Month: March 2014
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Baltimore OutLoud turns 10
by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Baltimore and surrounding counties, Frederick, Md., the Eastern Panhandle, Martinsville W.Va., Southern Pennsylvania and Delaware’s Eastern Shore Year founded: 2004 Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: Two active owners, two sales reps, 25 writers, […]
5th LGBT Media Journalists Convening held in D.C.
by Chuck Colbert A select group of LGBT media professionals gathered recently for a weekend symposium concerning a range of LGBT community issues and media-related concerns. Sponsored by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) and funded by the Evelyn and […]
Q-Notes of N.C. changes mission to take on social justice
by Chuck Colbert A North Carolina-based LGBT publication has a new mission statement — one that opens the biweekly’s gay lens to non-LGBT-specific social justice issues. Adopted late last fall, the revised mission statement reads: “The focus of Q-Notes is to serve the […]
Two new publications unite LGBT Tennessee and business professionals
by Chuck Colbert Not long after moving to Tennessee, it struck a gay newspaperman: No magazine served the gay market in Nashville. “There were two newspapers, and they served a purpose,” Joey Amato told Press Pass Q. “But there was nothing fancy, […]
Ohio’s Outlook to expand statewide
by Joe Siegel Columbus, Ohio-based Outlook has announced plans to become a statewide publication beginning in June. The magazine will change its name from Outlook Columbus Magazine to Outlook Ohio Magazine. Outlook’s website has already moved from www.outlookcolumbus.com to www.outlookohio.com. “It’s a […]
Rhode Island’s Options no longer mailed in secret
by Joe Siegel Options, Rhode Island’s oldest LGBT publication, has announced it will no longer be mailed to subscribers in its signature white envelopes. The April issue released on March 30 will be mailed to subscribers without the use of an envelope. […]
TOP STORY: Charlie Crist says he’s sorry in his first LGBT interview
Florida’s Watermark gets former and possible future governor on the record by Chuck Colbert A Florida-based LGBT publication nabbed a journalistic coup recently when Tom Dyer, founder and publisher of Watermark, interviewed Charlie Crist, a former Republican governor, now a Democratic candidate […]
SIDEBAR: “I was wrong. Please forgive me”: What Charlie Crist had to say
by Chuck Colbert The stakes for the LGBT community in Florida are mighty high come November when Republican Gov. Rick Scott squares off against former GOP Gov. Charlie Crist (2007-2010), now a Democrat, running for the same office. Watermark publisher Tom Dyer […]
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com. RON DORFMAN, a longtime journalist and activist whose work occassionally appeared in the Chicago-based WINDY CITY TIMES, died Feb. 10, 2014, after a battle with heart disease. He and his partner, KEN […]