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Planning has begun for the NLGJA 2016 National Convention & LGBT Media Summit in South Beach Miami.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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