Month: October 2018
Local media gear up for midterm elections
by Joe Siegel LGBT media have been busy providing coverage for the upcoming midterm elections, which features many contested races at the local, state, and federal levels. As part of coverage, many LGBT candidates are being spotlighted by various publications. The Washington […]
Bay Area Reporter defends controversial op-ed
by Fred Kuhr San Francisco-based Bay Area Reporter took to its own opinion pages to defend running a controversial op-ed about a controversial comment made at a gathering of LGBT journalists. “When B.A.R. publishes a Guest Opinion column, we don’t expect everyone […]
Milwaukee newspaper says goodbye
by Fred Kuhr The front page of the September 20 issue of the Wisconsin Gazette had one simple headline, “Time To Say Goodbye.” After almost 10 years of publishing in the Badger State’s largest city, the biweekly Gazette is shutting down, citing […]
Chicago’s Tracy Baim part of team to rescue alt weekly
by Fred Kuhr Tracy Baim, co-founder and publisher of Chicago’s Windy City Times, has a new job. She has stepped away from day-to-day responsibilities from the city’s LGBT newspaper to become the publisher of the Chicago Reader, the city’s iconic alternative weekly. […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Not the enemy of the people
by Watermark Central Florida Bureau Chief Jeremy Williams and Tampa Bay Bureau Chief Ryan Williams-Jent (This editorial originally appeared in the August 23, 2018, issue of Watermark, based in Orlando, Fla.) Beginning August 16, prompted by The Boston Globe, over 400 news […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: #Boom Magazine of St. Louis
Interview with Co-Founder, COO & Editor Colin Murphy by Joe Seigel Year founded: June 2014 Staff size and breakdown: The triad of owners – Publisher Colin Lovett, Editor Colin Murphy, and Webmaster Kurt Ross all wear multiple hats from creating content to […]
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com CENTRAL VOICE, based in Middletown, Penn., received top honors in the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Foundation’s annual Newspaper of the Year contest. In addition to being named second place […]