Matthew S. Bajko is a member of the NLGJA board and the former chair of the NLGJA LGBT Media Summit. He is an assistant editor for the Bay Area Reporter.
Oriol Gutierrez is a member of NLGJA and the former NLGJA vice president of print and new media. He is the deputy editor of POZ and blogs at blogs.poz.com/oriol.
Phil Reese is a member of NLGJA. He is the manager of digital initiatives for the Washington Blade.
Michael R. Triplett is a member of NLGJA and the NLGJA vice president of print and new media. He is the assistant chief of correspondents for BNA.
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Today marks the launch of a new feature on NLGJA’s main website, a weekly roundup of front pages from the country’s LGBT newspapers and magazines. It is part of a larger revamp of www.nlgja.org that is set to debut later this spring. Every Friday the page hosting the front page roundup will be updated with [...]
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The most recent Press Pass Q has an excellent article about the use of “gay marriage” vs. “same-sex marriage” in LGBT publications. The article also explores whether “marriage equality” is only an activist term. The NLGJA stylebook supplement suggests “marriage for same-sex couples” but prefers “same-sex marriage” over “gay marriage” because its more inclusive of [...]
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Here are our top 10 blog entries for 2011, ranked by views: 1. ABC Anchor Dan Kloeffler Comes Out 2. Is Apple’s New CEO Gay? 3. “Our America: Transgender Lives” 4. Is It Unethical NOT to Report That Apple’s CEO is Gay? 5. Oprah: “You Seem Gayer” 6. Chick-Fil-A and NLGJA: Can a Lesbian Be Objective [...]
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Economist and conservative commentator Thomas Sowell should know better. He asserts the reason the media is paying so much attention to bullying of LGBT youth is because of the influence of LGBT journalists in the newsroom–all members of NLGJA, apparently–who are pushing an agenda. Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to [...]
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Dear Colleagues, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, is National Coming Out Day (NCOD). The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association encourages news organizations to take the opportunity presented by this national event to chronicle the LGBT narrative to their readers. Journalists play an important role in presenting diverse communities to the general public. This is an [...]
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