news. NLGJA expresses its condolences to the families of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, and we express our sincere sympathy to the WDBJ newsroom as they struggle with their loss.
NLGJA Recognizes 2015 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners
NLGJA announces the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards and salutes their exemplary work. The NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards were established in 1993 to foster and recognize excellence in journalism on issues related to the LGBT community. In addition to special recognition awards, awards will be presented for excellence in news writing, feature writing, opinion writing, blogging, network television, radio, online, HIV/AIDS coverage and student journalism.