Month: June 2014
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LGBT publication and state AIDS agencies launch HIV prevention campaign
by Chuck Colbert Michigan’s Between The Lines newspaper, along with several non-profit groups working statewide to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, has launched a new social media and web campaign to draw attention to significant changes in HIV prevention and health-care sciences which […]
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Rhode Island’s Options teams with RI Pride
by Joe Siegel Readers of Options, Rhode Island’s veteran monthly LGBT publication, were given a huge surprise when the June issue arrived in their mailboxes. In a unique move, the issue also doubled as the official 2014 Pridefest Guide. Printed on a […]
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Washington Blade wins awards for excellence
by Chuck Colbert Just in time for a noteworthy anniversary celebration, the Washington Blade won three first-place awards in the Dateline Awards competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) D.C. chapter. As publisher Lynne Brown commented regarding the timing of […]
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PRESSING QUESTIONS: Living Out of Long Island, N.Y.
by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Long Island including Fire Island and The Hamptons. Distribution also includes Penn Station in Manhattan and the borough of Queens. Year founded: 2012 Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: 4 full-time employees, 10 writers […]
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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL, Editor at Large for THE ADVOCATE and ADVOCATE.COM, is a finalist in the 56th California Journalism Awards, which honor the best in broadcast, print and online media. She is competing in the […]
LGBT media tackle community outrage over Jo Becker’s controversial book by Chuck Colbert The pushback was fierce and swift within the LGBT community against a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, Jo Becker, and her new book, “Forcing the Spring: The Inside […]