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NLGJA to Award the Randy Shilts Award to Judy Woodruff of PBS
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...
Heartland Project: Reporter
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...
New NLGJA Members Only Site
nlgja_logo.jpg The NLGJA Members Only Site has changed. You may now update and manage your membership and information through members.nlgja.org.NLGJA shifted to this new Association Management System to provide additional features to our members and to improve the...
NLGJA Congratulates The Washington Blade
Blade_logo_thumb-183x183.jpg The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) congratulates The Washington Blade on its invitation to join the White House print press pool. While this is not the first time LGBT journalists have served in the press pool,...
A Message From The NLGJA-NorCal Presidents
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...
NLGJA Announces that the 2014 Annual Convention Will Take Place in Chicago
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...
NLGJA Encourages Journalists to be Fair and Accurate About Manning’s Plans to Live as a Woman
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...
2013 Board of Directors Election
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...
NLGJA Encourages Fair Coverage of Olympics
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...